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  • JWST 545: Hebrew Epigraphy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Ability to read an unpointed Hebrew text and facility in the Hebrew Bible. This course is a seminar covering inscriptions in Hebrew of the Biblical period, such as the Gezer Calendar, the Arad and Lachish letters, and numerous other inscriptions. We will read these texts and examine their linguistic features, but primarily we will focus on the ways these texts are useful in Biblical studies. The historical and linguistic information we glean from these texts, and the use of this information in studying Biblical history and interpreting the Hebrew Bible will be central to the course.
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  • JWST 550: Book of the Bible

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Tigay. Prerequisite(s): Thorough command of Biblical Hebrew and prior experience studying the Bible in the original in high school, college, or a comparable setting. Qualified undergraduates are welcome but must contact the instructor for permission to register and show how they meet the requirements. Language of instruction is in English. In-depth study of a book of the Bible studied in the light of modern scholarship (including archaeology and ancient Near Eastern literature) as well as ancient and medieval commentaries. The book varies each semester and the course may be repeated for credit.
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  • JWST 551: Topics in Jewish History

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Reading and discussion course on selected topics in Jewish history.
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  • JWST 552: Classical Midrash and Aggadah

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Stern. Prerequisite(s): Students must be able to read an unpointed Hebrew text. See description for JWST 352.
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  • JWST 555: Ancient Interpretation of the Bible

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Stern. May be repeated for credit. See NELC 356 for description. Graduate option would require a lengthier research paper.
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  • JWST 556: Seminar Modern Hebrew Literature

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Gold. Prerequisite(s): Near-advanced or advanced knowledge of Hebrew. The content of this course changes from year to year; and, therefore, students may take it for credit more than once. 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 558: Northwest Semitic Epigraphy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Prerequisite(s): Ability to read an unpointed Hebrew text and facility in the Hebrew Bible. This is a seminar in which we read inscriptions in the Canaanite dialects other than Hebrew (Phoenician, Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite) as well as Aramaic and Philistine texts, which were written in the 10th-6th centuries BCE, and discovered in the last 140 years by archeologists. The course is a continuation of HEBR555, but can be taken independently.
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  • JWST 580: Holocaust in Italian Literature & Film

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. Topics for discussion may vary from semester to semester. One possible topic is: "The Literature of the Holocaust in Italy". Taking Primo Levi as a focal point, the first part of the course will center on his work. Through the study of a range of texts drawn from different genres, using memoir, fiction, poetry, and historiography, we will consider major aspects such as incarceration in Auschwitz, the annihilation of the personality versus the "liberation" of poetic expression, linguistic plurality, miscomprehension as a basis for condemnation and death, the language of violence as a universal language and the jargon of the camps. Analysis of these themes will lead us to consider such issues as the drama of survival and the inadequacy of the therapy of writing. We will also look at other intellectuals, among them Jean Amery, who wrote about their experiences in the concentration camps, from the perspective of the question of limits of intellect and his theory of suicide. We will contrast the experience of Levi and Amery with that of Paul Celan. The second part of the course will deal both with the Italian women writing about the Holocaust (Edith Bruck, Giuliana Tedeschi) and Italian Jewish writers introducing the Holocaust in their fiction (Giorgio Bassani, Carlo Levi, Elsa Morante).
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  • JWST 620: Modern Jewish History

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Staff. JWST 620 will be offered when the HIST 620 Colloquium subject matter is appropriate.
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  • JWST 650: Seminar in Biblical Studies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Tigay. Prerequisite(s): Facility in Biblical Hebrew. In-depth study of a special topic or problem in biblical studies.
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