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

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Jewish Studies - Toronto U.

AAR Syllabi Project

Feinstein Center Syllabi Collection for American Jewish History

JSN Syllabi Pages

Religion Syllabi at Syracuse

Sephardi/Mizrahi Studies Caucus Syllabi

World Lecture Hall Syllabi in Religious Studies

Bar Ilan University, Deparment of Jewish History - Syllabi of Courses (Hebrew)

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General

Jewish History from Medieval Times to the Present - Aviva Ben-Ur, University of Massachusetts
The Ancient and Medieval Experience - Nancy Sinkoff (JSN)
Prayer and Performance: The History of the Passover Seder - Yoel H. Kahn, Berkeley (JSN)
Judaic Studies at the George Washington University
Messianic Movements and Ideas in Jewish History - George Washington University
Jewish Historical Writing - George Washington University

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Judaism

Introduction to Judaism - Bruce Rosenstock, University of California, Davis
Introduction to Judaism - Peter J. Haas
Introduction to Judaism - Rabbi Katz, Prof. Chilton, Prof. Neusner, Bard College
Introduction to Judaism - Jacob Neusner, University of South Florida
The Jewish Tradition - Ronald C. Kiener, Trinity College, Hartford Conneticut
Class Notes on Judaism - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary
Writing and Critical Thinking: The Shaping of Jewish Identity - Katz, The University of North Carolina at Asheville
Methods in Jewish Studies - 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
The Jewish Experience - Alexei Sivertsev, DePaul University (needs permission)
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, Hartford Conneticut
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
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible - C. M. M. Brady, Tulane University
Biblical Literacy - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University
Reading Genesis through the Ages - C. M. M. Brady, Tulane University
Interpreting Psalms - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University
Psalms: Text and Countertext - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University
Women in the Biblical World - Alan Humm, Albright College
Biblical Archaeology - John R. Abercrombie, University of Pennsylvania
Biblical Archaeology - Donald D. Binder, St. John's Episcopal Church Dallas, Texas
The Archaeology of Egypt and Canaan in Ancient Times- Donald D. Binder, St. John's Episcopal Church Dallas, Texas
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

Post-Biblical Judaism - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

Varieties of Early Judaism - Robert A. Kraft, University of Pennsylvania

Second Temple Period Judaisms - C. M. M. Brady, Tulane University

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

The World of the Dead Sea Scrolls - C. M. M. Brady, Tulane 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

Rabbinic Judaism - C. M. M. Brady, Tulane University

Rabbinic Judaism: Prayer and Liturgy - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

Topics in Rabbinic Judaism - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

Seminar on Early Judaism and Early Christianity - Robert A. Kraft, University of Pennsylvania

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

Ancient Sources of Information about Jesus' Life - Robert A. Kraft, University of Pennsylvania

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)

The Judean Desert Scrolls - Hanan Eshel , Virtual Jewish University, Bar-Ilan University.

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

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 Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire - 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)

Talmud 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

Medieval Judaism - Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary

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

Medieval Jewish Thought: Creation - David R. Blumenthal, Emory University

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

History and Culture of the Jews in East-Central Europe since 1914 - Antony Polonsky, Brendeis (JSN)

Modern Jewish Thought - Zachary Braiterman, Syracuse University

Modern Jewish History since 1880 - Antony Polonsky, Brandeis U.

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Holocaust

The Holocaust - Daniel E. Rogers, University of South Alabama

Holocaust - Linda M. Woolf, Webster University

Jews, Germans, and the Holocaust - Bob Moeller, University of California, Irvine (only with authorization)

Holocaust: History and Meaning - Bjorn Krondorfer, St. Mary's College of Maryland

The Holocaust in Literature - Zsuzsanna Ozsvath, The Universityof Texas at Dallas

Cultural, Ethical, and Historical Legacies of the Holocaust - Gordon P. Thomas, University of Idaho (only with authorization)

The Holocaust: Background, Tragedy, and Aftermath - Carol Edelman and Sam Edelman, California State University, Chico

Perspectives On Genocide - Carol Edelman and Sam Edelman, California State University, Chico

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

Shoah: Responding to the Holocaust - Leora F. Batnitzky, Syracuse University

The Holocaust - Edith Shaked, The University of Arizona

The Bible and the Holocaust - Jay Holstein, University of Iowa

Hitler & Nazi Germany - Daniel E. Rogers, University of South Alabama

Nazi Germany - Daniel E. Rogers, University of South Alabama

Hitler and the Germans: Society and Politics in Germany, 1900-1945 - Bob Moeller, University of California, Irvine (only with authorization)

A Study in Totalitarian Dictatorship - Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College

Fascist Italy and Vichy France - Theresa M. McBride, Holy Cross College

Genocide: The Ideology of Evil - Linda M. Woolf, Webster University

Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights: A Path to Internationalizing the Psychology Curriculum and Promoting Social Responsibility - Linda M. Woolf, Webster University

Topics in Sociology: The Sociology of Genocide and the Holocaust - Ben S. Austin, Middle Tennessee State University

Nazi Science:Human Experimentation vs.Human Rights - Linda M. Woolf, Webster University

Holocaust History and Theology - Roger Brooks and Robert Wegs, University of Notre Dame (JSN)

Eyewitnesses to the Holocaust: Encountering Traumatic Remembrances - Peter R. Erspamer , Carroll College (JSN)

German-Jewish Relations from the Age of Tolerance to Early Antisemitism (Carroll) - Peter R. Erspamer, Carroll College (JSN)

Sho'ah: Perspectives on the Holocaust - Deirdre Burke, University of Wolverhampton (JSN)

The Destruction of European Jewry - Antony Polonsky, Brandeis (JSN)

The Holocaust - George Washington University

Antisemitism - George Washington University

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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

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 Throughout the Ages - Joshua Schwartz, Virtual Jewish University, 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

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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)

Four Cities: A History of the Jews in Warsaw, Krakow Vilna and Odessa - Antony Polonsky, Brandeis (JSN)

History and Culture of the Jews in East-Central Europe to 1914 - Antony Polonsky, Brandeis (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

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

Varieties of Early Christianity - Robert A. Kraft, University of Pennsylvania

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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07/09/03