Jewish Studies (JWST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.
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- Schedule of Classes - June 22, 2015 4:42PM EDT
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Classes
JWST 1102
Course Description
Intended for beginners. Provides a thorough grounding in reading, writing, grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking. Students who complete the course are able to function in basic situations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF White Hall B06
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 1102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWRF White Hall B14
Instructors
Shoer, S
JWST 1561
Course Description
This course will introduce students to the study of the Ottoman Empire from its inception in the 12th century until the modernization reforms of the 19th century. Topics will include an introduction to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 1561, NES 1561
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Hollister Hall 206
Instructors
Minawi, M
JWST 2100
Course Description
Introduces Hebrew literature and Israeli culture through the use of texts and audiovisual materials. For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2100
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR White Hall 114
Instructors
Scharf, N
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Additional Information
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
JWST 2575
Course Description
This course will survey the cultic practices and beliefs of ancient Babylonia and Assyria, the two major civilizations of Mesopotamia. We will examine the major myths of this region, e.g., Ishtar's Descent ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2575, NES 6575, RELST 2575
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Baker Laboratory 335
Instructors
Tenney, J
JWST 2580
Course Description
What is the role of the literary imagination in keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive for our culture? Within the historical context and raising ethical issues, we shall examine major and widely read ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2580, ENGL 2580
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Schwarz, D
JWST 2668
Course Description
The course surveys the history and culture of pharaonic Egypt from its prehistoric origins down to the early first millennium bce. Within a chronological framework, the following themes or topics will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2668, NES 2668
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
Instructors
Monroe, C
JWST 2695
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to the history of Christianity from the first century through the seventeenth and perhaps a bit beyond. Our emphasis will be on the diversity of Christian traditions, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 2636, NES 2695, RELST 2695
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 110
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
JWST 2724
Course Description
The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) is a repository of ancient Israelite religious, political, social, historical, and literary traditions. For the modern reader these ancient traditions are often obscured ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2724, RELST 2724
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 106
Instructors
Monroe, L
JWST 3102
Course Description
This course is a continuation of work done in NES 3101/JWST 3101, with less emphasis on the study of grammar. We will read and discuss texts of cultural relevance using articles published in Israeli newspapers, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 3102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 114
Instructors
Scharf, N
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Additional Information
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
JWST 3105
Course Description
This course is intended to continue the development of all aspects of the language. Emphasis, however, will be placed on speaking skills and understanding by using text material relevant to Israeli contemporary ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 3105
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 418
Instructors
Scharf, N
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Additional Information
Course may be repeated for credit.
JWST 3655
Course Description
In the media we read about conflict in Iraq between Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds; strife between Muslims and Copts in Egypt; rebellion in Syria against the ruling Alawite minority; and violence between Israelis ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 3655
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 110
Instructors
Starr, D
JWST 3661
Course Description
This course is an intense introduction for undergraduate and graduate students to the earliest written language, Sumerian, and its cuneiform script. Each week will feature grammar lessons and a reading ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3661, ARKEO 6661, JWST 6661, NES 3661, NES 6661
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall B06
Instructors
Tenney, J
JWST 3740
Course Description
In the Middle Ages, people traveled for all many reasons: for adventure, for commerce, on pilgrimage, for conquest. We will read the accounts of medieval travelers in order better to understand the motives ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3724, MEDVL 3740, NES 3740
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 106
Instructors
Toorawa, S
JWST 4230
Course Description
Between the end of the nineteenth century and the second World War, the Jewish intellectual appears as a new figure of European societies, quickly becoming a major actor in public spheres. During those ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 4231, GERST 6231, HIST 4232, HIST 6232, JWST 6230, ROMS 4230, ROMS 6230
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall B04
Instructors
Traverso, E
JWST 4310
Course Description
Topic for spring 2015:Â Narratives of Medieval Art view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, ARTH 6310, JWST 6310, MEDVL 4310, MEDVL 6310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Section Topic
Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
JWST 4525
Course Description
Following the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 and the first Arab-Israeli war, over 150,000 Palestinian Arabs remained in Israel. Referred to by the Arab media as "1948 Arabs" or "Arabs within" ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 4525
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall 438
Instructors
Starr, D
JWST 4628
Course Description
What is "Gnosticism" and why has it come to be so hotly debated among scholars and in our contemporary media? What is the Gospel of Judas and are its ideas "heretical"? Who wrote the Gospel of Thomas and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4636, NES 4628, RELST 4628
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W White Hall B04
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
JWST 4776
Course Description
The Babylonian Talmud has long been viewed as the central text of post-Biblical Judaism. Yet little is known about who wrote it and when it was written. Since the Talmud is an extremely difficult text ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4637, NES 4776, RELST 4776
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M White Hall 104
Instructors
Septimus, Z
JWST 4913
Course Description
This extraordinary figure died in 1941, and his death is emblematic of the intellectual depradations of Nazism. Yet since World War II, his influence, his reputation, and his fascination for scholars in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4413, ANTHR 7413, COML 4429, COML 6429, GERST 4413, GERST 6413, JWST 7913, NES 4913, NES 7913
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T McGraw Hall B65
Instructors
Boyarin, J
JWST 6230
Course Description
Between the end of the nineteenth century and the second World War, the Jewish intellectual appears as a new figure of European societies, quickly becoming a major actor in public spheres. During those ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 4231, GERST 6231, HIST 4232, HIST 6232, JWST 4230, ROMS 4230, ROMS 6230
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall B04
Instructors
Traverso, E
JWST 6310
Course Description
Topic for spring 2015: Narratives of Medieval Art view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, ARTH 6310, JWST 4310, MEDVL 4310, MEDVL 6310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Section Topic
Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
JWST 6661
Course Description
This course is an intense introduction for undergraduate and graduate students to the earliest written language, Sumerian, and its cuneiform script. Each week will feature grammar lessons and a reading ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3661, ARKEO 6661, JWST 3661, NES 3661, NES 6661
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall B06
Instructors
Tenney, J
JWST 6740
Course Description
We will read a selection of medieval travel accounts, paying special attention to the ways in which travelers observed, interacted with, and described the people they encountered and the places they visited. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6725, MEDVL 6740, NES 6740, SPAN 6740
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Comstock Hall-Academic II B104
Instructors
Toorawa, S
JWST 6776
Course Description
This course is offered as a companion to NES 4776 for an additional credit. During this hour, we will read the texts presented each week (during the seminar portion of Talmud and the Art of Reading) in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 6776
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 109
Instructors
Septimus, Z
JWST 7913
Course Description
This extraordinary figure died in 1941, and his death is emblematic of the intellectual depradations of Nazism. Yet since World War II, his influence, his reputation, and his fascination for scholars ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4413, ANTHR 7413, COML 4429, COML 6429, GERST 4413, GERST 6413, JWST 4913, NES 4913, NES 7913
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T McGraw Hall B65
Instructors
Boyarin, J