Syllabi Database - Jewish History

Syllabi for Courses Relating to Jewish History

Students and teachers of Jewish history are often confronted with the challenge of constructing syllabi for potential courses, or independent study, in the field of Jewish History. Gathered here are course syllabi used by teachers of Jewish History and related disciplines available on-line. Please note that the individual teacher, and not the Dinur Center, are responsible for the content of the syllabi.

General	Judaism	Biblical History	Second Temple and Talmudic Era	Medieval Era
Modern Era	Holocaust	Zionism and the State of Israel	Jerusalem	Jewish Mysticism
American Jewish History	Sepharadic Jewish History	European Jewish History	Judaism, Christianity and Islam

If you notice any links we have not listed, this may be because we are not aware of them. So, please forward URL's to us (dinur.center@mail.huji.ac.il). If you are a teacher with relevant material and need a "home" for it on the web, please contact us - we will try and help you add your material to the web. Because of the dynamics of the academic world we have been finding that links listed here change and move all the time so if you find a broken link or if you are aware of a link that has changed or moved please update us ASAP.

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General

The Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto
American Academy of Religion (AAR)Syllabi Project
Feinstein Center for American Jewish History Resources and Videos
H-Judaic Teaching Resources
Syracuse University Department of Religion - Current Syllabi
Sephardi/Mizrahi Studies Caucus Syllabi
Bar Ilan University, Deparment of Jewish History - Syllabi of Courses (Hebrew)
Jewish History from Medieval Times to the Present - Aviva Ben-Ur, University of Massachusetts
Judaic Studies Program Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
Messianic Movements and Ideas in Jewish History - George Washington University
3,000 Years of Jewish History: Course Syllabus- Shira Klein

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Judaism

Introduction to Judaism - Bruce Rosenstock, University of California, Davis
Introduction to Judaism - Sarah Bunin Benor
Introduction to Judaism - Xandy Frisch
Introduction to Judaism - Noam Pianko
Introduction to Judaism - Sabine Meyer
Introduction to Judaism - Steven M. Wasserstrom
Introduction to Judaism - Tzvee Zahavy, University of Minnesota
Introduction to Jewish Cultures - Oren Stier

Advanced Studies in Judaism - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

Class Notes on Judaism - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

Living Jewishly: Jewish Rituals and Observances - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

Introduction to Jewish Studies - Caryn Tamber-Rosenau

Methods in Jewish Studies - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

Hinduism and Judaism - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

Classics of Judaism - Jacob Neusner, University of South Florida

The Formation of Judaism - Jacob Neusner, University of South Florida

Topics in Jewish Studies - University of Minnesota

Judaism: Practice and Belief - Ruth Langer

The Jewish Tradition - Deirdre Burke, University Of Wolverhampton

Jewish Civilization - Deborah Starr (JSN)

Introduction to Jewish Prayer - Tzvee Zahavy, Spertus College of Judaica

Sources and Resources for Jewish Studies - Yoel H. Kahn, Berkeley (JSN)

Judaic Literature - Ken Frieden, Syracuse University

Judaism - Zachary Braiterman, Syracuse University

Sexuality and Marriage in Jewish Tradition and History - Evyatar Marienberg, McGill University

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Bible History

Hebrew Bible Courses - Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta

The Emergence of Judaism - Ronald C. Kiener, Trinity College

Introduction to Jewish History I: From Biblical Origins to 1492 - H. Lupovitch, Colby (permission needed)

Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures - Alan Humm, Albright College

Biblical Literacy - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

Interpreting Psalms - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

Psalms: Text and Countertext - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

Music and the Bible - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

Women in the Biblical World - Alan Humm, Albright College

Biblical Archaeology - Donald D. Binder

Ancient Mesopotamia and the Levant - Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta

Biblical Narratives - Gildas Hamel

The Bible: Wisdom, Poetry and Apocalyptic - Tzvee Zahavy, University of Minnesota (JSN)

The Jewish Scriptures - Jim Watts, Syracuse University

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Second Temple and Talmudic Era

Jewish Movements of the Second Temple Era - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha - James R. Davila, University of St. Andrews

Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period - Lee I. Levine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Second Temple Period Jerusalem - Charles E. Carter, Seton Hall University

