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AJst 256: World Jewry since the Holocaust
3.00 Credits
SUNY at Albany
Examines the historical, cultural, societal, and demographic changes in world Jewry since the Holocaust. Investigates the decline of European Jewish communities and the development of the United States and Israel as postwar centers of modern Jewish life.
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AJst 265: Modern Yiddish Culture
3.00 Credits
SUNY at Albany
This course traces the course of modern Yiddish culture, from the early modern era to contemporary times. Along with historical texts, readings include works of fiction, poetry, and drama. Other materials, such as films and popular music, will be examined in order to help further illustrate the variety and vitality of modern Yiddish culture as it explores many of the central events and themes of modern Jewish history, such as the tension between tradition and modernity, new modes of religious expression, antisemitism, mass migrations, and assimilation. The course also examines complex and ever-changing attitudes towards the Yiddish language itself, and it places those attitudes in the context of the production of Yiddish arts and letters.
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AJst 272: Modern Hebrew Literature in Translation
3.00 Credits
SUNY at Albany
A Jst 272 introduces the students to representative works of Hebrew literature of the last 100 years. The poetry, short stories and novels address universal themes as they reflect the particular period and conflicts that the Hebrew writers experienced. The issues and themes of the literature include the Jewish encounter with modernity, loss of faith, two world wars, the Holocaust, the establishment of the state of Israel, and the several wars Israel has fought with its neighbors. Readings and discussion conducted in English. May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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AJst 275: Antisemitism in Historical Perspective
3.00 Credits
SUNY at Albany
Explores ancient and medieval forms of anti-Jewish hatred, the manifestation of anti-Semitism in the modern period, and several of the current debates on antisemitism. Explores the instrumentalization of anti-Semitic hatred through several case studies and provides the means to assess critically both current antisemitic attacks and charges of antisemitism. Only one of A His 275 & A Jst 275 may be taken for credit.
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AJst 281: The Prophets
3.00 Credits
SUNY at Albany
Survey of the prophets in general (in English), emphasizing the moral and social role of the individual prophet and his impact upon Judaism and Western civilization. Only one of A Jst 281 and A Rel 281 may be taken for credit. May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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AJst 281Z: The Prophets
4.00 Credits
SUNY at Albany
A Jst 281Z & A Rel 281Z are the writing intensive versions of A Jst 281 & A Rel 281; only one of the four courses may be taken for credit. May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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AJst 285: Hero and Antihero in Scripture
3.00 Credits
SUNY at Albany
An examination of different kinds of heroic figures in biblical literature, with questions about literary presentation, religious significance, and historicity. The course looks at ideal and roguish characteristics of heroic individuals in the biblical text and how these are treated in later exegesis and modern scholarship. A wide variety of men and women from the Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha, and the New Testament are studied, but particular emphasis is placed on Moses, David, and Jesus.
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AJst 286: Jerusalem:the City and the Idea
3.00 Credits
SUNY at Albany
Now the capital of Israel, Jerusalem has been central to Jewish history and religion, as well as to Christianity and Islam. The course surveys its physical history, its image in religion, nationalism, literature, and the arts, and its various populations and their subgroups. It aims to provide a sophisticated understanding of the demographics and politics of contemporary Jerusalem.? May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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AJst 291: Messiah and Messianism in Judaism and Christianity
3.00 Credits
SUNY at Albany
Origins of Jewish and Christian messianism in the Old and New Testaments and related literature. Topics include the projection of a society's ultimate values, and the tension caused by the actual attempts to realize those values; i.e., to achieve salvation through messianic movements. Only one of A His 291, A Jst 291, and A Rel 291 may be taken for credit.
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AJst 299: Introductory Topics in Judaic Studies
1.00 - 3.00 Credits
SUNY at Albany
An elementary course in Jewish culture, history, philosophy, literature or the Bible that is devoted to a topic or theme, a particular work or works, or a particular author or authors. May be repeated for up to 6 credits when topic differs.
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