WOH3286/JST3930/REL3938
Course
Requirements and Policies
Books: The following books are available for purchase at Goerings
Books (1717 NW 1st Avenue at 17th Street). You may also be able to find these books used on Amazon.com
or another web based vendor.
Required
Dean
Phillip Bell, Jews in the Early Modern World (Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, 2008)
Lawrence
Fine Judaism in Practice (Princeton University Press, 2001)
Mercedes
GarcÌa-Arenal A Man of Three Worlds: Samuel Pallanche, A Moroccan Jew in
Catholic and Protestant Europe (Johns Hopkins, 2007)
Recommended
R.
Po-Chia Hsia The Myth of Ritual Murder: Jews and Magic in Reformation
Germany (Yale,
1990)
Miriam Bodian Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation (Indiana, 1999)
What is expected of you:
a) Reading: You should
complete each reading assignment before the Thursday class session and be ready
to discuss the themes and substance of the assignments. Please make it a habit
to bring the assigned readings to class with you, as we will often consult the
texts during discussion. It is
your responsibility to contact me if you have difficulty locating the reading
assignments.
b) Attendance: You are responsible for all the material covered in
lectures. It is expected that you will make it your business to attend all
class sessions unless special circumstances make attendance impossible. If you must miss a class, please make
arrangements with another student to get notes. But remember: if you miss a substantial number of
classes, your participation grade will suffer proportionately.
c) Assignments: All assignments, with the exception of in-class exams,
should be typed and double spaced.
Failure to complete an assignment by the appointed time will result
in a failing grade on that assignment. Late work
will not be
accepted.
d) Course Requirements:
i) An in-class midterm, worth 25 %
of your final grade.
ii) Two short writing assignments, due on 31 January and
18 March, each worth 20% of your final grade.
iii)
Participation in class discussions, worth 5%;
iv) An
in-class final worth 30% of your final grade.
v) Regular and punctual attendance is required. Excused
absences (i.e., illness, university business, etc.) must be certified by
documentation, such as a doctor's note. If you miss more than 2 class meetings
without a valid written excuse you will be docked a full grade increment; the
penalty will increase for each absence thereafter.
e) Academic Honesty: According to
the UF Academic Honesty Guidelines, „an academic honesty offense is defined as
the act of lying, cheating, or stealing academic information so that one gains
academic advantage. As a University of Florida student, one is expected to
neither commit nor assist another in committing an academic honesty violation.
Additionally, it is the student¼s duty to report observed academic honesty
violations.¾ In writing papers, be certain to give proper credit whenever you
use words, phrases, ideas, arguments, and conclusions drawn from someone else¼s
work. Failure to give credit by quoting and/or footnoting is PLAGIARISM
and is unacceptable. All
academic honesty offenses will result in a failing grade in this class. You may consult the Dean of
Students Office website for further information: http://www.dso.ufl.edu/judicial/
Please do not hesitate to contact the instructor during
the semester if you have any individual concerns or issues that need to be discussed.
Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean
of Students Office (www.dso.ufl.edu/drp/). The Dean of Students
Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this
documentation to the instructor when requesting accommodation.