Exploring the Dead Sea Scrolls - Robert A. Kraft, University of Pennsylvania

Dead Sea Scrolls, Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha - University of California, Davis

Judaism of the Talmud and Midrash - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

The Jewish Liturgy - Reuven Kimelman, Brandeis University

Second Temple Judaism - Jim Watts, Syracuse University

Topics in Rabbinic Judaism: Jewish Liturgy - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

Into His Own - Perspective on the World of Jesus - Mahlon H. Smith, Rutgers University

From Cyrus to Jesus - Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta

Introduction to Talmud - Melton Research Center for Jewish Education

The History Wheel - The Center for Educational Technology (Hebrew)

Judaism in the Time of Early Christianity - Tzvee Zahavy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Judaism in Late Antiquity - Jacob Neusner, USF

Judaism in the Time of Jesus and Hillel - Steven Fine, University of Maryland

Art and Judaism During the Greco-Roman Period - Steven Fine, University of Maryland

Ancient Israel: The Hellenistic Period - Tzvee Zahavy, University of Minnesota (JSN)

The Dead Sea Scrolls: The Inter-Testamental Period - Tzvee Zahavy, University of Minnesota (JSN)

Mishnah and Midrash in Translation - Tzvee Zahavy, University of Minnesota (JSN)

Talmudic Texts - Tzvee Zahavy, University of Minnesota (JSN)

Rabbinic Texts - Tzvee Zahavy, University of Minnesota (JSN)

The Second Temple in Rabbinic Thought - Steven Fine, Baltimore Hebrew University (JSN)

The Intertestamental Period - Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Bapist University

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Medieval Era

Medieval Judaism - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

Jews and Christians in the Middle Ages - The George Washington University

Popular Jewish Medieval Culture - Nathan Hofer

Jewish History from Medieval Times to the Present - Aviva Ben-Ur, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

The Jews in Medieval Spain - E. Klein (JSN)

Medieval Jewish Literature - Sheila Delany, Simon Fraser University (JSN)

Foundations of the Christian-Jewish Argument - Professor Klein , NYU (JSN)

Maimonides Texts - Tzvee Zahavy, University of Minnesota (JSN)

Medieval Bible Commentaries - Tzvee Zahavy, University of Minnesota (JSN)

Jews and Christians in the Middle Ages - George Washington University

Bible Interpretation in Medieval Ashkenaz - Evyatar Marienberg, McGill University

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Modern Era

Judaism in the Modern World - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

Jewish History, Spanish Expulsion to the Present - Shulamit Magnus, Oberlin College

Jewish History, 1492 to the Present - H. Lupovitch, Colby College (permission needed)

Jews in Modern Times - Bernard D. Cooperman, University of Maryland

Seminar on German Jewry: Dogmas in Search of Some Doubts - Shulamit Magnus, Oberlin College

Jewish Law and Problems of Jewish Life in the Modern World - Bernard Jackson, University of Manchester

Dilemmas in Modern Jewish Identity - H. Lupovitch, Colby College (permission needed)

Jews and the City - H. Lupovitch, Colby College (permission needed)

Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mordecai M. Kaplan - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

Jewish Law and Problems of Jewish Life in the Modern World - Bernard Jackson

Modern Jewish Thought - Zachary Braiterman, Syracuse University

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Holocaust

Media and Memory: Representing the Holocaust - Lynne Joyrich, Brown University

Nazi Germany and the Holocaust - David Ciarlo, MIT

The Holocaust - Allan Fenigstein & Mary Suydam, Kenyon College

The Holocaust & Genocide - Alan L. Berger, Florida Atlantic University

Goverment Repression and Democide - R.J. Rummel, University of Hawaii

The Holocaust and Genocide: Living in the Aftermath - P. Beard, M. Goodman, I. Hartmann, Sonoma State University

The Holocaust - in Western Civilizations - Edith Shaked, The University of Arizona

The Holocaust in German History - Harold Marcuse, UC Santa Barbara

The Nazi Holocaust in History, Literature, and Film - Harold Marcuse, UC Santa Barbara

Representing Hitler and Nazism, 1925-present - Harold Marcuse, UC Santa Barbara

The Holocaust: Interdisciplinary Perspectives - Harold Marcuse, UC Santa Barbara

Nazism and Stalinism - Jeff Sahadeo, Carleton University

The Nazi Era The Politics and Culture of Totalitarianism - Dennis B. Klein, Kean University /strong>

