Jewish Studies (JWST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

JWST 1101

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 1101

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6643 JWST 1101   SEM 101

  • For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 1101

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6644 JWST 1101   SEM 102

  • For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

JWST 1103

Sequel to NES 1101-NES 1102. Continued development of reading, writing, grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking skills. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 1103

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6653 JWST 1103   SEM 101

  • For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 1103

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6654 JWST 1103   SEM 102

  • For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

JWST 1913

The Jewish community of Rome is the oldest one in all of Europe, dating back to 200 B. C., and the authors of some of the most important twentieth century works of Italian literature are Jewish.  In this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session.  Combined with: ITAL 1113

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18312 JWST 1913   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

JWST 2501

The course will provide an introduction to the kosher and halal food laws and their application to the American food industry with limited coverage and home practices. The distance-learning component examines ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FDSC 2500

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16263 JWST 2501   LEC 001

JWST 2601

The pyramids and mummies of Egypt, the ziggurats of Babylonia, and the armies of Assyria are all part of the legacy of the ancient Near East. This course serves as a basic introduction to the history, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 2601

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17281 JWST 2601   LEC 001

JWST 2629

This course provides a literary and historical introduction to the earliest Christian writings, most of which eventually came to be included in the New Testament. Through the lens of the gospel narratives ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2613NES 2629RELST 2629

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17459 JWST 2629   LEC 001

JWST 2661

A survey of the history and development of ships and seafaring as revealed by shipwrecks, boat burials, texts, art, and other evidence. The role of nautical technology and seafaring among the maritime ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 2661NES 2661

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17267 JWST 2661   LEC 001

JWST 2674

This course examines major trends in the evolution of the Middle East in the modern era. Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries and ending with the  "Arab Spring," we will consider Middle East history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 2674GOVT 2747HIST 2674NES 2674

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8951 JWST 2674   LEC 001

  •  9171 JWST 2674   DIS 201

  •  9172 JWST 2674   DIS 202

  •  9173 JWST 2674   DIS 203

  •  9174 JWST 2674   DIS 204

  •  9936 JWST 2674   DIS 205

  • 10015 JWST 2674   DIS 206

JWST 2687

Centrally located between two continents; the Middle East is drawn by nature to many environmental challenges that are related to its unequal distribution of natural resources associated with its geological ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 2681GOVT 2583NES 2687

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17708 JWST 2687   LEC 001

JWST 2711

This course provides a survey of Europe's 20th-century history with special emphasis on violence and its interpretation. Types of violence to be considered include warfare, terrorism, genocide, uprisings, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2716HIST 2711

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9049 JWST 2711   LEC 001

  •  9050 JWST 2711   DIS 201

  •  9051 JWST 2711   DIS 202

  •  9052 JWST 2711   DIS 203

  •  9053 JWST 2711   DIS 204

  •  9054 JWST 2711   DIS 205

  •  9055 JWST 2711   DIS 206

  •  9056 JWST 2711   DIS 207

  •  9057 JWST 2711   DIS 208

JWST 3101

Successful completion of NES 3101 fulfills Option 1 language requirement. Advanced study of the Hebrew Language both orally and through the analysis of mostly unedited texts of social, political, and cultural ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 3101

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6450 JWST 3101   SEM 101

  • For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

JWST 3108

This course is intended to continue the development of all aspects of the language. Emphasis on reading and discussion of Modern Literary works. Reading include adapted as well as authentic literary and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 3108

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7959 JWST 3108   SEM 101

  • For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.

JWST 3629

A weekly seminar that may be taken in addition to NES 2629 - New Testament/Early Christian Literatures 357492. The seminar will provide an opportunity to read portions of the New Testament and other early ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3629NES 3629RELST 3629

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 17467 JWST 3629   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Haines-Eitzen, K

  • Prerequisite: One year of Greek or permission of instructor. Students must be enrolled in NES 2629 or have permission of instructor.

JWST 3687

This seminar examines the history of the United States' involvement with the conflict between Israelis and Arabs, from 1948 to the present. Recently a great deal of attention has been paid to political ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3687GOVT 3687NES 3687

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17718 JWST 3687   LEC 080

  • Taught in Washington, DC.

JWST 3697

This course examines the history of the conflict between two peoples with claims to the same land (Palestine/Israel), from the rise of their national movements at the turn of the 20th century and their ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3977NES 3697SOC 3970

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17475 JWST 3697   LEC 001

  • Open to all students, including freshmen.

  • 17483 JWST 3697   DIS 201

  • 17489 JWST 3697   DIS 202

  • 17508 JWST 3697   DIS 203

  • 17512 JWST 3697   DIS 204

  • 17516 JWST 3697   DIS 205

  • 17520 JWST 3697   DIS 206

JWST 3720

This course will employ a range of methods in approaching the subject of women in ancient Israel. We will use biblical, archaeological, and ancient Near Eastern textual evidence to reconstruct aspects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 3720NES 6720RELST 3720

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17269 JWST 3720   LEC 001

JWST 4180

When did anti-Semitism begin? The medieval period invented shocking fictions about Jews—that they killed and ate Christian babies; that they desecrated the Host; that they were the murderers of Christ. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16236 JWST 4180   SEM 101

JWST 4520

This course at the intersection of studies in Jewish and urban culture draws on a wide range of textual and other evidence, from the Babylonian Talmud to contemporary American literature, to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17817 JWST 4520   SEM 101

JWST 4545

From the ringing of Tibetan singing bowls to the quiet of desert monasticism, religious imagination and ritual is replete with sound and silence.  Cityscapes resound with church bells and calls from the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17452 JWST 4545   SEM 101

JWST 4739

The meaning of the Talmud has been a hotly debated topic by both Jews and Christians for more than 1500 years.  This course will use a series of animated short films based on stories found in the Talmud ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 4739NES 6739

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17496 JWST 4739   SEM 101

JWST 4950

In 1615, Cervantes published the Second Part of his already famous Don Quixote.  Four hundred years later, Spanish anthropologists have been excavating the crypt of a Madrid church in order to recover ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4550NES 4950SPAN 4550

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17662 JWST 4950   SEM 101

JWST 6180

When did anti-Semitism begin? The medieval period invented shocking fictions about Jews—that they killed and ate Christian babies; that they desecrated the Host; that they were the murderers of Christ. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16662 JWST 6180   SEM 101

JWST 7520

This course at the intersection of studies in Jewish and urban culture draws on a wide range of textual and other evidence, from the Babylonian Talmud to contemporary American literature, to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17819 JWST 7520   SEM 101