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Classes
JWST 1101
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: HEBRW 1101
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR White Hall B14
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1101
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR White Hall B14
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
JWST 1103
Course Description
Sequel to HEBRW 1101-HEBRW 1102. Continued development of reading, writing, grammar, oral comprehension, and speaking skills. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1103
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR White Hall B14
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Shoer, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For scheduling conflicts, contact instructor.
JWST 1987
Course Description
Why were Jews virtually invisible in films produced during the Hollywood's "golden age"? Is this a surprise, given the leading role played by American Jews in founding the studio system? Writing about ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 127
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Shapiro, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
JWST 2001
Course Description
Explore the ways of 19th to 21st century Russian Jewry through survey of literature and film. Learn about life in Russia from the perspective of Jewish and Russian-Jewish writers as well as through portrayal ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: RUSSL 2001
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR McGraw Hall 145
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Krivitsky, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2276
Course Description
Intended for intermediate students, this is the third in a three-course sequence, designed to enable students to meet the College of Arts & Sciences language requirement. Students will increase their ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 2005, YIDSH 2276
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Forman, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2467
Course Description
This course explores the history of the Holocaust during which the Nazis murdered six million Jews. Topics covered in this class include the history of antisemitism in Europe and twentieth-century Germany, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 2567, HIST 2567
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 106
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Burzlaff, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2488
Course Description
This course is an introductory survey to various aspects of Israeli culture, society, and history. Through a close examination of various media (film, music, literature) as well as key events and social ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2488
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 112
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Burns, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2522
Course Description
This course examines the production and exchange of wine, beer, coffee and tea, and the social and ideological dynamics involved in their consumption. We start in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and end ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2522, CLASS 2630, NES 2522
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Monroe, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2580
Course Description
How is the memory of the Holocaust kept alive by means of the literary and visual imagination? Within the historical context of the Holocaust and how and why it occurred, we shall examine major and widely ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2580, ENGL 2580
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Schwarz, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2599
Course Description
This course explores the history of medicine and other sciences in the ancient Near East, broadly defined. In addition to medicine, the other scientific disciplines covered in this course include mathematics, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 2599, NES 2599, RELST 2599
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2697
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 2977, NES 2697
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Brann, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Sibley Hall 115
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Monroe, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2754
Course Description
This course examines Near East's rich and diverse literary heritage. We will read a selection of influential and wondrous texts from ancient to modern times, spanning geographically from the Iberian peninsula ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2754, ENGL 2754, NES 2754, SHUM 2754
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Starr, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 2852
Course Description
Most people think of Christianity as the "daughter religion" of Judaism. In this course, we will see that what we now know as Judaism and Christianity both claimed ownership of the same textual tradition ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2852, RELST 2852
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Phillips Hall 403
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Litvak, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3101
Course Description
This constitutes the first course in our third year of the Modern Hebrew language sequence.  Development of speech proficiency will be emphasized. Over the course of the semester, students will develop ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 3101
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR Uris Hall 394
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Goldfeld, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3103
Course Description
This course is intended to continue the development of all aspects of Hebrew language skills. Emphasis, however, will be placed on speaking skills and understanding through the use of various outlets in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 3103
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWR Uris Hall 438
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Goldfeld, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3411
Course Description
Through the centuries, Rabbinic Judaism developed an elaborate set of rules for governing marriage and family life, grounded in the Hebrew Bible and adapted to the realities of life in diaspora. This complex ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3411, ANTHR 6411, JWST 6411, NES 3411, NES 6411
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M McGraw Hall 215
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Boyarin, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3539
Course Description
This course examines the culture and society of al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) from 711, when Islam arrived in Iberia, until 1492 and the demise of Nasrid Granada. Through extensive discussion and analysis ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3340, COML 6539, JWST 6539, MEDVL 3539, MEDVL 6539, NES 3539, NES 6539, RELST 3539, RELST 6539, SPAN 3539, SPAN 6539
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Stimson Hall 206
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Brann, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3711
Course Description
Jews have been on TV since the beginning of the medium – over 70 years – and have made decisions about how they are represented. What kind of Jews do we put on screen, and do they actually represent Jews ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3717, PMA 3711
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Stimson Hall 206
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Winitsky, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 3720
Course Description
This course focuses on how Biblical texts represent women in ancient Israel, and how the Bible's representations constitute both a fabrication and a manifestation of social life on the ground. We will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3721, FGSS 6721, JWST 6720, NES 3720, NES 6720, RELST 3720, RELST 6720
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall B15
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Monroe, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4013
Course Description
Antisemitism, a deep-seated prejudice against Jews, is seeing a global revival. The most brutal U.S. instance was the 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue massacre, where Robert G. Bowers, an active anti-Semitic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LAW 4013
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MT Myron Taylor Hall 277
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Rosensaft, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4196
Course Description
How has the remembrance of the past shaped the evolution of Jewish religion, identity, and culture from Biblical times to the present? How have the creation, dissemination, and preservation of Jewish memory ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4196, NES 4196, RELST 4196
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W White Hall B06
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Juni, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4533
Course Description
American Jews have frequently been touted as a "model minority." This course will take a more critical look at the historical interactions between Jewish immigration, United States industrialization, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4533, ANTHR 4733, ILRGL 4533, ILRGL 7533, JWST 7533
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Sampson, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4673
Course Description
This course takes Vienna's history as a starting point for studying how the modern mind fought to liberate itself from a past deemed overly burdensome, while embracing radical innovation and change. Students ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4673, HIST 6673, JWST 6673
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Rockefeller Hall B16
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Florea, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4769
Course Description
This course offers Jewish Studies majors a chance to write a significant research essay that allows for depth of study of a topic of interest to each individual student. Because it is a required course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 375A
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 4998
Course Description
The first half of a two-semester sequence for Jewish Studies majors who wish to conduct research for an honors thesis. In this class, student research will be guided through individual meetings with the ... view course details
JWST 6411
Course Description
Through the centuries, Rabbinic Judaism developed an elaborate set of rules for governing marriage and family life, grounded in the Hebrew Bible and adapted to the realities of life in diaspora. This complex ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3411, ANTHR 6411, JWST 3411, NES 3411, NES 6411
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M McGraw Hall 215
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Boyarin, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 6539
Course Description
This course examines the culture and society of al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) from 711, when Islam arrived in Iberia, until 1492 and the demise of Nasrid Granada. Through extensive discussion and analysis ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3340, COML 6539, JWST 3539, MEDVL 3539, MEDVL 6539, NES 3539, NES 6539, RELST 3539, RELST 6539, SPAN 3539, SPAN 6539
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Stimson Hall 206
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Brann, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 6673
Course Description
This course takes Vienna's history as a starting point for studying how the modern mind fought to liberate itself from a past deemed overly burdensome, while embracing radical innovation and change. Students ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4673, HIST 6673, JWST 4673
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Rockefeller Hall B16
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Florea, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 6720
Course Description
This course focuses on how Biblical texts represent women in ancient Israel, and how the Bible's representations constitute both a fabrication and a manifestation of social life on the ground. We will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3721, FGSS 6721, JWST 3720, NES 3720, NES 6720, RELST 3720, RELST 6720
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall B15
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Monroe, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
JWST 7533
Course Description
American Jews have frequently been touted as a "model minority." This course will take a more critical look at the historical interactions between Jewish immigration, United States industrialization, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4533, ANTHR 4733, ILRGL 4533, ILRGL 7533, JWST 4533
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Sampson, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person