This
course explores the evolution of Israel from the rise
of Zionism in 19th Century Europe, to the declaration of the State of Israel in 1948,
to the present day. This course will place an emphasis on interactive generative
processes with an understanding of the interplay between past processes and
present socio-political realities. It will also survey Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature which explores the literary
features and sociological significance of apocalyptic thought in Western
culture from antiquity to the present.
