JUSCRTG - Judaic Studies

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Core Coursework (3 units):

• course: Core Seminar: Approaches to Jewish Studies (3) - See Schedule of Classes for available course topics

Elective Coursework (9 units)

• course: Classical Aramaic (3)

• course: Transcultural and Diasporic Belonging in German-Speaking Contexts (3)

• course: Biblical Hebrew: Prose Texts AND course: Biblical Hebrew: Poetry (3)

• course: Centering Minoritized Voices in German-Language Discourses (3)

• course: Historiography: The Annals of the Arab Israeli Conflict (3)

• course: The History of Heaven (3)

• course: Mending the World, Social Justice, and the Quest for Redemption: Kabbalah (3)

• course: The Book of Psalms (3)

• course: Women in Ancient Israel (3)

• course: Israeli Women (3)

• course: Persecution in the Spanish & American Inquisitions: Honor, Shame, Violence & Freedom of Conscience (3)

• course: Gender Issues and Women's Literature in the Middle East (3)

• course: History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: 1800-present (3)

• course: Women in Middle Eastern Society (3)

• course: Independent Study (3)

• course: Independent Study (3)

• course: Cultural Heritage Protection, Memorialization, and Human Rights (3)

Language requirements: Students are encouraged to complete a minimum of one year of Modern Hebrew taken at the undergraduate level or Aramaic taken at the graduate level.

Although Hebrew is the preferred language, additional language options that may be considered could include those spoken by significant historical Jewish communities as well as major scholarly languages in Jewish Studies: Arabic, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.  Please consult Graduate Advisor, Professor Beth Alpert Nakhai, bnakhai@arizona.edu for language options.

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.