| source Yale (X) |
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department Judaic Studies (X) |
Th 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Complex female characters in the Hebrew Bible, such as Tamar, Hannah, and Rebecca. Tension between their patriarchal depiction as marginal to male characters and their psychological and literary portrayal as dominant and active heroines who transcend limited social and religious roles.
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TTh 11.35-12.50 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 24) 12/15/2009 T 9.00 Areas Hu A broad introduction to the history of the Jews from biblical beginnings until the European Reformation and the Ottoman Empire. Focus on the formative period of classical rabbinic Judaism and on the symbiotic relationships among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Jewish society and culture in its biblical, rabbinic, and medieval settings.
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W 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills L5 Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Study of one of the most important of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Attention to its place in the history of biblical interpretation and ancient Jewish law; the nature and rhetorical function of its textual practices, both narrative and legal; and its relation to the central sectarian writings of the Qumran community.
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Th 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Introduction to the field of history of mentalities, with a focus on Jewish worldviews during the Middle Ages. Topics include time and space, the next world, love, childhood, truth and fraud, the self, life and death, and the ?other.? A Jewish worldview as distinct from a Christian one.
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T 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required How members of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities thought of and interacted with members of the other two cultures during the Middle Ages. Topics include the cultural grids and expectations each imposed on the other; the rhetoric of otherness such as humans or devils, purity or impurity, and animal imagery; and models of religious community and power in dealing with the other when confronted with cultural differences.
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Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 33) 12/18/2009 F 9.00 Areas Hu The history of Jews in America from the colonial period to the present. Topics include immigration, religious development, politics, and participation in culture. Special attention to how Jews, as a minority, have negotiated their place in American society.
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T 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 22) 12/12/2009 S 2.00 Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Major figures in the tradition of Jewish philosophy during the twentieth century. Engagement with the Western philosophical tradition, especially in Europe and in postwar America. The impact of the Six-Day War and the Nazi Holocaust on American Jewish thinkers.
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W 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Interchanges between German and Jewish cultures from 1750 to 1933. Contextual background for understanding the Holocaust. Primary texts, read in translation, debate enlightenment, civil rights, integration, anti-semitism, Zionism, and diaspora. Comparison with other cultural, religious, and ethnic conflicts.
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T 2.30-4.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Study of major Jewish mystical trends from the Bible to the twentieth century. Mystical traditions from prophetic and Rabbinic literature,
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M 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills L5 Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Study of an early rabbinic legal text treating religious courts and their jurisprudential practice. Dual attention to the historical significance of the institutions of law represented and to the cultural significance of the rhetoric of that representation.
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1 HTBA Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required For students who wish, under faculty supervision, to investigate an area in Judaic Studies not covered by regular course offerings. May be used for research or for directed reading, but in either case a long essay or several short ones are required. To apply for admission, a student should present a prospectus with bibliography and a letter of support from the faculty member who will direct the work to the director of undergraduate studies.
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1 HTBA Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required The essay, written under the supervision of a faculty member, should be a substantial paper between 6,500 and 8,000 words for one term and between 12,500 and 15,000 words for two terms.
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JDST 693 01 (10153) /JDST303 T 2.30-4.20 Fall 2009 Permission of instructor required Study of major Jewish mystical trends from the Bible to the twentieth century. Mystical traditions from prophetic and Rabbinic literature,
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JDST 724 01 (10846) /RLST765/JDST124/RLST143 Th 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 This course focuses on complex female characters such as Tamar, Hannah, Rebecca. It explores the tension between their patriarchal depiction as marginal to male characters, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, their psychological and literary portrayal as dominant and active heroines who transcend the limited social and religious roles assigned to them in patriarchal society.
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JDST 725 01 (10849) /JDST256/RLST400/RLST757 W 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 Study of one of the most important of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Attention to its place within the history of biblical interpretation and ancient Jewish law; the nature and rhetorical function of its textual practices, both narrative and legal; its ideological formulations, literary history, and relation to the central sectarian writings of the Qumran community. Prerequisite: reading fluency in ancient Hebrew.
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JDST 727 01 (10865) /RLST752/JDST392/RLST405 M 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 Study of a major early rabbinic legal text treating religious courts and their jurisprudential practice. Dual attention to the historical significance of the institutions of law represented and to the cultural significance of the rhetoric of that representation. Prerequisites: reading fluency in ancient Hebrew; permission of instructor.
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JDST 761 01 (10867) /RLST773/HIST535/HIST219/JDST200/RLST148 TTh 11.35-12.50 Fall 2009 A broad introduction to the history of the Jews from biblical beginnings until the European Reformation and the Ottoman Empire, with the main focus on the formative period of classical rabbinic Judaism and on the symbiotic relationship among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. An overview of Jewish society and culture in its biblical, rabbinic, and medieval settings.
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JDST 763 01 (10873) /HUMS392/HIST232J/JDST270/RLST201 T 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 How members of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities thought of and interacted with members of the other two cultures during the Middle Ages. Topics include the cultural grids and expectations each imposed on the other; the rhetoric of otherness such as humans or devils, purity or impurity, and animal imagery; and models of religious community and power in dealing with the other when confronted with cultural differences.
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JDST 767 01 (10875) /HIST218J/JDST263 Th 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 After presenting the field of
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JDST 774 01 (10876) Fall 2009 This course surveys and analyzes the social, economic, cultural, and political history of the Jews in historical Poland and Russia in the early modern and modern periods.
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JDST 786 01 (10880) /PHIL403/PHIL603/JDST281 T 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 Examination of the major figures in the tradition of Jewish philosophy in the twentieth century. Consideration of their engagement with the Western philosophical tradition, especially in Europe (Hermann Cohen, Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig) and in postwar America (Emil Fackenheim, Abraham Joshua Herschel, Joseph Soloveitchik). The impact of the Six Day War and the Nazi Holocaust on American Jewish thinkers (Richard Rubenstein, Irving Greenberg, Eliezer Berkovits).
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JDST 787 01 (10883) /RLST795/RLST225/HIST950 Fall 2009
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JDST 789 01 (10884) /HIST148/RLST764/RLST215/JDST280/HIST765 Fall 2009
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