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Judaic Studies Courses
Fall 2007

 

Watch for these and other Judaic Studies Courses offered through the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies and the Department of Religion

NUMBER AND COURSE TITLE

PROFESSOR

DAYS AND TIMES

RN 101 The Bible

TBA

TBA

RN 104 Religions of the World: Western

Kecia Ali

MWF 10-11

Note: The above two courses fulfill divisional studies requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences*

HI 392 Introduction to the Middle East

Betty Anderson

TR 11-12:30

HI 443 Jews in Germany

Jonathan Zatlin

M 12-3

LG 250 Masterpieces of Modern Hebrew Literature (in English translation)

Abigail Gillman

MWF 12-1

HI 592 The Birth of a State: Israel, 1945-1955

Paula Kabalo

TR 3:30-5

LH 111 Hebrew – First Semester

Shulamit
Ben-Natan

MTWF 10-11

LH 111 Hebrew – First Semester

Shalva Klement

MTWF 11-12

LH 211 Hebrew – Third Semester

Shulamit
Ben-Natan

MWF 11-12

LH 211 Hebrew – Third Semester

Shulamit Ben-Natan

MWF 9-10

LH 311 Hebrew – Fifth Semester

Shalva Klement

MWF 12-1

LH 350 Hebrew Narrative

Shalva Klement

MWF 10-11

STH TO704 Hebrew Bible

Kathe Darr

TR 11-12
W 9:30-10:30

STH TO723 A1 Biblical Hebrew

Alejandro Botta

Arranged

STH TO815 Hebrew Reading

Kathe Darr

Arranged

RN 201 The Hebrew Bible

Jonathan Klawans

TR 2-3:30

RN 216 Judaism

Hillel Levine

MWF 9-10

RN 331 Zionism and the State of Israel

Paula Kabalo

TR 12:30-2

RN 335 Judaism in the First Century

Jonathan Klawans

TR 11-12:30

RN 384/628 The Holocaust

Hillel Levine

M 3-6

RN 577 Literature of Memory III: Faith and Tragedy

Elie Wiesel 

M 12-2

RN 578 Literature of Memory IV: Hope and Despair in Hasidism

Elie Wiesel 

T 8:30-10

Judaic Studies Courses

Proposed for Spring 2008

LH 112 Hebrew – Second Semester

Shalva Klement

MTWF 10-11

LH 112 Hebrew – Second Semester

Shulamit
Ben-Natan

MTWF 11-12

LH 212 Hebrew – Fourth Semester

Shalva Klement

MWF 11-12

LH 283 Israeli Culture through Film (in English translation)

Staff

MWF 2-3

LH 212 Hebrew – Fourth Semester

Shalva Klement

MWF 2-3

LH 312 Hebrew – Sixth Semester

Shulamit
Ben-Natan

MWF 10-11

LH 453 Israeli Culture through Film

Staff

MWF 2-3

HI 280 This History of Israel: An Introduction

Paula Kabalo

TR  2-3:30

HI 593 Youth on the Agenda: Roles and Images of Young People in the Jewish Nation

Paula Kabalo

TR 11-12:30

RN 101 The Bible

Peter Hawkins

MWF 1-2

RN 216 Judaism

Hillel Levine

MWF 9-10

RN 322 History of Judaism

Hillel Levine

M 3-6

RN 323 Classical Jewish Thought

Diana Lobel

TR 2-3:30

RN 328/628 Judaism in the Modern Period

Steven Katz

TR 12:30-2

RN 334/634 Dead Sea Scrolls

Jonathan Klawans

MWF 1-2

RN 337/637 Gender and Judaism

Deeana Klepper

TR 11-12:30

RN 384/628 The Holocaust

Steven Katz

TR 3:30-5

Judaic Studies Courses

Not Offered 2007/2008

GG 382 Understanding the Middle East

TBA

Not Offered

HI 223 Jews in the Modern World

TBA

Not Offered

HI 550 Jews in the Modern World

TBA

Not Offered

HI 551 Jewry and Arts

TBA

Not Offered

LH 284 The Culture and Civilization of Modern Israel

TBA

Not Offered

LH 350 Hebrew Narrative: Biblical and Modern

TBA

Not Offered

LH 351 Styles and Meaning Hebrew Poetry: Modern Hebrew Poetry

TBA

Not Offered

PH 409 Maimonides

TBA

Not Offered

PO 570 U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East

TBA

Not Offered

RN 218 Introduction to Classical Jewish History

Steven Katz

Not Offered

RN 202 From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of Christianity

Fredriksen

Not Offered

RN 220 The Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and Imagination

Michael Zank

Not Offered

RN 306/606 Priests and Prophets

Jonathan Klawans

Not Offered

RN 305/605 The Bible in the Medieval World

Deeana Klepper

Not Offered

RN 321 Wisdom in Israel

Jonathon Klawans

Not Offered

RN 324 Introduction to Rabbinic Literature

Jonathan
Klawans

Not Offered

RN 325 Jewish Mysticism

Steven Katz

Not Offered

RN 326/626 Judaic Spirituality

TBA

Not Offered

RN 329 Modern Jewish Thought

Michael Zank

Not Offered

RN 333/633 Antisemitism

Hillel Levine

Not Offered

RN 336/646 Medieval Jewish Philosophy

Diana Lobel

Not Offered

RN 389 Moses and the Origin of Monotheism

Michael Zank

Not Offered

RN 499 Topics in Judaic Studies: TBA

Hillel Levine

Not Offered

RN 524 Genesis – Scripture, Interpretation, Literature

Peter Hawkins

Not Offered

For further information, and to find out more about the Religion Major with Concentration in Judaic Studies, contact:

Michael Zank
617/353-4434
mzank@bu.edu

Jonathan Klawans
617/353-4432
jklawans@bu.edu

Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies:
617/353-8096
judaics@bu.edu

Information on Hebrew Language courses is in the Bulletin (and in the Bulletin on-line).
For further information on the above courses and on the Hebrew Minor, contact:

Abigail Gillman
617/353-6249
agillman@bu.edu

For information on taking Intensive First-Year Hebrew (LH 123) over the summer, contact the Department of Modem Foreign Languages at 617/353-2642.