Schedule of Classes — Undergraduate / Fall 2009 / Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

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(1-99) Primarily for Undergraduate Students
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim Instructor(s)
15786 NEJS 5A 1 Foundational Course in Judaic Studies
[ hum ]
 Block B
M,W,Th 9:10 AM–10:00 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies203 		Open
19 / 999 		Sheppard,Eugene R
8152 NEJS 10A 1 Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Texts
[ fl hum ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
 Block D
M,W,Th 11:10 AM–12:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies201 		Open
12 / 25 		Gaines,Jason
15694 NEJS 29B 1 Slavery, Women, and Religion
[ hum ]
 Block F
M,W,Th 1:10 PM–2:00 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies201 		Open
9 / 999 		Brooten,Bernadette
15670 NEJS 35A 1 History of the Jews from 1492 to the Present
[ hum ss ]
 Block K
M,W 2:10 PM–3:30 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies203 		Open
21 / 999 		Ravid,Benjamin
 

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim 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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		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 		Levy,Avigdor
 

Cross-Listed in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Class # Course # Course Title Time
Location		 Enrl / Lim 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 		Balbale,Abigail