Master of Arts in Jewish Studies

Spring 2011 Courses Descriptions by Area of Concentration

 

MASTERS - Spring 2011 Course Schedule

COURSE

ID

TITLE

INSTRUCTOR

DAY

TIME

LOCATION

CLAS 209

6903

Greece and the Near East from Alexander to Theodosius.

Rife, J

TR

11:00-12:!5

Cohen 323

ENGL 280 /HIST 291

7105

Workshop: Jews and the Modern City

Schachter, A /Cohen, J

TR

4:00-5:15

Calhoun

ENGL 282

7106

The Bible in Literature

Gottfried, R

MWF

11:10-12:00

Stevenson 1431

EUS 240.02

18170

Special Topics: Religion and Politics in Modern Europe

Joskowicz, A

TR

4:00-5:15

Buttrick 308

HIST 210

18221

Russia: The U.S.S.R. and Afterward

Wcislo, F

R

5:10-6:00

Wilson 115

HIST 219

18222

Last Empire of Islam

Cohen, J

TR

11:00-12:15

Garland 101

HIST 230

7877

20th Century Germany

Smith, H

TR

11:00-12:15

Stevenson 5211

HIST 291 /ENGL 280

7907

Workshop: Jews and the Modern City

Cohen, J/
Schachter, A

TR

4:00-5:15

Calhoun

HIST 330.01

18239

Studies in German History

Smith, H

T

3:10-6:00

Benson 200

JS 222

18314

Jews in Egypt from the Biblical Joseph to the Suez Crisis

Wasserstein, D

TR

11:00-12:15

Buttrick 206

JS 235W

18315

Hebrew Literature in Translation

Schachter, A

TR

1:10-2:25

Buttrick 205

JS 245

18316

Major Themes in Jewish Studies: Jewish Studies in the Academy

Kelner, S

TR

9:35-10:50

Calhoun 203

JS 253W

11280

Witnesses Who Were Not There: Literature of the Children of Holocaust Survivors

Meyer, A

MWF

11:00-12:00

Stephenson 1310

LAW 738

18855

Jewish Law From the Ancient Near East to the Israeli Supreme Court

Ackerman-Lieberman, P

MT

8:00-9:15

TBA

PHIL 211

8470

Medieval Philosophy

Dobbs-Weinstein, I

TR

1:10-2:25

Furman 311

PHIL 245

18428

Humanity, Evolution, God

Goodman, L

TR

9:35-10:50

Calhoun 320

PHIL 260

8515

20th Century Continental Philosophy

Wood, D

TR

2:35-3:50

Buttrick 302

PHIL 261

8518

Jewish Philosophy

Goodman, L

TR

1:10-2:25

Calhoun 117

PHIL 353.04

8654

Figures in Philosophy: Averroes and Gersonides

Dobbs-Weinstein, I

W

6:30-9:30

Furman106

REL 2501

20140

Elementary Biblical Hebrew

Whitcomb, K

MWF

8:10-9:00

TBA

REL 2515

20145

Elementary Modern Hebrew

Halachmi, M

MWF

3:10-4:00

Buttrick 312

REL 2750

20152

History of Religion in America

Dickerson, D

MW

9:10-10:00

TBA
       

F

8:10-9:00

 

REL 3103

20165

Intermediate Modern Hebrew

Halachmi, M

MWF

2:10-3:00

Buttrick 312

REL 3119

20637

Book of Numbers

Sasson, J

TR

1:30-3:00

DIV TBA

REL 3518

20184

Qur’an & Its Interpreters

McGregor, R

TR

1:10-2:25

Garland, 301F

REL 3690

 

Master's Thesis Research

TBA

TBA

TBA

TBA

REL 3808

20648

Ancient Goddesses

Azzoni, A

TR

1:10-2:25

Calhoun 103

REL 3820

20649

West Semitic Inscriptions

Azzoni, A

W

3:10-5:00

TBA

REL 3880.04

20658

Is G-d Guilty? The Problem of Evil in Jewish Thought

Urban, M

TR

2:35-3:50

Buttrick 301     

REL 3880.05

20660

Jewish Theories of Religion

Urban, M

TR

9:35-10:50

Garland, 301F

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