Academic Catalog 2024-2025

RAB 628 Rambam on Repentance

This course explores Maimonides's Hilkhot Teshuvah in Mishneh Torah. The rules dealing with repentance as a vital aspect of Jewish religious practice and law are examined in detail in Maimonides and his sources. We will also consider the relationship between teshuvah as described in the classical sources and contemporary thinking about restorative justice and teshuvah by individuals and organizations. Prerequisite: Core course in Codes.

Credits

3.00

Grading Type

Letter grades; Pass/Fail