Boston University College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Department of Religion
Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies
[blank]
students
faculty
courses
events
news
publications
resources
alumni
contact

Judaic Studies Courses
Fall 2009

 

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 100 Religion and Culture

Diana Lobel

MWF 1-2

RN 104 World Religion: West

Merlin Swartz

MWF 10-11

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

HI 223 Jews in the Modern World

Simon Rabinovitch

MWF 9-10

HI 392 Introduction to the Middle East

Betty Anderson

TR 9:30-11

LH 111 Hebrew – First Semester

Shalva Klement

MWTRF 11-12

LH 111 Hebrew – First Semester

Shalva Klement

MWTRF 12-1

LH 211 Hebrew – Third Semester

Shulamit Ben-Natan

MWTRF 9-10

LH 211 Hebrew – Third Semester

Shulamit Ben-Natan

MWTRF 10-11

LH 212 Hebrew – Fourth Semester

Shulamit Ben-Natan

MWTRF 11-12

LH 250 Hebrew – Masterpieces of Modern Hebrew Literature

Abigail Gillman

MWF 12-1

LH 311 Hebrew – Fifth Semester

Miriam Angrist

MWF 10-11

LH 350 Hebrew Narrative

Shalva Klement

MWF 2-3

STH TO723 Biblical Hebrew

Alejandro Botta

T 3:30-5
TR 12:30-2

STH TO815 Hebrew Reading

Kathe Darr

Arranged

RN 201 The Hebrew Bible

Jonathan Klawans

MWF 1-2

RN 202 From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of Christianity

Paula Fredriksen

TR 11-12:30

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

Michael Zank

MWF 11-12

RN 319 Midrash

Marcie Lenk

TR 11-12:30

RN 322 History of Judaism

Hillel Levine

MWF 8-9

RN 325 Jewish Mysticism

Steven Katz

TR 12:30-2

RN 330 American Judaism

Hillel Levine

MWF 10-11

RN 384/628 The Holocaust

Steven Katz

TR 3:30-5

RN 420 Maimonides

Michael Zank

M 3-6

RN 459 Holocaust Literature

Nancy Harrowitz

MWF 11-12

RN 583 Literature of Memory V: Faith and Destruction

Elie Wiesel

M 12-2

RN 584 Literature of Memory VI: Biblical Choices

Elie Wiesel

T 8:30-10:30

PH 409 Maimonides

Michael Zank

M 3-6

Judaic Studies Courses

Proposed for Spring 2010

LH 112 Hebrew – Second Semester

TBA

MTWF 10-11

LH 112 Hebrew – Second Semester

TBA

MTWF 11-12

LH 212 Hebrew – Fourth Semester

TBA

MWF 11-12

LH 212 Hebrew – Fourth Semester

TBA

MWF 2-3

LH 312 Hebrew – Sixth Semester

TBA

MWF 10-11

RN 101 The Bible

Michael Zank

MWF 11-12

RN 320/620 Readings in Classical Hebrew

Jonathan Klawans

TR 12:30-2

RN 323 Classical Jewish Thought

Diana Lobel

TR 2-3:30

RN 337 Gender and Judaism

Anderson

MWF 10-11

RN 439/739 Jewish Bioethics

Michael Grodin

M 3:30-6:30

RN 524 B1 Topics in Religion and Literature

Abigail Gillman

TR 12:30-2

Judaic Studies Courses

Not Offered 2009/2010

GE 382 Understanding the Middle East

TBA

Not Offered

HI 280 The History of Israel: An Introduction

TBA

Not Offered

HI 443 Jews in Germany

Jonathan Zatlin

Not Offered

HI 550 Jews in the Modern World

TBA

Not Offered

HI 551 Jewry and Arts

TBA

Not Offered

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

TBA

Not Offered

LH 283 Israeli Culture through Film (in English translation)

TBA

Not Offered

LH 284 The Culture and Civilization of Modern Israel

TBA

Not Offered

LH 453 Israeli Culture through Film

Staff

Not Offered

LH 351 Styles and Meaning Hebrew Poetry: Modern Hebrew Poetry

TBA

Not Offered

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

TBA

Not Offered

RN 216 Judaism

Jonathan Klawans

Not Offered

RN 218 Introduction to Classical Jewish History

Steven Katz

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 331 Zionism and the State of Israel

TBA

Not Offered

RN 326/626 Judaic Spirituality

TBA

Not Offered

RN 328/628 Judaism in the Modern Period

Steven Katz

Not Offered

RN 329 Modern Jewish Thought

Michael Zank

Not Offered

RN 333/633 Antisemitism

Hillel Levine

Not Offered

RN 334 Dead Sea Scrolls

Jonathon Klawans

Not Offered

RN 335 Judaism in the First Century

Jonathon Klawans

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

Hillel Levine

Not Offered

RN 524 Genesis – Scripture, Interpretation, Literature

TBA

Not Offered

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

TBA

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.