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| German in Translation | |
| GETR 3372 | German Jewish Culture and History (3) |
| This course provides a wide-ranging exploaration of the history, culture, and thought of German-speaking Jewry from 1750 to the present. It focuses on the Jewish response to modernity in Central Europe and lasting transformations in Jewish life. We read the works of such figures as Moses Mendelssohn, Rachel Varnhagen, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Theordor Herzl, Franz Kafka, Gershom Scholem, and Inge Deutschkron. Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| Hebrew | |
| HEBR 1010 | Introduction to Modern Hebrew I (4) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | An introduction to the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and writing system of modern Israeli Hebrew. By the end of this sequence students have mastered the core grammatical principles of Hebrew, along with a basic vocabulary of 1000 words, and they are able to read and understand simple texts and carry out simple conversation. Includes material on Israeli culture, history, and politics. |
| HEBR 2010 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew (4) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Continuation of the study of the fundamentals of grammar, with special attention to verb conjugation, noun declension, and syntactic structure, and their occurrence in texts which deal with modern Israeli culture and values. These texts, which include excerpts from newspapers and fiction, introduce 600 new words and expose the learner to political and other issues of modern Israel. Prerequisite: HEBR 1020 with grade of C or above, or instructor permission. |
| HEBR 3010 | Advanced Modern Hebrew I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course focuses on the conjugation of weak, or hollow verbs, and the passive of all conjugations. It also continues the study of subordinate clauses with special attention to adverbial clauses and their use. Texts for the course, which form the basis for class discussion in Hebrew and exercises in Hebrew composition, are drawn from various genres. Prerequisite: HEBR 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission. |
| History-European History | |
| HIEU 3372 | German Jewish Culture and History (3) |
| This course provides a wide-ranging exploration of the culture and history of German Jewry from 1750 to 1939. It focuses on the Jewish response to modernity in Central Europe and the lasting transformations in Jewish life in Europe and later North America. Readings of such figures as: Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Rahel Varnhagen, Franz Kafka, Gershom Scholem, Martin Buber, Karl Marx, Rosa Luxembourg, Walter Benjamin, and Sigmund Freud. Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| History-United States History | |
| HIUS 3191 | American Jewish History (3) |
| This course examines the 350-year history of the Jewish people in colonial North American and the United States. It surveys the social, religious, cultural, and political life of Jews and the comparative dimension with other minority groups and Jewish communities across the world. Course was offered Fall 2020, Summer 2020 | |
| Jewish Studies | |
| JWST 1559 | New Course in Jewish Studies (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Jewish Studies | |
| JWST 2130 | Introduction to Jewish Musical Traditions (3) |
| This course is an introduction to sacred and secular Jewish musical traditions. Texts include books and articles that draw on ethnomusicology, musicology, folklore, anthropology, sociology, Jewish studies, history and other fields. The course uses case studies to concentrate on developments in these traditions since the middle of the 19th century, focusing the three main groupings of Ashkenazic, Sephardic and Mizrakhi Jewry. | |
| JWST 2559 | New Course in Jewish Studies (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in Jewish Studies | |
| JWST 3559 | New Course in Jewish Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Jewish Studies. Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 | |
| JWST 3705 | The Jewish Experience in Europe: Vienna and Budapest (3) |
| This course will explore Jewish history, culture and everyday life in Europe from a multidisciplinary perspective. It will consist of introductory lectures, site visits, guest speakers, and student presentations. The course is designed to be 12-day term with primary locations in Graz, Vienna, and Budapest. | |
| JWST 4559 | New Course in Jewish Studies (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of Jewish Studies. Course was offered Spring 2022 | |
| JWST 4950 | Senior Majors Seminar in Jewish Studies (3) |
| This course introduces and examines the origins and development of Jewish Studies with emphasis on its interdisciplinary character. Requirements include active class participation and a significant research paper based on a topic of the student's choice.
