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JWST -- Jewish Studies
JWST 419 Special Topics in Jewish Studies (3) Repeatable
to 9 credits if content differs.
JWST 451 Issues in Jewish Ethics and Law (3) Prerequisite:
three credits in philosophy or Jewish studies (excluding Hebrew language),
or permission of department. Also offered as PHIL 433. Not open to students
who have completed PHIL 433 or HEBR 451. Credit will be granted for only
one of the following: PHIL 433 or JWST 451 or HEBR 451. Formerly HEBR 451.
Philosophical and meta-legal questions concerning the nature of Jewish
law and its relation to morality.
JWST 452 The Golden Age of Jewish Philosophy (3) Prerequisite:
three credits in Philosophy or permission of department. Also offered as
PHIL 417. Not open to students who have completed PHIL 417. Credit will
be granted for only one of the following: JWST 452 or PHIL 417. Jewish
philosophy from Maimonides in the 12th Century to the expulsion of the
Jews from Spain at the end of the 15th Century. Topics include the limitations
of human knowledge, creation of the world, foreknowledge and free will,
and the existence of God.
JWST 453 Philosophy of Spinoza (3) Prerequisite: six credits
in philosophy or permission of department. Also offered as PHIL 424. Not
open to students who have completed PHIL 424. Credit will be granted for
only one of the following: JWST 453 or PHIL 424. An investigation of
the metaphysical, ethical and political thought of the 17th century philosopher
Benedict Spinoza.
JWST 466 Readings in Medieval Hebrew (3) Prerequisite: HEBR
212 or permission of department. Not open to students who have completed
HEBR 472. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: HEBR 472
or JWST 466. Formerly HEBR 472. Introductory readings in Medieval Hebrew
texts. Language of instruction English; all texts in Hebrew.
JWST 468 Readings in the Hebrew Bible (3) Prerequisite: HEBR
212 or equivalent. Formerly HEBR 441 and HEBR 442. Not open to students
who have completed HEBR 441 and HEBR 442. Readings in the Hebrew text
of the Bible. Emphasis in close reading, grammar analysis, and modern interpretations
of the Bible. Language of instruction English; all texts in Hebrew.
JWST 469 Readings in Rabbinic Hebrew (3) Prerequisite: HEBR
212 or equivalent. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Credit will
be granted for only one of the following: HEBR 471 or JWST 469. Introductory
readings in Mishnaic and Talmudic Hebrew texts. Language of instruction
English; all texts in Hebrew.
JWST 493 Jewish Women in International Perspective (3) Prerequisite:
WMST 200 or WMST 250. Also offered as WMST 493. Credit will be granted
for only one of the following: JWST 492 or JWST 493 or WMST 493. Using
memoirs, essays, poetry, short stories, films, music and the visual arts,
course will interrogate what it means/has meant to define oneself as a
Jewish woman across lines of difference. Focus is largely on the secular
dimensions of Jewish women's lives but will also explore the implications
of Jewish law and religious practices for Jewish women. Our perspective
will be international, including Ashkenazi and Sephardi women.
JWST 499 Independent Study in Jewish Studies (1-3) Prerequisite:
permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
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