Graduate Schedule of Classes for Fall 2008
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Continuation Class Please refer to the University Bulletin for specific details regarding registration. Students who should register for CONT 500a Full-time Graduate Research should use sage class # 4929; students who should register for CONT 450a Part-time Graduate Research should use sage class# 5842.
| Class # | Course # | Status | Course Title | Meeting Time(s) | Instructor(s) |
| 5778 | NEJS 101A sec. 1 | Open | Elementary Akkadian [ hum ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes |
Block M - M,W 05:10 PM - 06:30 PM | Taylor,Kynthia |
| 6126 | NEJS 113A sec. 1 | Open | The Bible in Aramaic [ hum ] See Course Catalog for pre-requisites. |
Block F - M,W,Th 01:10 PM - 02:00 PM | Wright,David |
| 6128 | NEJS 122B sec. 1 | Open | Biblical Narrative Texts: The Historical Tradition [ hum ] See Course Catalog for pre-requisites. Enrollment limited to 20 |
Block K - M,W 02:10 PM - 03:30 PM | Brettler,Marc |
| 5655 | NEJS 128A sec. 1 | Open | Introduction to Christianity [ hum ] |
Block L - M,W 03:40 PM - 05:00 PM | Brooten,Bernadette |
| 6129 | NEJS 139A sec. 1 | Open | Philosophers, Poets, and Mystics: Jewish Intellectuals in the Middle Ages [ hum ] |
Block H - T,F 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM | Decter,Jonathan P. |
| 6130 | NEJS 140A sec. 1 | Open | History of the Jews from the Maccabees to 1497 [ hum ss wi ] |
Block K - M,W 02:10 PM - 03:30 PM | Ravid,Benjamin |
| 4217 | NEJS 145A sec. 1 | Open | History of the State of Israel [ hum ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes |
Block V - T,Th 05:10 PM - 06:30 PM | Troen,Selwyn K. |
| 6131 | NEJS 152B sec. 1 | Open | Anti-Judaism, Anti-Semitism, and Anti-Zionism [ hum ss ] |
Block M - M,W 05:10 PM - 06:30 PM | Ravid,Benjamin |
| 6132 | NEJS 164A sec. 1 | Open | Judaism Confronts America [ hum ] |
Block K - M,W 02:10 PM - 03:30 PM | Sarna,Jonathan |
| 6123 | NEJS 164B sec. 1 | Open | The Sociology of the American Jewish Community [ ss hum ] |
Block M - M,W 05:10 PM - 06:30 PM | Fishman,Sylvia |
| 6471 | NEJS 170B sec. 1 | Open | Jewish Education in Modern America [ hum ] |
Block S6 - T 09:10 AM - 12:00 PM | Feiman-Nemser,Sharon |
| 6133 | NEJS 174A sec. 1 | Open | Reading Israel from the Margins: An Exploration of the Self in Modern Hebrew Literature [ hum ] See Course Catalog for pre-requisites. |
Block F - M,W,Th 01:10 PM - 02:00 PM | Szobel,Ilana |
| 6134 | NEJS 182A sec. 1 | Open | Jewish Life in Film and Fiction [ hum ] |
Block S2 - T 01:40 PM - 04:30 PM Block X1 - M 06:40 PM - 09:30 PM |
Fishman,Sylvia |
| 6464 | NEJS 187A sec. 1 | Open | Political Islam [ hum nw ] |
Block F - M,W,Th 01:10 PM - 02:00 PM | Sisman,Cengiz |
| 5652 | NEJS 191B sec. 1 | Open | Messianism and the State of Israel [ hum ] |
Th 02:10 PM - 05:00 PM | Inbari,Motti |
| 5534 | NEJS 193A sec. 1 | Open | Societies in Conflict: Exploring the Middle East through Authentic Materials [ hum nw ] See Course Catalog for pre-requisites. Enrollment limited to 18 |
Block K - M,W 02:10 PM - 03:30 PM | Ringvald,Vardit Al-Kebsi,Lutf |
| 6337 | NEJS 194B sec. 1 | Open | Sufi Teachings [ hum ] See Course Catalog for pre-requisites. Enrollment limited to 25 |
Block E - M,W,Th 12:10 PM - 01:00 PM | Lumbard,Joseph E. B. |
| 6136 | NEJS 200A sec. 1 | Open | Akkadian Literary Texts I See Course Catalog for pre-requisites. Instructor's Signature Required |
Th 03:10 PM - 06:00 PM | Novotny,Jamie Robert |
| 6403 | NEJS 206A sec. 1 | Open | Intermediate Ugaritic See Course Catalog for pre-requisites. See Course Catalog for Special Notes |
Block L - M,W 03:40 PM - 05:00 PM | Wright,David |
| 6137 | NEJS 231A sec. 1 | Open | Current Trends in Jewish Studies Graduate students only. |
Block S6 - T 09:10 AM - 12:00 PM | Freeze,ChaeRan Yoo |
| 6008 | NEJS 299A sec. 1 | Open | Master's Thesis |
TBA | Fishman,Sylvia |
| 4292 | NEJS 315A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Contemporary Israeli Society |
TBA | Staff |
| 4334 | NEJS 316A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Arabic Language and Literature |
TBA | Staff |
| 4293 | NEJS 317A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Assyriology |
TBA | Abusch,I. Tzvi |
| 4294 | NEJS 318A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Sumerian |