This course is required of all fourth-year Jewish Studies majors. It is also open to all interested students with permission of the instructor. | |
| JWST 4970 | Supervised Research (3) |
| Supervised Research | |
| JWST 4980 | Supervised Research (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course offers students to conduct independent study in Jewish Studies under the supervision of a professor in Jewish Studies. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| JWST 4998 | Distinguished Majors Seminar Thesis I (0) |
| Thesis, directed by a member of the department, focusing on a specific problem in Jewish Studies. The thesis is based in part on at least three hours of directed reading in the field of the thesis. Prerequisite: Selection by faculty for Distinguished Major Program. | |
| JWST 4999 | Distinguished Majors Seminar Thesis II (6) |
| Thesis, directed by a member of the department, focusing on a specific problem in Jewish Studies. The thesis is based in part on at least three hours of directed reading in the field of the thesis. Prerequisite: Selection by faculty for Distinguished Major Program and JWST 4998. | |
| JWST 5100 | Theology and Ethics of the Rabbis (3) |
| This course explores theological and ethical themes in classical rabbinic literature (c. 200-600 CE). Focus is on gaining fluency in textual and conceptual analysis. Questions examined include: How is the relationship between God, humans generally and the people Israel specifically, imagined? What is evil and how is it best managed? What is the nature of one's obligation to fellow human beings? How does one cultivate an ideal self? Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| JWST 5291 | The Book of Genesis and Its Interpretation (3) |
| A seminar on the book of Genesis (with attention to its literary artistry, compositional history, and theological issues) and its subsequent interpretation. Course was offered Fall 2015 | |
| JWST 5292 | The Book of Job & Its Interpretation (3) |
| A seminar on the biblical book of Job (with attention to its literary artistry and compositional history) and its subsequent interpretation. Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| JWST 5385 | The Song of Songs (3) |
| A seminar on the biblical Song of Songs (with attention to its literary artistry and compositional history) and its subsequent interpretation. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| JWST 5559 | New Course in Jewish Studies (3) |
| This interdisciplinary course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in Jewish Studies at the graduate level. Course was offered Spring 2016, Spring 2015 | |
| JWST 8500 | Topics for Supervised Study and Research (1 - 6) |
| This topical course provides Master's and Doctoral students an opportunity for advanced coursework in selected, established areas of the Jewish Studies curriculum. | |
| Religion-Christianity | |
| RELC 1210 | Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (3) |
| Studies the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel in the light of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Emphasizes methods of contemporary biblical criticism. Cross listed as RELJ 1210. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| RELC 3090 | Plagues, Pestilence, Pox, and Prophecy (3) |
| This course treats the phenomenon of prophecy in ancient Israel in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Biblical texts often deal with plagues and pestilence. Does our current location in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak help us understand these texts in new ways? How do these stories reveal ancient Israel's most cherished values? Do biblical accounts of plagues and pestilence offer us insight into our own predicament in the age of corona? | |
| Religion-Judaism | |
| RELJ 1210 | Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (3) |
| Studies the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel in the light of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Emphasizes methods of contemporary biblical criticism. Cross listed as RELC 1210. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| RELJ 1410 | Elementary Biblical Hebrew I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | First half of a year-long introduction to biblical Hebrew, using an innovative language-learning approach. Through communicative activities in an immersive environment, students acquire oral and aural capacities naturally, in Hebrew. These capacities enable students to internalize the language and thus achieve the overall course goal: read simple biblical Hebrew prose with immediate comprehension. Students begin reading Jonah by semester's end. |
| RELJ 2410 | Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Readings in the prose narratives of the Hebrew Bible. Emphasizes grammar, vocabulary, and syntax. Attention to issues of translation and interpretation. Prerequisite: HEBR/RELJ 1420 or the equivalent. |
| RELJ 3052 | Responses to the Holocaust (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | Responses to the Holocaust |
| RELJ 3090 | Plagues, Pestilence, Pox, and Prophecy (3) |
| This course treats the phenomenon of prophecy in ancient Israel in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Biblical texts often deal with plagues and pestilence. Does our current location in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak help us understand these texts in new ways? How do these stories reveal ancient Israel's most cherished values? Do biblical accounts of plagues and pestilence offer us insight into our own predicament in the age of corona? | |
| RELJ 3170 | Modern Jewish Thought (3) |
| Offered Fall 2024 | This course offers an introduction into the major themes of Modern Jewish Thought. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013 |
| RELJ 3320 | Judaism: Medicine and Healing (3) |
| Judaism: Medicine and Healing | |
| RELJ 3372 | German Jewish Culture and History (3) |
| This course provides a wide-ranging exploration of the culture, history & thought of German Jewry from 1750 to 1939. It focuses on the Jewish response to modernity in Central Europe and the lasting transformations in Jewish life in Europe and later North America. Readings of such figures as: Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Rahel Varnhagen, Franz Kafka, Gershom Scholem, Martin Buber, Karl Marx, Rosa Luxembourg, Walter Benjamin, and Freud. Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| RELJ 3390 | Jewish Feminism (3) |
| Jewish Feminism Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 | |
| RELJ 3885 | Introduction to Judaism Through The Arts (3) |
| This course is organized around great works in the history of art whose thematic content and historical context intersect with the Jewish experience. Each session focuses on one representative artwork from antiquity to the present to reveal something about Jewish history. Textual sources (biblical, poetic, literary, scholarly) help interpret the artwork. | |
| RELJ 5100 | Theology and Ethics of the Rabbis (3) |
| This course explores theological and ethical themes in classical rabbinic literature (c. 200-600 CE). Focus is on gaining fluency in textual and conceptual analysis. Questions examined include: How is the relationship between God, humans generally and the people Israel specifically, imagined? What is evil and how is it best managed? What is the nature of one's obligation to fellow human beings? How does one cultivate an ideal self? | |