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Jewish Studies Interdisciplinary Program Course Offerings Fall 2006
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JS 200 INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM (3 units)
General Education, Arts and Humanities
Class #16491 TR 0930-1045 SH 192 M. Paskow

An examination of the historical development of Judaism's fundamental religious concepts and practices in their cultural and international setting.

CORE COURSE FOR THE JEWISH STUDIES MINOR
RS 101 THE BIBLE (3 units)
General Education, Arts and Humanities
Class #16579 MWF 1100-1150 SH 384
Class #16580 MWF 1300-1350 SH 390 J. Brown
Class #16581 MW 1400-1515 SH 390 J. Brown
Class #16804 TR 1100-1215 SH 384 E. Goodfriend
This course provides a survey of the content and major themes of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), New Testament, and Apocryphal writings.
HEBR 102/102C ELEMENTARY HEBREW AND CONVERSATION (4 units)
General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies
Class #16285 & 16286 TR 1400-1540 SH 221 M. Rosenthal
First semester of a beginning level Hebrew course focusing on basic vocabulary, grammar, reading and practice in the spoken language.
JS 210/HIST 210 A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE (3 units)
General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies
Class #16820 MWF 1200-1250 SH 186 E. Goodfriend
A study of the Jewish people from their beginnings in the ancient Near East to the establishment of the modern State of Israel.
UPPER DIVISION OFFERINGS
JS 300 HUMANITIES IN JEWISH SOCIETY: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL (3 units)
General Education, Arts and Humanities
Class #16492 TR 1100-1215 SH 192 M. Paskow

A study of ancient and medieval Jewish culture examining literature, art and architecture, law, music, philosophy and science. Their distinctive genres, styles, methods of inquiry and creative processes will be examined; as will the links between these areas of Jewish culture, and their contribution to and dependence on similar expressions in non-Jewish cultures. Prerequisite: completion of lower-division writing requirement.

CORE COURSE FOR THE JEWISH STUDIES MINOR.
SOC 306 JEWISH COMMUNAL AND FAMILY STRUCTURE (3 units)
General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies
Class #13746 MWF 1100-1150 SH 102 L. Yellin
The study of Jewish communal and family structure in an international context as a function of religious requirements and social circumstances.
RS 310 RELIGION AND LITERATURE 3( units)
Class #16811 MWF 1000-1050 SH 221 T. Ungvari
An examination of religious themes in classic and contemporary literature. This section will have a significant emphasis on Jewish literature.
JS 330 WOMEN IN THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE (3 units)
Class #17395 TR 1230-1345 SH 314 E. Goodfriend
An innovative course which will examine the social, cultural, and religious lives of women in Jewish communities from antiquity to present. The course perspective is international, with significant focus on Mediterranean, West Asian, and American Jewish societies.
SOC 335 JEWISH IDENTITY IN THE UNITED STATES (3 units)
General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies
Class #17172 W 1500-1745 SH 160 T. Hatkoff
An examination of social institutions and processes involved in Jewish identity, and comparison with other American cultural groups.
RS 356 CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS THOUGHT (3 units)
General Education, Arts and Humanities
Class #16644 MWF 0900-0950 SH 221 A. Shevitz
Study of selected major writings in religious thought, with the aim of analyzing representative modern approaches to questions such as God and the world, faith and self-understanding, and belief and social consciousness. This section will have a significant emphasis on Jewish thought.
HIST 356 ANTISEMITISM IN EUROPE (3 units)
General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies
Class #14638 W 1620-1850 SH 268 T. Ungvari
This course about antisemitism encompasses attitudes, legal formulations, artistic references, and actions toward the Jews in the context of European history and in relationship to the evolution of Jewish identity.
RS 375 CLASSICAL JUDAIC TEXTS (3 units)
Class #17547 R 1900-2145 SH 314 A. Hahn Tapper

A study of the Jewish literary classics: the Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, philosophy, and mysticism. The study is set into the context of Jewish life in the medieval world. The class will be structured around a discussion of primary source readings.

THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE SACRED TEXTS REQUIREMENT IN THE RS MAJOR.
RS 378 AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE (3 units)
General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies
Class #16446 MWF 1200-1250 SH 192 A. Shevitz
This course describes the experience of the Jewish religio-ethnic community in America with reference to its own historical background and development, and the relationship of the community to the general American culture and to other particular subcultures or ethnic groups. Prerequisites: completion of American History requirement or any course in Religious Studies or Jewish Studies.
HIST 406 JEWS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (3 units)
Class #17053 MWF 1000-1050 SH 186 E. Goodfriend
The use of the Hebrew Bible as a historical document, a very controversial subject in the last two decades, will be explored at length, as will the use of archeological evidence. Among the hotly debated issues we will cover in this class is that of Israel's origins (indigenous to the land of Canaan or an immigrant group?), as well as the historicity of the David's kingdom.
JS 499 A-C INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3 units)
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JS 699 A & C INDEPENDENT STUDY (1 or 3 units)
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Santa Susana Hall 231 - 18111 Nordhoff St. - Northridge, CA 91330-8354 - Phone: (818) 677- 3007 - Fax: (818) 677-3985 - jewish.studies@csun.edu