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  • JWST 299: Independent Study

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. An independent study course culminating in a final written project. Prior approval and sponsorship by a member of the Jewish Studies Program faculty is needed to take the course.
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  • JWST 320: Spirit and Law

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Fishman. While accepting "the yoke of the commandments", Jewish thinkers from antiquity onward have perennially sought to make the teachings of revelation more meaningful in their own lives. Additional impetus for this quest has come from overtly polemical challenges to the law, such as those leveled by Paul, medieval Aristotelians, Spinoza and Kant. This course explores both the critiques of Jewish Law, and Jewish reflections on the Law's meaning and purpose, by examining a range of primary sources within their intellectual and historical contexts. Texts (in English translation) include selections from Midrash, Talmud, medieval Jewish philosophy and biblical exegesis, kabbalah, Hasidic homilies, Jewish responses to the Enlightenment, and contemporary attempts to re-value and invent Jewish rituals.
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  • JWST 352: Classical Midrash & Aggadah

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Stern. Prerequisite(s): Students must be able to read an unpointed Hebrew text. Readings in Rabbinic lore from classical Midrashic texts.
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  • JWST 355: Siddur and Piyyut

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Stern. Prerequisite(s): AMES 052 or equivalent. A study of the institution of Jewish prayer, its literature, and synagogue poetry. Texts will be read in Hebrew with supplementary English readings.
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  • JWST 356: Ancient Interpretation of the Bible

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Stern. Christianity and Judaism are often called "Biblical religions" because they are believed to be founded upon the Bible. But the truth of the matter is that it was less the Bible itself than the particular ways in which the Bible was read and interpreted by Christians and Jews that shaped the development of these two religions and that also marked the difference between them. So, too, ancient Biblical interpretation --Jewish and Christian-- laid the groundwork for and developed virtually all the techniques and methods that have dominated literary criticism and hermeneutics (the science of interpretation) since then. The purpose of this course is to study some of the more important ways in which the Bible was read and interpreted by Jews and Christians before the modern period, and particularly in the first six centuries in the common era. We will make a concerted effort to view these interpretive approaches not only historically but also through the lens of contemporary critical and hermeneutical theory in order to examine their contemporary relevance to literary interpretation and the use that some modern literary theorists (e.g. Bloom, Kermode, Derrida, Todorov) have made of these ancient exegetes and their methods. All readings are in English translation, and will include selections from Philo of Alexandria, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Rabbinic midrash, the New Testament and early Church Fathers, Gnostic writings, Origen, and Augustine. No previous familiarity with Biblical scholarship is required although some familiarity with the Bible itself would be helpful.
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  • JWST 358: Readings in Jewish Folklore

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Ben-Amos. For the last forty five years folklorists in Israel have been recording and transcribing folktales told by Jews who came to Israel from many countries. In this course we will read - in Hebrew and English translation - tales that were submitted to the Israel Folktale Archives. We will try to interpret them by employing comparative, historical, literary and cultural analyses.
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  • JWST 359: Seminar Modern Hebrew Literature

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Gold. Prerequisite(s): Near-advanced or advanced knowledge of Hebrew. This course fulfills the Language and Literature component of the English major. The purpose of this seminar is to analyze Hebrew and Israeli literary texts through the framework of various theoretical approaches. The original text will be our point of departure for both, the above analysis and our broader discussion of the writer's relationship to society and political issues. Prerequisite for this course is HEBR259 or permission of instructor, as the texts are more complex, linguistically and artistically. This course is designed for students seeking to further their acquaintance with this literary corpus and who are in advanced to native levels. Past topics include: "Hebrew Poetry and Identity: 1900-1948;" "He and She in Modern Hebrew Literature;" Rebel Children of Israeli Literature;" and Giants of Hebrew Literature."
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  • JWST 380: Modern Jewish Intellectual and Cultural History

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Ruderman. An overview of Jewish intellectual and cultural history from the late 18th century until the present. The course considers the Jewish enlightenment Reform, Conservative and Neo-Orthodox Judaism, Zionist and Jewish Socialis thought, and Jewish thought in the 20th century, particularly in the conte of the Holocaust. Readings of primary sources including Mendelsohn, Geige Hirsch, Herzl, Achad-ha-Am, Baeck, Buber, Kaplan, and others. No previous background is required.
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  • JWST 390: Senior Research Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Permit required. JWST 390 is required of all students majoring in the Interdisciplinary Jewish Studies major, but all majors and minors in the various departmental programs are encouraged to take the seminar. Students will conduct independent research and complete a 20-30 page paper.
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  • JWST 399: Senior Honors Thesis

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Jewish Studies Honors majors must take JWST 399 in which they will design, with the guidance of an advisor, an individualized directed reading program culminating in the writing of an honors thesis.
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