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  • JWST 150: Introduction to the Bible

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Humanities & Social Science Sector. Class of 2010 & beyond. Tigay. A survey of the major themes and ideas of the Bible, with special attention paid to the contributions of archaeology and modern Biblical scholarship, including Biblical criticism and the response to it in Judaism and Christianity.
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  • JWST 151: Great Books of Judaism

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Stern. The study of four paradigmatic classic Jewish texts so as to introduce students to the literature of classic Judaism. Each text will be studied historically -- "excavated" for its sources and roots -- and holistically, as a canonical document in Jewish tradition. While each text will inevitably raise its own set of issues, we will deal throughout the semester with two basic questions: What makes a "Jewish" text And how do these texts represent different aspects of Jewish identity All readings will be in translation.
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  • JWST 152: Introduction to Jewish Law

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Eichler. Freshman Seminar. An introduction to the literary and legal sources of Jewish law within an historical framework. Emphasis will be placed upon the development and dynamics of Jewish jurisprudence, and the relationship between Jewish law and social ethics.
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  • JWST 153: Jewish Literature in the Middle Ages

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Stern. An introduction to medieval Hebrew literature, with special attention to poetry, narrative, and the interpretation of the Bible, and to the varieties ofJewish experience that these literary works touch upon. All readings in translation.
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  • JWST 154: Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture in Translation

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Gold. The course is taught in English and the texts are in translation. The content of this course changes from year to year, and therefore, students may take it for credit more than once. This course focuses on Israeli literature and cinema, examining works of fiction, poetry and film created by men and women from 1948 to the present. Although Israeli works constitute more than half of the courses material, European and American film and fiction often play comparative roles. This course analyzes how the media of film,poetry and prose use their respective languages to reconstruct experience and memory. It analyzes the artistic works using theorectical, literary and psychological methods. Additionally, many of the works are placed, and therefore discussed, against a backdrop of national, collective, or historical conflicts. Throughout the various semesters of this course, it has dealt with canonic works representative of the central Israeli narrative, but also responded to previously unheard Israeli literary and cinematic expressions. Past topics have included: "Childhood in Times of Peace and War;" "War and Love: Heroism and Anti-Heroism in Israeli Writings;" "Fantasy, Dreams & Madness in Hebrew Literature: Escape or Solution;" "The Many Voices of Israel: The 'Other';" "The Holocaust in Literature and Film"
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  • JWST 156: History of Jewish Civilization I--Jews and Judaism in Antiquity:From the Bible to the Talmud

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Staff. An overview of Jewish culture and society in its Biblical, Hellenistic-Roman, and Rabbinic settings. It will trace the political, social, and intellectual-religious development of Judaism from its biblical beginnings through the Second Temple period to the formation of the rabbinic class and its literature. Some topics to be covered include: Biblical thought and religious practice; varieties of Judaism, the Dead Sea sect and the birth of Christianity; the emergence of the rabbinic class and institutions; Babylonian Judaism and the composition of the Talmud; the role of the Geonim and the solidification of normative religious practice.
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  • JWST 157: History of Jewish Civilization II:The Middle Ages

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Ruderman. Exploration of intellectual, social, and cultural developments in Jewish civilization from the dawn of rabbinic culture in the Near East through the assault on established conceptions of faith and religious authority in 17th century Europe. Particular attention will be paid to the impact of Christian and Muslim "host societies" on expressions of Jewish culture.
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  • JWST 158: History of Jewish Civilization:17th Century to the Present

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Nathans. This course offers an intensive survey of the major currents in Jewish culture and society from the late middle ages to the present._ Focusing upon the different societies in which Jews have lived, the course explores Jewish responses to the political, socio-economic, and cultural challenges of modernity._ Topics to be covered include the political emancipation of Jews, the creation of new religious movements within Judaism, Jewish socialism, Zionism, the Holocaust, and the emergence of new Jewish communities in Israel and the United States. No prior background in Jewish history is expected.
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  • JWST 171: Elementary Biblical Hebrew I

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Carasik. Prerequisite(s): For the second semester: Completion of the first semester or permission of the instructor. This course is an introduction to Biblical Hebrew. It assumes no prior knowledge, but students who can begin to acquire a reading knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet before class starts will find it extremely helpful. The course is the 1st of a 4-semester sequence whose purpose is to prepare students to take courses in Bible that demand a familiarity with the original language of the text.
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  • JWST 173: Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Carasik. Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of HEBR 152 or permission of the instructor. This course will focus on using the grammar and vocabulary learned at the introductory level to be able to read Biblical texts independently and take advanced Bible exegesis courses. We will also work on getting comfortable with the standard dictionaries, concordances, and grammars used by scholars of the Bible. We will concentrate on prose this semester, closely reading Ruth, Jonah, and other prose selections. We will begin to translate from English into Biblical Hebrew, and there will also be a unit on the cantillation/punctuation marks used in the Bible. A suitable entry point for students who know modern Hebrew or have previously learned Biblical Hebrew in a less demanding framework.
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