TBA | Abusch,I. Tzvi |
| 4295 | NEJS 320A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Jewish Bibliography |
TBA | Staff |
| 4296 | NEJS 321A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Medieval Jewish Philosophy |
TBA | Decter,Jonathan P. |
| 4297 | NEJS 322A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Modern Intellectual History |
TBA | Sheppard,Eugene R |
| 4218 | NEJS 326A sec. 1 | Open | Biblical Literature |
TBA | Brettler,Marc |
| 4219 | NEJS 328A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Ancient Near Eastern Languages |
TBA | Abusch,I. Tzvi |
| 4298 | NEJS 329A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Ancient Near Eastern Religions and Cultures |
TBA | Abusch,I. Tzvi |
| 4299 | NEJS 330A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Israeli History |
TBA | Troen,Selwyn K. |
| 4300 | NEJS 331A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Yiddish Literature |
TBA | Kellman,Ellen |
| 4220 | NEJS 332A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in American Jewish History |
TBA | Sarna,Jonathan |
| 4301 | NEJS 333A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in the History of the Jews in Europe to 1800 |
TBA | Ravid,Benjamin |
| 4221 | NEJS 335A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in East European Jewish History |
TBA | Polonsky,Antony |
| 4302 | NEJS 336B sec. 1 | Open | Readings in American-Jewish Cultural Studies |
TBA | Whitfield,Stephen J |
| 4303 | NEJS 337A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Talmudic and Midrashic Literature |
TBA | Kimelman,Reuven R |
| 4222 | NEJS 338A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in History of Judaism |
TBA | Kimelman,Reuven R |
| 4304 | NEJS 339A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Ottoman History and Civilization |
TBA | Levy,Avigdor |
| 4305 | NEJS 340A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Modern Middle Eastern History |
TBA | Levy,Avigdor |
| 4306 | NEJS 341A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Holocaust History |
TBA | Polonsky,Antony |
| 4307 | NEJS 342A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in the Dead Sea Scrolls |
TBA | Brettler,Marc |
| 4308 | NEJS 345A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Bible and Ancient Near East Studies |
TBA | Wright,David |
| 4309 | NEJS 345A sec. 2 | Open | Readings in Bible and Ancient Near East Studies |
TBA | Brettler,Marc |
| 4310 | NEJS 347A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in the History of Spanish Jewry and the Iberian Diaspora in Europe |
TBA | Ravid,Benjamin |
| 4223 | NEJS 348A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in the History of the Sephardim in the Near East |
TBA | Levy,Avigdor |
| 4311 | NEJS 349A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in the Sephardi Experience in the New World |
TBA | Sarna,Jonathan |
| 4224 | NEJS 350A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Modern Middle Eastern Historiography |
TBA | Staff |
| 4312 | NEJS 352A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in the History of American Jewish Education |
TBA | Sarna,Jonathan |
| 4313 | NEJS 356A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in American Jewish Museum Studies |
TBA | Sarna,Jonathan |
| 4314 | NEJS 357A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in the History of Middle Eastern Jewry |
TBA | Levy,Avigdor |
| 4315 | NEJS 360B sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Contemporary Jewish Literature and Life |
TBA | Fishman,Sylvia |
| 4316 | NEJS 361A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Jewish Sociology |
TBA | Fishman,Sylvia |
| 4317 | NEJS 362A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Polish History 1764-1914 |
TBA | Polonsky,Antony |
| 4318 | NEJS 363A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in the History of Eastern Europe 1750-1947 |
TBA | Polonsky,Antony |
| 5864 | NEJS 364B sec. 1 | Open | Yiddish Readings in Post-Holocaust History |
TBA | Kellman,Ellen |
| 4319 | NEJS 366A sec. 1 | Open | Doctoral and Postdoctoral Seminar on Early Judaism and Christianity |
TBA | Brooten,Bernadette Kimelman,Reuven R |
| 4320 | NEJS 367A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Modern Hebrew Literature and Modern Jewish Culture |
TBA | Staff |
| 4321 | NEJS 368B sec. 1 | Open | American-Jewish Women's Literature |
