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AP/JWST 4823 3.0: Contemporary Israeli Society

This course analyzes diverse themes of global relevance as they manifest themselves in the context of Israeli state and society.RESERVED SPACES: All spaces reserved for Year 3 & 4 Humanities & Jewish Studies Majors and Minors.

AP/JWST 4822 3.00 Gender and Womanhood in Israel

This course offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the cultural and historical development of Israeli womanhood during the early years of statehood. It pays special attention to the evolution of values and cultures of domestic space and home. Course credit exclusions: None

AP/JWST 4821 3.00 Culture, Society and Values in Israel

This course offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the values and cultures of Israel and their evolution, expression, and reflection in cultural production, social structures, politics and history.

AP/JWST 4819 6.00 EN Visions of the End: Early Jewish and Christian Apocalypticism

This course investigates the origins, development and continuing legacies of apocalypticism in ancient Judaism and in the history of Christianity. We will focus on understanding: (1) apocalyptic literature (biblical and nonbiblical, including 1 Enoch, Daniel, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Revelation); (2) millennial movements; and (3) the apocalyptic worldview, which centers on the notion of […]

AP/JWST 4818 3.00 EN Shaping Jewish Memory: Meaning, Imagination, and Identity

This course explores how Jewish communities and individuals have remembered, interpreted and given meaning to the past to shape identity and values. It studies fiction, non-fiction, photographs, films, liturgy, and other vehicles of memory. Course credit exclusion: AP/HUMA 4818 6.00.PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AS/HUMA 4818 6.00, AS/HUMA 4818 3.00.

AP/JWST 4809 6.00 The Hebrew Bible and the Literature of the Ancient Near East

Since the nineteenth century, it has become increasingly evident that the Hebrew Bible is a product of its world. The recovery and decipherment of literatures from Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Egypt, and the Levant have provided ample illustration of this contention. The aim of this course is to look at some of the various literary genres and […]

AP/JWST 4808 6.00 Sex and Violence in the Hebrew Bible

This course attempts a nuanced reading of texts dealing with sexuality and/or violence in the Hebrew Bible. The discussion focuses both on a contextual and on a contemporaneous reading of these texts. RESERVED SPACES: All spaces reserved for Year 3 & 4 Humanities & Religious Studies Majors and Minors.PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: […]

AP/JWST 4803 6.00 Church, Mosque and Synagogue: Jews, Muslims and Christians in Medieval Spain

The Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula in 711 inaugurated a complex trireligious society that was to endure nearly eight hundred years (and more than eight centuries on the Muslim lunar calendar). This development has given rise to Spain's designation as a ""land of three religions"" and Spain's reputation as premodern western Europe's foremost ""pluralist"" […]

AP/JWST 4750 3.00 Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Life

This course offers an exploration of distinctive Jewish approaches to questions of gender, sexuality, and the body, as formulated in their historical, religious, ethical and social dimensions. While we begin our journey with Biblical and other traditional sources, we focus most of our attention on contemporary encounters between gender/sexuality and Jewish life and the gendered […]

AP/JWST 4200 3.00: Directed Reading

In any given year, a limited number of faculty members may be available to supervise a special program of study (for a limited number of students) equal in credit to one full or half course. Note: Enquiries should be directed to the office of the department. Please consult the Enrolment and Registration section, Faculty of […]