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  • JS 205: Israel:History and Society

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    This course examines some of the key issues in the development of Israeli history, culture, society, and the arts. In seeking to create a radical new society, Israelis have created a unique culture that blends traditional Jewish culture in its Middle Eastern, Western European, and Eastern European forms. We study major themes in Zionist and Israeli history and the development of Israeli culture through a focus on the central questions that have both unified and divided Israeli society.
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  • JS 214: Jewish History from the Exile to the Enlightenment

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    The development and diversity of Jewish life from the destruction of the Second Commonwealth to the French Revolution; the social and spiritual problems of dispersion; the evolution of Jewish society and culture in the Near East and Europe; the historical roots of anti-Semitism; the rise of the ghetto; and relations between the historical experience of the Jews and spiritual currents within their religion, such as Kabbala and Hasidism.
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  • JS 215: Introduction to World Religions

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    A historical study of major modern religions of the West (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and East (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto). This course also examines (1) the methodologies of religious studies, (2) the characteristics that religions share, and (3) the classic questions that religions address.
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  • JS 216: Modern Jewish History

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    The reciprocal effects of Jewish emancipation and Western history in the modern era, from the French Revolution to the present. Particular emphasis on the Zionist movement and the rise of the "Third Jewish Commonwealth," the modern state of Israel, viewed both as products of post-Enlightenment nationalism and in their unique aspects.
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  • JS 218: Introduction to Jewish Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    The study of ethics in general and the study of Jewish ethics in particular. This is a seminarstyle course that allows for the investigation of a variety of ethical issues and does not presume that the students are experts in ethics or Jewish studies. The issues investigated in this course include what is ethics , rights, truth-telling and deception, self-sacrifice, suicide, social ethics, political and economic ethics, war and peace, sexual ethics, medical and bioethics, abortion, genetic engineering, death and dying, and many others.
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  • JS 228: American-Jewish History

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    The experience of American Jews from the Colonial period to the present, with the examination of their social, political, religious, and economic development. Episodes in the Jewish experience include the Colonial period, the early Republic, the Civil War, the eras of German and East European Jewish immigration to the United States, the Holocaust years, and the post-World War II era.
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  • JS 229: The Holocaust

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    Interdisciplinary lectures, readings, and discussions of the roots, details, and consequences of the Holocaust. Historical, intellectual, moral, political, legal, and psychological dimensions of the Holocaust as a phenomenon of its own and as an aspect of genocide. Prerequisite: HIS 100 or any 100-level POL course, or permission of instructor.
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  • JS 306: Archaeology of the Land of Israel

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    This course provides students with an overview of the chronological and cultural structure of the archaeological periods from the third millennium through the Byzantine period, with emphasis on the Roman and Byzantine eras. The course includes fieldwork in Israel, lectures, workshops on material culture, museum tours, and field trips. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. Beyond these required activities, a primary objective of the course is a research paper to be completed during the spring or summer following the return to the United States. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture. All students will complete field- and class work for both courses.
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  • JS 307: Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    This course is an introduction to excavation techniques and material culture. It includes principles of excavation and recording, material culture identification/processing, and fieldstudy tours. Early synagogues and church architecture serve as foci for analysis. This course contains a full introduction to the methodology of Near Eastern archaeology from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, practical instruction in ceramic typology and Semitic inscriptions, and a survey of Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine society. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeology of the Land of Israel. All students will complete field- and class work for both courses.
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  • JS 308: Bible and Archaeology Old Testament

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    A critical introduction to the history and literature of the Hebrew Bible in light of its setting in the ancient Near East, utilizing the discoveries of recent scholarship, including archaeology, literature, and textual criticism.
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