The Holocaust as History Nazi Germany - Andrew Donson, University of Massachusetts

Nazi Germany and the Holocaust - Christopher Fischer, Indiana State University

The History of the Holocaust - Alexandra Garbarini, Williams College

Holocaust Memorialization: National & International Perspectives - Bonnie Harris, UC Santa Barbara

History of the Third Reich - Michael Hayse, Stockton College of New Jersey

The Holocaust and Genocide German National Socialism - Christopher R. Jackson, San Francisco State University

The Holocaust in History - Jeremy King, Mount Holyoke College

Nazi Germany - Arnold Krammer, Texas A&M University

Germany and National Socialism - M. E. Menninger, Texas State University at San Marcos

From Weimar to Hitler: Modern Culture -- Degenerate Culture -- Nazi Culture - Nancy Nenno/Richard Bodek, College of Charleston

The Holocaust - Sara Sewell, Virginia Wesleyan College

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Zionism and the State of Israel

Etat juif ou Etat des Juifs? Visions et r�alit�s - Nelly Las

The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Raymond Tanter, The University of Michigan

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Jewish Mysticism

Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

The Jewish Mystical Tradition - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

The Jewish Mystical Tradition: The Zohar - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

Advanced Zohar - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

Ayn sof to Zaddik - G. Spinner, Tulane University

Demons and Devils in the Western Traditions - Alan Humm, Albright College

The End of the World - Alan Humm, Albright College

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period - Lee I. Levine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Second Temple Period Jerusalem - Charles E. Carter, Seton Hall University

Jerusalem: Life Throughout the Ages in a Holy City - Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies, Bar-Ilan University

Jerusalem in Jewish Lore and Legend - Marc Bregman, University of Washington (JSN)

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American Jewish History

American Jewish History - Pamela Nadell, American University

American Judaism - Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University

The Making of the American Jew - Jonatahn Sarna, Brandeis University

American Jewish Women - Pamela Nadell, American University

Women in American Jewish History - Regina Stein, Temple University

Jewish-Christian Relations in the United States - Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University

American Jewish Culture - Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University

American Jewish History - Dennis B. Klein (JSN)

20th-Century Jewish American Fiction - Harvey Teres, Syracuse University

New Views on the Jews: Ethnic and Racial Identity and Interaction in American Jewish History - Aviva Ben-Ur, Univeristy of Washington

The Jewish American Experience - Steve Hoffman, Western Washington University

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Sepharadic Jewish History

La inmigracion del Imperio Otomano y el desarrollo de las comunidades sefardies en America Latina (1890-1950) - Margalit Bejarano, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Spanish)

Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews in Latin America - Margalit Bejarano, Hebrew University

Sephardic Culture and Literature in Translation - Aviva Ben-Ur, Queens College

Introduction to Sephardi Culture - Edwin Seroussi, UCLA

Music in Sephardi Jewish Culture - Edwin Seroussi, UCLA

History of the Jews in Islamic Lands - George Washington University

Sephardic Bible Interpretation - Evyatar Marienberg, McGill University

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European Jewish History

The History of East European Jewry - Nancy Sinkoff (JSN)

Jews in East-Central European Social History: The Jewish Question and the Holocaust, Nationalism and Prejudices - Viktor Karady, Central European University

History of the Jews in Christian Europe to the 18th Century - George Washington University

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Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Judaism and Islam - Jacob Neusner, University of South Florida

Dialogue between Jews and Christians - Dennis Sasso and Clark Williamson

The Religious Quest: Judaism and Christianity - Ruth Langer

Jews and Christians: Understanding the Other - Ruth Langer and Philip Cunningham

From Diatribe to Dialogue: Studies in the Jewish-Christian Encounter - Ruth Langer, Robin Jensen

The Judeo-Christian Tradition - Ralph Keen, University of Iowa

Early Christianity, Jesus to Constantine - Hayim Lapin, University of Maryland

Introduction to the New Testament - Alan Humm, Albright College

The Judeo-Islamic Tradition - Ronald C. Kiener, Trinity College

Jews and Christians in the Middle Ages - The George Washington University

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