Jewish Studies: Courses

Not all courses are offered every year. Please consult the graduate unit for information about course availability. Courses marked with # are taught by Jewish Studies faculty members and incorporate themes within and outside of Jewish Studies. Major research and writing assignments for such courses must focus on topics in Jewish Studies.

Core Courses

Course Code Course Title
CJS1000H
Jewish Studies Master's Seminar
CJS2000H
Jewish Studies Doctoral Seminar (Credit/No Credit)

Elective Courses

Reading Course

Course Code Course Title
CJS1012H Jewish Studies Directed Reading Course
CJS2010H
Jewish Studies Directed Reading Course

History

Course Code Course Title
HIS1279H
World War II in East Central Europe
HIS1287H
Polish Jews Since the Partitions of Poland

Medieval Studies

Course Code Course Title
MST3225H#
Jews and Christians in Medieval and Renaissance Europe

Music

Course Code Course Title
CJS1010H Representations of Jews and Jewishness in Opera

Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations

Course Code Course Title
NMC1100Y#
Introduction to Aramaic
NMC1101Y#
Early Syriac Texts
NMC1102Y
Western Aramaic — Jerusalem Talmud
NMC1105Y#
Syriac Historical Texts
NMC1106Y#
Syriac Exegetical Texts
NMC1111Y#
Eastern Aramaic — Babylonian Talmud
NMC1306H
Scribes, Manuscripts, and Translations of the Hebrew Bible
NMC1308H#
Readings in Hebrew Bible
NMC1318H
Midreshei Halakha: Purity and Cultic Texts
NMC1608Y
Life Cycle and Personal Status in Judaism: Reproductive Technology and Jewish Law

Philosophy

Various courses, depending upon their content in a given year. Consult the collaborative specialization director.

Course Code Course Title
PHL2084H#
Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Continental Philosophy
PHL2089H#
Seminar in Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy
PHL2090H
Hermeneutics

Religion

Course Code Course Title
RLG3621H
Modern Jewish Thought
RLG3622H
Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters
RLG3634H#
Worship and Scripture at Qumran
RLG3641H
Interpretations of Jewish Tradition
RLG3645Y
The Jewish Legal Tradition
RLG3647H
Early Rabbinic Judaism

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Course Code Course Title
SLA1207H
The Imaginary Jew