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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: three credits in philosophy or Jewish studies (excluding Hebrew language), or permission of department. Also offered as PHIL433. Not open to students who have completed PHIL433 or HEBR451. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: PHIL433 or JWST451 or HEBR451. Formerly HEBR451. Philosophical and meta-legal questions concerning the nature of Jewish law and its relation to morality.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: three credits in philosophy or permission of department. Also offered as PHIL417. Not open to students who have completed PHIL417. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: JWST452 or PHIL417. Jewish philosophy from Maimonides in the 12th Century to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain at the end of the 15th Century. Topics include the limitations of human knowledge, creation of the world, foreknowledge and free will, and the existence of God.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: six credits in philosophy or permission of department. Also offered as PHIL424. Not open to students who have completed PHIL424. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: JWST453 or PHIL424. An investigation of the metaphysical, ethical, and political thought of the 17th century philosopher Benedict Spinoza.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HEBR313 or permission of instructor. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Not open to students who have completed JWST466. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: JWST459_ or JWST466. Formerly JWST466. Readings and analysis of Hebrew texts and literature from the Middle Ages. Language of instruction in English; all texts in Hebrew.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HEBR313 or permission of instructor. Formerly HEBR441 and HEBR442. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Readings in the Hebrew text of the Bible. Emphasis in close reading, grammar analysis, and modern interpretations of the Bible. Language of instruction English; all texts in Hebrew.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HEBR313 or permission of instructor. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Readings in classical rabbinic texts and related corpora. Emphasis on grammar and reading skills as well as critical analysis of the material. Language of instruction: English; all texts in original language.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of modern Hebrew prose, poetry, and literary essays written from the 1880s through the present in Europe, Palestine, and Israel. An investigation of the challenges confronting authors such as Mendele Mokher Sforim, Avraham Mapu, Chaim Nahman Bialik, Dvorah Baron, S.Y. Agnon, and David Fogel as they tried to create a contemporary secular literature out of an ancient sacred language. All texts in English translation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HEBR313 or permission of instructor. Junior standing. Repeatable to 12 credits if content differs. Variable topics in Modern Hebrew Literature.
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3.00 Credits
Also offered as WMST491. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: JWST419X, JWST491 or WMST491. Formerly JWST419X. The study of Jewish culture, religious practice, communal authority, and literature through the frame of such critical categories of analysis as gender, sexuality, masculinity, power, ethics, and the feminine.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: one course in Women's Studies, preferably WMST200 or WMST250. Also offered as WMST493. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: JWST493 or WMST493. Using memoirs, essays, poetry, short stories, films, music and the visual arts, course will interrogate what it means/has meant to define oneself as a Jewish woman across lines of difference. Focus is largely on the secular dimensions of Jewish women's lives but will also explore the implications of Jewish law and religious practices for Jewish women. Our perspective will be international, including Ashkenazi and Sephardi women.
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