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JWST 304 Critical Approaches to Israeli Culture (3).
Formerly: JWST419B and JWST419K. Also offered as
HEBR498L. An examination of the intersections of literature,
society, philosophy, and politics in the making of modern Israeli
culture. Special attention will be paid to the Zionist emphasis
on making “new” Jews and its implications when expressed in
literature and society.
JWST 309 Research Seminar in Jewish
Studies (3). Prerequisite: two upper level JWST courses or permission of department. Junior standing. Repeatable to 06 credits if
content differs. Discussions and research papers designed to
acquaint the student with the methods and problems of
research and presentation. Students will be encouraged to
examine those phases of Jewish studies which they regard as
their specialties.
JWST 324 Biblical History and
Culture (3). Also offered as HIST321. Not open to students who have completed HEBR333
or HIST321. Credit will be granted for only one of the following:
JWST324 or HEBR333 or HIST321. Formerly HEBR 333. Study
of the political, social, and religious development of the Jewish
nation from its inception to its return from exile in Babylonia
around 536 C.E. Focus on biblical texts, archeological finds,
and source materials from neighboring cultures to reconstruct
political history and the development of religious concepts.
JWST 325 Jews and Judaism in
Antiquity I: Sixth Century B.C.E through the First Century
C.E. (3). First Century CE Also offered as HIST370.
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: JWST325 or
HIST370. Political, social and religious history of the Jews from
the Persian Period to the Judean Revolt of 66-70CE. Special
attention to the rise of sectarian and revolutionary movements.
JWST 326 Jews and Judaism in
Antiquity II: First through Seventh Century (3).
Also offered as HIST371. Credit will be
granted for only one of the following: JWST326 or HIST371.
Political, social and religious history of the Jews from the
destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE to the Muslim
conquests. Special attention to the political transformations in
Judaism under late Roman Christianity, and the rise of the
Rabbinic movement.
JWST 331 Early Christianity:
Jesus to Constantine (3). Also
offered as HIST320. Not open to students who have completed HIST320. Credit will be granted for only one of the following:
JWST331 or HIST320. Social and religious history of early
Christianity from its origin in the first century to the reign of
Constantine.
JWST 342 History of Zionism and
the State of Israel (3). Also
offered as HIST376. Credit will be granted for only one of the
following: JWST342 or HIST376. Ideological and political
factors leading to the establishment of a secular Jewish state
in 1948; Zionist thought of Herzl, Ahad Haam, the socialist and
religious Zionists, and the revisionists; diplomatic activities;
Arab-Israel conflict; post-1948 Israeli society.
JWST 343 Modern Jewish History
I: The Road to Emancipation, 1650-1870 (3). Also offered as HIST374. Credit
will be granted for only one of the following: JWST343 or
HIST374. Social, political, economic, and cultural change in the
Jewish world since 1650. Emphasis on emancipation,
assimilation, and new forms of Jewish identity in Western and
Eastern European Jewry from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
JWST 344 Modern Jewish History
II: World Jewry Since 1870 (3). Also offered as HIST375. Credit will be granted for only one
of the following: JWST344 or HIST375. Continuation of JWST
343: Social, political, economic, and cultural change in the
Jewish world since 1870. Emphasis on emancipation,
assimilation, and new forms of Jewish identity in Western and
Eastern European Jewry from the 19th Century to the present.
JWST 345 The Holocaust of European
Jewry (3). Also offered
as HIST307. Credit will be granted for only one of the following:
JWST345 or HIST307. Roots of Nazi Jewish policy in the 1930s
and during World War II: the process of destruction and the implementation of the “final solution of the Jewish problem” in
Europe, and the responses made by the Jews to their
concentration and annihilation.
JWST 376 Literature of the Holocaust (3) An exploration of
the primary texts of the literary canon of the Holocaust: Night
by El ie Wiesel, The Diar y of Anne Frank, Maus by Art
Spiegelman, and other lesser known works. Exploration of the
strategies used by authors of Holocaust narratives to depict a
subject matter that has long been considered impossible, and
to some extent, unethical to render in a work of art. |
