Schedule of Classes Graduate / Fall 2009 / Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

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Notes for Graduate Students

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 #10430; students who should register for CONT 450a Part-time Graduate Research should use sage class #12795. To view course description, please click on the course # link.

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
12656 NEJS 101A 1 Elementary Akkadian
[ hum ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
Block M
M,W 5:10 PM–6:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
9 / 999 / 0
Taylor, Kynthia
15961 NEJS 104A 1 Comparative Semitic Languages
[ hum ]
Block E
M,W,Th 12:10 PM–1:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
16 / 999 / 0
Wright, David
15673 NEJS 114B 1 Ritual and Magic in the Bible
[ hum ]
Prerequisite: HBRW 122a or b, NEJS 10a, or permission of the instructor.
Section 1 uses texts in Hebrew.
Block C
M,W,Th 10:10 AM–11:00 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
8 / 999 / 0
Wright, David
15674 NEJS 114B 2 Ritual and Magic in the Bible
[ hum ]
Section 2 texts taught in English.
Block B
M,W,Th 9:10 AM–10:00 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
8 / 999 / 0
Wright, David
15950 NEJS 116A 1 Ancient Near Eastern Religion and Mythology
[ hum nw ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
Block L
M,W 3:40 PM–5:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies201
Open
14 / 999 / 0
Abusch, I. Tzvi
16188 NEJS 125A 1 Topics in Advanced Talmud
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
Topic for fall 2009: The History and Development of the Jewish Wedding. The history and development of the Jewish wedding ceremony and document. Classical commentaries, manuscript readings, and historical background of the Talmud Ketubot, chapter one.
Signature of Ms. Anne Lawrence, dept. rep., required.
Jewish Wedding:
Block V
T,Th 5:10 PM–6:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
Consent Req.

8 / 999 / 0
Kaplowitz, Elliot D.
Kimelman, Reuven R
15676 NEJS 127A 1 Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism
[ hum ]
Block J
T,F 12:10 PM–1:30 PM
Kutz Hall 132
Open
12 / 30 / 0
Kimelman, Reuven R
12282 NEJS 128A 1 Introduction to Christianity
[ hum ]
Block L
M,W 3:40 PM–5:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
12 / 999 / 0
Brooten, Bernadette
15949 NEJS 134B 1 Secular-isms: Yiddish Culture in the Modern World
[ hum ]
Block D
M,W,Th 11:10 AM–12:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
10 / 999 / 0
Kellman, Ellen
15837 NEJS 141A 1 Russian Jewish History, 1917 to the Present
[ hum ]
Block G
T,F 9:10 AM–10:30 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
8 / 999 / 0
Freeze, ChaeRan Yoo
15953 NEJS 142B 1 Secular Jews: Lives and Choices from 1750 to the Present
[ hum ]
Block E
M,W,Th 12:10 PM–1:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies201
Open
21 / 999 / 0
Polonsky, Antony
15678 NEJS 144A 1 Jews in the World of Islam
[ hum nw ]
Block M
M,W 5:10 PM–6:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies203
Open
32 / 999 / 0
Levy, Avigdor
15679 NEJS 149A 1 The Jews of Muslim and Christian Spain
[ hum ]
Block H
T,F 10:40 AM–12:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
6 / 30 / 0
Decter, Jonathan P.
15681 NEJS 151B 1 Ghettos, Gondolas, and Gelato: The Italian Jewish Experience
[ hum ss ]
Block M
M,W 5:10 PM–6:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies202
Open
16 / 999 / 0
Ravid, Benjamin
15682 NEJS 155A 1 The Philosophy of Moses Maimonides
[ hum ]
Block J
T,F 12:10 PM–1:30 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr122
Open
3 / 30 / 0
Decter, Jonathan P.
15683 NEJS 159A 1 Modern Jewish Philosophy
[ hum ]
Block K
M,W 2:10 PM–3:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
9 / 999 / 0
Sheppard, Eugene R
13410 NEJS 164B 1 The Sociology of the American Jewish Community
[ hum ss ]
Block S2
T 1:40 PM–4:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies203
Open
22 / 999 / 0
Fishman, Sylvia
15685 NEJS 166B 1 Who is a Jew? Identity, Conversion, and Citizenship
[ hum ]
Block J
T,F 12:10 PM–1:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
13 / 999 / 0
Freeze, ChaeRan Yoo
15943 NEJS 168B 1 Jewish Leadership: Innovators and Visionaries
[ hum ]
Block S7
F 9:10 AM–12:00 PM
Golding Judaica Center107
Open
15 / 999 / 0
Kurtzer, Jared L.
15688 NEJS 177A 1 The Holocaust in Jewish Literature
[ hum ]
Taught in English.
Block J
T,F 12:10 PM–1:30 PM
Rabb Graduate Center345
Open
3 / 999 / 0
Szobel, Ilana
15690 NEJS 178A 1 Love, Sex, and Power in Israeli Culture
[ hum ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
Block H
T,F 10:40 AM–12:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies103
Open
6 / 999 / 0
Szobel, Ilana
16184 NEJS 184A 1 Introduction to Jewish Museum Studies
[ hum ]
Block S1
M 2:10 PM–5:00 PM
Pearlman Hall 203
Open
12 / 999 / 0
Smith, Ellen
15691 NEJS 188A 1 The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1800
[ hum nw ss ]
Block L
M,W 3:40 PM–5:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies203
Open
21 / 999 / 0
Levy, Avigdor
 

(200 and above) Primarily for Graduate Students

Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
15692 NEJS 202A 1 Akkadian Mythological/Religious Texts I
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
Interested students should contact Prof. Abusch, abusch@brandeis.edu.
Block K
M,W 2:10 PM–3:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies103
Open
3 / 999 / 0
Abusch, I. Tzvi
 

Cross-Listed in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s)
8452 IMES 104A 1 Islam: Civilization and Institutions
[ hum nw ]
Block V
T,Th 5:10 PM–6:30 PM
Golding Judaica Center101
Open
37 / 999 / 0
Balbale, Abigail