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Religions BA

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Advanced Bible (15 800 0063) (JS110)

Advanced Halakhic Studies (15 800 0070) (JS310)

Advanced Studies in Jewish Education (15 800 0087) (JS720)

Aramaic (15 800 0084) (JS620)

Bible (15 800 0091) (JS100)

The Bible and its Interpretation in Ancient Judaism (15 800 0160)

Buddhism and Society in Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka and the Himalayas (15 800 0136)

Buddhism: Foundation (15 800 0110)

Buddhism in Central Asia (15 800 0121)

Buddhism in Pre-Modern China (15 800 0171)

The Buddhist Conquest of Central Asia (15 480 0121)

Buddhist legends: readings in Avadana literature (15 800 0179)

Buddhist Literature in Pali (15 800 0176)

Buddhist Monasticism (15 800 0097)

Buddhist Tantra Tradition in India and Beyond (15 800 0038)

Christianity: Foundation (15 800 0117)

Christian Fundamentalism (15 800 0122)

Christian-Muslim Relations (15 8000 0142)

Christian Scriptures (15 800 0138)

Comparative Law and Ethics (15 800 0072) (JS330)

Critical Theory and the Study of Religions (15 800 0116)

The Daily Life of Jews in Antiquity (15 800 0155)

Directed Readings in the Study of Religions: Gender, Myth and Mythmaking (15 800 016)

Directed Readings in the Study of Religions: is the Goddess a Feminist? (no code)

Directed Readings in the Study of Religions: Manichaeism (15 800 099)

Eastern Christianity (15 800 0040/15 800 0132)

Feminist Theology, Goddess Spirituality (15 800 0108)

Fundamental Concepts and Tenets of Buddhism (15 800 0145)

Hasidism (J531)

Hebrew Grammar (15 800 0103) (JS014)

Hindu Philosophies (15 800 0115)

Hindu Rituals: Theory & Practice (15 800 157)

Hinduism: Foundation (15 800 0118)

History of Buddhism in India (15 800 0047)

History of Chinese Religion in Imperial Times (15 800 0031)

History of Religion in Late Imperial China (15 800 0173)

Intermediate Pali (15 800 0124)

Interpretation of the Vedas (15 800 0125)

Introduction to Hinduism (15 740 0021)

Introduction to Islam (15 740 0020)

Introduction to Jainism (15 800 0053)

Introduction to Jewish Education (15 800 0086)(JS710)

Introduction to Judaism (15 800 098) (JS020)

Introduction to Talmud (15 800 066) (JS210)

Islam in Britain (15 800 0169)

Jain Scriptures (15 800 0054)

Japanese Religion: a Historical Overview (15 800 0044)

Jewish Community (15 800 088) (JS750)

Jewish identity from ancient to modern times (15 800 0168)

Jewish Law (15 800 061) (JS300)

Jewish Law in the Modern World (15 800 071) (JS320)

Jewish Women's Studies (15 800 0104) (JS830)

Judaism and the Origins of Christianity (JS511)

Judaism: Foundation (15 800 0148)

Kings, Saints and Pagans (15 480 241)

Mahayana Buddhism (15 800 0037)

Manichaeism (15 800 0099)

Martyrs and Monks in East Christian Writings (15 800 0130)

Medieval Jewish History (15 800 0080) (JS520)

Medieval Jewish Philosophy (15 800 0075) (JS410)

Messianic Movements in Islamic History (15 800 0149)

Minority Religions in the Contemporary Middle East (15 800 0163)

Modern Jewish History (JS530)

Monks and Martyrs in East Christian Writings (15 800 0130)

Nature and Categories of Buddhist Rituals (15 800 0146)

Orthodox Christianity (15 800 0040/15 800 0131)

Pentecostalism Worldwide (15 800 0126)

Readings in Mahayana Sutra Literature (15 800 0048)

Religion and Development (15 800 0127)

Religion and Gender (15 800 0024)

Religion, Power and Society in Modern Africa (15 480 0005/15 800 0005)

Religion, State and Society in Mughal North India (15 480 0238)

Religions of Africa (15 800 0119)

Religions of East and Central Asia (15 800 0100)

Religions of Iraq (15 800 0143)

Religions of the Near and Middle East (15 800 0101)

Religious Philosophies of Ancient and Medieval India (15 800 0123)

Representations of the Holocaust (15 800 0156)

The Role and Representation of Women in Judaism (15 800 0154)

Sacred Language and Scripture (15 800 0141)

Sages Through the Ages: Confucius to Laozi (15 800 0133)

Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism (15 800 0151)

Selected Buddhist Texts in Sanskrit and Tibetan (15 800 0144)

Selected Christian Texts in Translation (15 580 0041)

Selected Texts from Vajrayana Literature (15 800 0052)

Shi'a Islam: Religious Authority and Community Identity (15 800 0147)

Syriac for Beginners (15 800 0034)

Taoism and Chinese Religions (15 800 0150)

Textual Sources of Classical Hinduism (15 800 0023)

Themes in Japanese Religion (15 800 0043)

Theravada Buddhism (15 800 0018)

Tibetan Buddhism (15 800 0050)

Tibetan Buddhist Texts from Central Asia (15 800 0134)

Zoroastrian Literature in Translation (15000095)

Zoroastrian Set Texts - Avestan (15 740 0008)

Zoroastrian Set Texts - Pahlavi (15 740 0010)

Zoroastrianism in the Ancient and Modern Worlds (15 800 0029)