| Fall 2005 Courses |
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ClassicsCLAS 100 - Modern Hebrew Literary Classics Prose and poetry of a century of writing from the beginning of the Hebrew literary Renaissance to contemporary Israeli literature, including works of Bialik, Agnon, Hazaz, Amichai, Oz, and Yehoshua. Discussions stress historical development and authors’ treatments of tradition and modernity. HebrewHEBR 001 - Beginning Hebrew(4) An active presentation of Hebrew as it is spoken and written today with a focus on comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Further development of skills in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension of modern Hebrew. Texts range from Israeli newspaper items to selections from classical materials.
Directed readings in humanities and social sciences. Development of linguistic skills necessary for independent research.
Selections from Hebrew literature throughout the ages: Bible, Rabbinics, medieval, Hebrew literature; classical motifs in modern Israeli literature. Literary analysis (writing and discussion) in Hebrew. HistoryHIST 101 - Haisdism (3) A study of the history, literature, thought and spirituality of Hasidism, one of the most successful movements in modern Jewish history, from its origins in the 18th century to the present. The relationship between Hasidism and other movements in modern Jewish history (Talmudism, Haskalah,Zionism, messianism) will be explored. Emphasis will be on analyzing primary sources, issues in the historical study of Hasidism, and presentations of Hasidism in literature.
The position of Jews in relation to church and state; organization and self-government of the Jewish community; movements of Jewish spirituality (Philosophy, Kabbalah, German and Polish Hasidism); divisions within Jewish society; the background of emancipation and enlightenment. HonorsHONR 015 - Literary Legacy of the Greeks and
Hebrews (3) Reading and discussion of selections from the two bodies of literature that are formative for Western civilization. Texts will be from The Hebrew Bible and from Greek epic, history, tragedy, comedy and poetry. Establishing the cultural and historical contexts, we will make comparisons and contrasts of narrative style views of God and nature, human virtue and concepts of time and history. Political SciencePSC 179 - Israeli Politics and Foreign Policy
(3) Examination of the institutions, processes, and issues of Israeli politics and foreign policy. ReligionREL 009 - The Hebrew Scriptures (3) The literature, history , and religious thought represented by the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). Continuities and contrasts between Israel and the ancient Near East are considered through study of the world view, oral and literary tradition, main religious ideas, and chief figures and movements of the biblical literature.
Previous topics have included: Biblical Wisdom Literature, Genesis and Exodus, the Hebrew Prophets, and Literary Approaches to the Hebrew Bible.
An examination of Jewish thought and ritual in their development from biblical to modern times.
Transformation of community and beliefs among Jews beginning with the catalyst of their political emancipation. Responses to beginnings of modernity among Jews in Europe, America, and Israel.
Exploration of current debates about major ethical issues among Jewish thinkers in the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform denominations; issues in bioethics, feminism, attitudes towards non-Jews, social action, the ethics of war.
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