Resources
Official course descriptions are maintained by the Office of the University Registrar. Follow these links:
- Course descriptions from the Brandeis University Bulletin (course catalog)
- Near Eastern and Judaic Studies course list from Registrar's Web site
Fall 2012 Course Brochure
Printable Course Brochure, 3 pages (pdf)
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Courses
Fall 2012
Course syllabi can be found in LATTE.
| Professor | Course # | Course Title |
| Abusch | NEJS 116a | Ancient Near Eastern Religion and Mythology |
| Abusch | NEJS 201a | Akkadian Literary Texts I |
| Adjunct | NEJS 101a | Elementary Akkadian |
| Brettler | NEJS 118b | The Book of Psalms |
| Brettler | FYS 45a |
Divine and Human Justice: Biblical and the Ancient Near Eastern Views |
| Brooten | NEJS 148b | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews and Christians: Sources and Interpretations |
| Decter | FYS 53a | Between Conflict and Cooperation: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain |
| Decter | NEJS 155a | Maimonides: A Jewish Thinker in the Islamic World |
| El-Tobgui | ARBC 106a | Fourth Level Advanced Arabic I |
| Feiman- Nemser |
NEJS 170b | Jewish Education in Modern America |
| Fishman | NEJS 164b | The Sociology of the American Jewish Community |
| Freeze | NEJS 140b | Early Modern Jewish History |
| Jacobson | NEJS 196b | Cities in the Middle East: History, Politics, Society |
| Karjala/Laher | ARBC 10a 2 | Beginning Literary Arabic |
| Karjala/Laher | ARBC 10a 1 | Beginning Literary Arabic |
| Karjala | ARBC 30a | Intermediate Literary Arabic |
| Kellman | NEJS 134b | Yiddish Culture in the Modern World |
| Kellman | YDSH 10a | Beginning Yiddish |
| Kellman | YDSH 30a | Intermediate Yiddish |
| Kimelman | NEJS 127b | The Jewish Liturgy |
| Kimelman | NEJS 25a | Introduction to Talmud |
| Laher |
ARBC 103a |
Advanced Literary Arabic I |
| Lumbard | IMES 104a |
Islam: Civilization and Institutions |
| Lumbard | NEJS 194b | Sufi Teachings |
| May (Adjunct) | NEJS 128a | Introduction to Christianity |
| Mirsky | NEJS 153a | Between Ecstacy and Community: Hasdism in Jewish Thought and History |
| Mirsky | NEJS 154b | Israel: Religion, State and Society |
| Polonsky | NEJS 137a | The Destruction of European Jewry |
| Polonsky | NEJS 142a | Modern History of East European Jewry |
| Sarna | NEJS 232a | Research and Archival Methods in Modern Jewish History |
| Sheppard; Freeze |
NEJS 231a | Graduate Proseminar in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies |
| Sherman | NEJS 10a | Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Texts |
| Smith | NEJS 133a | Art, Artifacts, and History: The Material Culture of Modern Jews |
| Troen | NEJS 145a | History of the State of Israel |
| Urban | NEJS 187b | Slavery and Concubinage in Islamic History |
| Wright | NEJS 106b | Elementary Ugaritic |
| Wright | NEJS 113b | Law in the Bible and the Ancient Near East |
| Wright | NEJS 204b | Advanced Northwest Semitics |