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RS 214Jewish Philosophy

Faculty
Arts
Last listed
Spring 2021

No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2021. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.

In the course catalog from Winter 2020 to Spring 2021; Open Data has no classes for it in that time.

The course will explore the thought of various Jewish scholars throughout history on issues that were vital to their faith. The texts studied will be representative of the philosophical and rabbinic traditions on such matters as the nature of God, the problem of evil, creation, miracles, prophecy, and providence. [Note: Knowledge of Hebrew is not required. This course fulfils an Area 1 requirement for Religious Studies majors.]

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In the scanned calendars

How it read in each calendar from 1971–72 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

1981–82 to 1994–95 12 calendars

An introduction to the unifying beliefs and philosophical presuppositions of the Buddhist world-view, and an overview of the diverse forms of Buddhism in South and South-East Asia, Tibet, China and Japan.

Area 1

Offered Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit

1977–78 to 1980–81 4 calendars

Another title: Buddhism in India and South-East Asia, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).

A historical survey of the essential doctrines and practices of Buddhism in India and South-East Asia, along with a study of representative texts that illustrate interpretations of the Buddha's teachings that proved to be significant for the cultures of these areas.

Offered Fall · 2 class, 1 tutorial hours a week · 0.5 credit

1971–72 to 1976–77 6 calendars

Another title: Buddhism in India, China and Japan, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).

This course will consist of a historical survey of the essential doctrines and practices of Buddhism in India, China and Japan, along with a study of representative texts from the various schools of thought. 3 lectures, fall term