Sacred
Texts and
Traditions
The Bible (RN101)
Religions of the
World: Western
(RN104)
The Hebrew Bible
(RN201)
Judaism (RN216)
Holy City: Jerusalem
in Time, Space, and
the Imagination
(RN220)
Moses
(RN221/KHCRN101)
The Open Heaven:
Apocalyptic Lit in
Early Judaism and
Christianity (RN308)
Midrash: Classic
Rabbinic Biblical
Interpretation (RN
319)
Wisdom Tradition in
Ancient Israel and
Judaism (RN321)
History of Judaism
History
and
Society
(Courses listed
chronologically
from ancient to
modern)
Archaeology in the
Holy Land
(AR342/RN390)
Josephus and
Ancient Judaism
(RN335/CL315)
Religion,
Community, and
Culture in Medieval
Spain (RN410/710
HI410/710)
Jews in the Modern
World (HI219)
History of Jews in
Russia and Eastern
Europe (HI275)
American Jewish
Experiences
(RN330)
Judaism in the
Modern Period
(RN328)
The Modern Jew
(RN339)
Jewish Culture
Jewish
Thought
and
Philosophy
Hebrew
and Israel
Studies
Morality and Ethics:
Jewish Perspectives
(RN116)
Classical Jewish
Thought (RN323)
Maimonides
(RN420/PH409/609)
Jewish Mysticism I:
Formative Traditions
(RN325)
Mysticism and
Philosophy: Jewish and
Islamic Perspectives
(RN338)
Jewish Mystical
Movements and
Modernization, 14922000 (RN326)
Modern Jewish
Thought (RN329)
After Auschwitz: The
Search for Ethics in
Post-Holocaust
Thought (WR150)
Fundamentals of
Modern Hebrew I
(LH111)*
Fundamentals of
Modern Hebrew II
(LH112)*
Intensive First-Year
Hebrew (LH139)*
Intermediate Modern
Hebrew I (LH211)*
Intermediate Modern
Hebrew II (LH212)
Masterpieces of
Modern Hebrew
Literature (LH 250)
Agnon and Oz: In
Search of Modernity
(LH 282)
Advanced Modern
Hebrew: Voices in
Israeli Society (LH311)
Sixth-Semester
Hebrew (LH 312)
Israeli Popular Music
(LH330)
Holocaust Literature
and
and the Arts
Genocide
Studies
Anti-Semitism (RN333)
Jews in the Modern
World (HI219)
The Holocaust
(RN384)
Jewish Bioethics
(RN439)
The Holocaust
& Music (CFA
MH 442)
Jews and Germans
(HI443)
Representations of
the Holocaust in
Literature and Film
(RN385/XL281)
Primo Levi Within
Holocaust Literature
(RN459/LI459/ XL459)
Seminar on the
Holocaust (RN460)
After Auschwitz: The
Search for Ethics in
Post-Holocaust
Thought (WR150)
Masterpieces of
Modern Hebrew
Literature (LH 250)
Agnon and Oz: In
Search of Modernity
(LH 282)
Israeli Culture
through Film
(LH283/COM CI 270)
Israeli Popular Music
(LH330)
Modern Hebrew
Poetry (LH351)
Representations of
the Holocaust in
Literature and Film
(RN385/XL281)
Jewish Music
(MH441/RN304)
The Holocaust
& Music (CFA
MH 442)
Primo Levi Within
Holocaust Literature
(RN459/LI459/
(RN322)
Introduction to
Rabbinic Literature
(RN324)
Dead Sea Scrolls
(RN334)
Josephus and
Ancient Judaism
(RN335/CL315)
The Heretical Jew
(RN336/XL356)
Readings in Classical
Hebrew
(LH320/RN320)
Jewish Music
(MH441/RN304)
(HI276)
Foundations of
Jewish Politics
(HI388/RN332)
Gender and
Judaism (RN337)
From Moses to
Kevin Youkilis:
Images of Jewish
Masculinity in the
West (WR150)
Israeli Culture through
Media (LH340)
Hebrew Narrative:
Biblical and Modern
(LH350)
Modern Hebrew
Poetry (LH351)
Israel: History, Politics,
Culture, Identity (HI
392)
Topics in the History of
Israel (HI393)
Israeli Culture through
Film (LH283/COM CI
270)
Color Scheme: Dark red=History; Red=Religion; Dark blue=Language and Literature; Dark Purple=other;
Jewish Studies Minor:
Six 4-credit courses are required for the minor, with a grade of C or higher:
•
CAS RN 216 (Judaism) is required of all minors
The remaining five courses, chosen in consultation with an EWCJS advisor, may include:
•
Up to one course at the 100 level
•
Up to one course at the 200 level
•
At least three courses at the 300 level or above
XL459)
The study of Hebrew is strongly encouraged. Students may count up to two Hebrew language courses toward the minor,
provided that those courses are taken at the CAS LH 212 level or higher.
The following topics courses count toward the JS minor:
Topics in Jewish History (CAS HI552)
Topics in the History of Israel (HI393)
Topics in Judaic Studies (CAS RN499/799).
Upcoming Fall 2015 (no prior approval required):
Topics in the History of Popular Culture (CAS HI 450): E.g., topic for Fall 2015: HI450B1: Ritual Murder and other Myths of
Jewish Conspiracy (Rabinovitch)
Reading Modern Literature (CAS EN125): E.g. topic for Fall 2015: Modern Jewish Writers (Herzog), also offered as CAS RN 207.
The following topics courses may count toward the JS minor, depending on topic. Check with your advisor!
Topics in Religion & Evil (CAS RN241)
Topics in Ancient Christianity (CAS RN 498/798, STH TH830)
Topics in Religion and Literature (CAS RN524, CAS XL560)
Topics in Medieval Religious Culture (CAS RN470/770 CAS HI407/707)
Topics in Religious Thought (CAS RN452/752)
Seminar in Literature (EN220)
Topics in Latin America Literature and Culture (CAS LS 452) E.g., topic for Fall 2011: Leaving Home (Borinsky).
Document Version: Fall 2011. Update Mar 2012. Update Apr 12, 2012. Update Nov 21, 2013. Update MZ Feb 2014. Update ES Feb 24, ’14. Update SL March 18, 2015. Update May 12,
2015.