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  • JWST 179: Jewish-American Literature

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. From vaudeville comedy to modernist poetry, from Tin Pan Alley to the postwar novel, from Yiddish theater to midrashic approaches to literary interpretation, Jewish American literature and thought have been central to, and on the cutting edge of, the fabric of American culture -- high, low, and, especially, in between. This course will examine the many facets of Jewish American literature, both secular and observant, assimilationist and particularist -- from films such as The Jazz Singer (1927) to the fiction of Roth and Bellow to the poetry of Bob Dylan and Adrienne Rich. While we will focus on significant works of fiction and poetry, we also will read within the wider world of philosophy, criticism, radio, film, theater, and television that surround them. See the English Department's website at www.english.upenn.edu for a description of the current offerings.
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  • JWST 199: Directed Readings

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. A tutorial under the direction of a member of the Jewish Studies Program faculty. Student and faculty member will create a reading list designed to achieve specific goals. The students will meet regularly with the faculty member and submit written assignments. Prior approval and sponsorship by a Jewish Studies Program faculty member is needed to take the course.
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  • JWST 200: Teaching Jewish Texts

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Reiss-Medwed. This course is designed to provide you with opportunities to develop the intellectual and practical tools and skills crucial to teaching Jewish texts. We will focus on two main questions over the course of the semester. First, what does learning entail, and what does it mean to "know" something Second, what do teachers need to do to prepare content for teaching How is this different from what one does to learn content oneself How do teachers move from thinking about content, to designing lessons, to creating ways to assess their students This course will focus on the teaching of Humash and rabbinic texts. The ability to read these texts in the original is strongly desirable.
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  • JWST 203: Jewish Education and Developmental Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Prerequisite(s): No previous background in psychology or Jewish education is required for the course. Students will be introduced to pertinent material from both fields through the class. Education, to be successful, must be closely attuned to the psychological development of students. This course applies theories and empirical data from the field of lifespan developmental psychology to issues in Jewish education. For example, how can contemporary research on spiritual development inform the teaching of Jewish prayer and theology at different ages What should educators in Jewish settings consider about adolescent social learning when they plan their curricula and programs What are the implications of recent research on adult development for adult Jewish learning Students will have opportunities to observe learners in a variety of Jewish education settings.
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  • JWST 208: Jerusalem:Jews,Christians and the Struggle for the Holy City in Late Antiquity

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. (Jerusalem between Its Demise as a Jewish Center and Its Appropriation by the Church, 1st - 5th centuries CE) This course examines the role of the city of Jerusalem within the ongoing polemics and dialogue between Christianity and Judaism in Late Antiquity. The seminar focuses on the holy city of Jerusalem, exploring the events leading to its demise in 70 CE at Roman hands and its fate in the centuries that followed. We will examine the complex history and symbolic legacy of the city in the Jewish and Christian imaginations--from the formative period of early Christianity when Jerusalem was at the forefront of contention between the two groups, to the relative demise of attention to the city in Jewish and Christian thought during the 2nd and 3rd centuries under pagan Roman rule, to the revival of interest in the 4th century under Roman Emperor Constantine, with the appropriation of Jerusalem as a Christian city in a Christian world. Following the fascinating transmutations in the history of the holy city, this course explores the exchange of ideas between adherents of both Judaism and Christianity in this ancient cradle of their pasts.
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  • JWST 225: Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Exploration of the issues relating to the identification and history of the people who produced and used these materials as well as the claims made about the inhabitants of the Qumran site near the caves in which the scrolls were discovered, with a focus on what can be known about the community depicted by some of the scrolls, its institutions and religious life, in relation to other known Jewish groups at that time (the beginning of the common era). This will involve detailed description and analysis of the writings found in the caves -- sectarian writings, "apocrypha" and "pseudepigrapha," biblical texts and interpretations.
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  • JWST 227: Modern Jewish Thought

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Through a reading of such thinkers as Martin Buber, Gershom Scholem and Franz Rosenzweig, the course will address some of the fundamental issues in modern Jewish thought and experience.
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  • JWST 239: The Golden Age of Jewish Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Manekin. The course will examine three hundred years of Jewish philosophy from Maimonides to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Attention will be paid to Maimonides and the post-Maimonidean thinkers Abner of Burgos. Moses of Narbonne, Levi Gersonides, Hasdai Crescas, and Joseph Albo. Topics to be discussed will be: the existence of God, creation, providence, prophecy, free will, and Divine knowledge. Of special interest will be the increasing influence of Christian philosophy on Jewish philosophy during this period.
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