UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies Provisional Courses 2016/17
Course code
Course Title
Value
Lecturer
*Note that for Graduate students, 0.5 = 15 credits, 1.0 = 30 credits. Courses with no Graduate codes are for UG students only & vice versa.
* This asterisk indicates new courses!
HEBR
5771
Survey of Jewish History 1: The Ancient to Medieval Near East
0.5
Willem Smelik
5773
Survey of Jewish History 3: The Modern World
0.5
TBC
5000
Sources, Methods, Skills (only 1st year HJS students)
0.5
TBC
*5901
Introduction to Biblical and Rabbinic Literature
0.5
WS & SS
*5904
Introduction to Jewish Philosophy & Mysticism
0.5
TL & JC
*5326/5903
Introduction to Jewish Languages
0.5
Lily Kahn
1007
Religion, State and Society
0.5
Francois Guesnet
1005/G045
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
1
TBC
7003/G047
Intermediate Biblical Hebrew
1
TBC
Xxxx/xxxx
Advanced Biblical Hebrew
1
Lily Kahn
7603/G050
[Introduction to] Ugaritic
1
Lily Kahn
1006
Modern Hebrew for Beginners
1
Shoshana Sharpe
7302/GO17
Modern Hebrew - Lower Intermediate
1
Shoshana Sharpe
7303/GO48
Modern Hebrew - Higher Intermediate
1
Shoshana Sharpe
7304/GO36
Advanced Modern Hebrew
1
Shoshana Sharpe
7310/G039
Rattling the Gender Agenda…
1
Tsila Ratner
7414/G013
Jewish Literary Aramaic
1
Willem Smelik
7511/GO95
Yiddish for Historical Study
1
Helen Beer
7504/GO16
Elementary Yiddish
1
Helen Beer
7416/GO83
[Introduction to] Syriac
1
Gillian Greenberg
7740/G006
History of the Jews in Poland
1
Francois Guesnet
7750/G009
The Arab-Israeli Conflict : War & Diplomacy in the Middle East
1
Neill Lochery
7761/G104
Britain and Israel: Conflict and Normalisation
1
Neill Lochery
7759/G069
Judaism and the Origins of Christianity
1
Sacha Stern
7812/G026
Hasidism and Modernity
1
Tali Loewenthal
7405/G199
Ancient Magic
0.5
Willem Smelik
G333
MA Core Course (HJS MA students only; compulsory)
1
Convenors: TBC
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Non-credit bearing modules:
Talmud Class – open to anyone, Mondays 1-2pm, FC331
Graduate Seminar – compulsory for all HJS MA and Research students, Wednesdays 4-5pm, FC331
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