TBA | Antler,Joyce |
| 4322 | NEJS 369A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in New Testament |
TBA | Brooten,Bernadette |
| 4323 | NEJS 370B sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Language and Art |
TBA | Ringvald,Vardit |
| 4324 | NEJS 373A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Russian Jewish History |
TBA | Freeze,ChaeRan Yoo |
| 4325 | NEJS 374A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Hebrew Curriculum Design |
TBA | Ringvald,Vardit |
| 4225 | NEJS 376A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Jewish Culture |
TBA | Fishman,Sylvia |
| 4326 | NEJS 379A sec. 1 | Open | Hebrew Language and Culture |
TBA | Staff |
| 5320 | NEJS 379B sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Al-Ghazali |
TBA | Lumbard,Joseph E. B. |
| 4327 | NEJS 380A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in German-Jewish History |
TBA | Sheppard,Eugene R |
| 4328 | NEJS 381B sec. 1 | Open | Monuments and Cities |
TBA | Makiya,Kanan Mohamed |
| 4226 | NEJS 382A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Jewish Education |
TBA | Feiman-Nemser,Sharon Levisohn,Jon A |
| 4329 | NEJS 384A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Medieval Jewish Philosophy |
TBA | Decter,Jonathan P. |
| 4330 | NEJS 385A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Liturgy |
TBA | Kimelman,Reuven R |
| 4227 | NEJS 386A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Research in Jewish Education |
TBA | Feiman-Nemser,Sharon Levisohn,Jon A |
| 4331 | NEJS 387A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Hittite |
TBA | Wright,David |
| 4332 | NEJS 388A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Black-Jewish Relations |
TBA | Sarna,Jonathan |
| 4333 | NEJS 389A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Bible Interpretation |
TBA | Brettler,Marc |
| 4335 | NEJS 390A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Medieval Judaism |
TBA | Decter,Jonathan P. |
| 4337 | NEJS 393A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in American Jewish Literature |
TBA | Fishman,Sylvia |
| 5305 | NEJS 397A sec. 1 | Open | Readings in Jewish Women's Memoirs |
TBA | Antler,Joyce |
| 4274 | NEJS 401D sec. 1 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Brettler,Marc |
| 4275 | NEJS 401D sec. 2 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Abusch,I. Tzvi |
| 4276 | NEJS 401D sec. 4 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Brooten,Bernadette |
| 4277 | NEJS 401D sec. 5 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Decter,Jonathan P. |
| 4278 | NEJS 401D sec. 6 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Feiman-Nemser,Sharon |
| 4279 | NEJS 401D sec. 7 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Fishman,Sylvia |
| 4280 | NEJS 401D sec. 8 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Freeze,ChaeRan Yoo |
| 4281 | NEJS 401D sec. 10 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Kellman,Ellen |
| 4282 | NEJS 401D sec. 11 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Kimelman,Reuven R |
| 4283 | NEJS 401D sec. 12 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Levy,Avigdor |
| 4284 | NEJS 401D sec. 13 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Makiya,Kanan Mohamed |
| 4285 | NEJS 401D sec. 15 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Polonsky,Antony |
| 4286 | NEJS 401D sec. 16 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Ravid,Benjamin |
| 4287 | NEJS 401D sec. 17 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Reinharz,Jehuda |
| 4288 | NEJS 401D sec. 18 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Sarna,Jonathan |
| 4289 | NEJS 401D sec. 19 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Sheppard,Eugene R |
| 4290 | NEJS 401D sec. 20 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Troen,Selwyn K. |
| 4291 | NEJS 401D sec. 21 | Open | Dissertation Colloquium |
TBA | Wright,David |
| Cross-Listed in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies | |||||
| 6265 | FA 153A sec. 1 | Open | Israeli Art [ ca ] Enrollment limited to 60 |
Block J - T,F 12:10 PM - 01:30 PM | Ankori,Gannit |
| 4341 | IMES 104A sec. 1 | Open | Islam: Civilization and Institutions [ hum nw ] |
Block C - M,W,Th 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM | Sisman,Cengiz |