JUDAIC STUDIES PROGRAM FALL 2004 COURSES
Classes begin on Thursday, September 23, 2004

JUDA 1. BEGINNING HEBREW. Acquisition of basic vocubulary, fundamentals of Hebrew grammar, conversation, and reading. Ms. Schuster. MWF 9:00-9:50. Center 217A. ID509043.
DISCUSSION GROUPS FOR JS 1 MEET TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, 8:00-9:20 and 9:30-10:50.

JUDA 101. INTRODUCTION TO HEBREW TEXTS. Reading and analysis of texts from biblical through modern authors, study of advanced vocabulary and grammar. Course taught in Hebrew and in English. Mr. Propp. MWF 12:00-12:50.Center 217A. ID 509047.

ANGN 181. ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY. As part of the broad discipline of anthropology, archaeology provides the long chronological record needed for investigating human and social evolution. The theories and methods used in this field are explained. Prerequisites: ANLD 3 is recommended. Mr. Levy. TTH 9:30-10:50. Peterson 104. ID 505015

ANRG 116. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SOCIETY IN SYRO-PALESTINE. Syro-Palestine, the area which includes Israel and adjacent regions, provides a microcosm of social evolution in the eastern Mediterranean. Course examines the archaeological evidence for social change from the emergence of complex societies (ca. 10,000 B.C.E.) to the Israelite kingdoms (ca. 586 B.C.E.). Prerequisite: upper division standing. Mr. Levy. TTH 2:00-3:30. SSB 105. ID 515168.

HIEU 132. GERMANY FROM LUTHER TO BISMARK. In the age of Luther Germany was a maze of tiny states, rife with religious conflict. In this course we explore how Germany became a nation. Our burning question is whether the roots of Nazism lay in this past. Ms. Hertz. MWF 9:00-9:50. PETERSON 102. ID 513998.

HIEU 171/172. SPECIAL TOPICS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE: JEWISH AND GERMAN NATIONALISM . Ms. Hertz. M 11:00-1:50. HSS 6008 171 ID 514000; 271 ID 514001.

HIGR 255. THE LITERATURE OF ANCIENT HISTORY. An introduction to the bibliography. methodology, and ancillary disciplines for the study of ancient history together with readings and discussion on selected topics within the field. May be repeated for credit; topic will vary from year to year. Mr. Friedman. DAY/TIME/ROOM TBA. ID 508496.

HIGR 260A. GRADUATE SEMINAR IN JUDAIC STUDIES. Weekly graduate seminar. Faculty and students present results of research. Student research may be towards course work on thesis. Faculty. ID TBA.

HINE 108. THE MIDDLE EAST BEFORE ISLAM. The people, politics, and cultures of Southwest Asia and Egypt from the 6th century B.C.E. to the 7th century C.E. The Achemenid Empire, the Ptolemaic and Seleucid kingdoms, the Roman Orient, the Parthian and Sasanian states. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Mr. Goodblatt. MWF 10:00-10:50. WLH 2113. ID 514020.

HINE 161/261. SEMINAR IN HEBREW BIBLE. Systematic reading and rendering of the Hebrew Bible in order. Adequate knowledge of Biblical Hebrew is required. Mr. Freedman. W 8:00-9:50. HSS 5086. HINE 161: ID 514021; HINE 261: ID 514024.

HINE 153A/253A.INTRODUCTION TO AKKADIAN LANGUAGE AND MESOPOTAMIAN CULTURE. Students study cuneiform script and elements of Babylonian-Assyrian grammar, as well as the history of ancient Mesopotamia. Mr. Propp. DAY/TIME/ROOM TBA. 153A ID 514022; 253A ID 514025.

HINE 181/281. PROBLEMS IN THE STUDY OF HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS. Detailed study of a portion of Biblical text. Focus on text-critical and source-critical problems. Prerequisite: upper-division or graduate standing. Mr. Propp. DAY/TIME/ROOM TBA. 181 ID 514023; 281 ID 514026.

SOC/D 178. THE HOLOCAUST. The study of the unique and universal aspects of the Holocaust. Special attention will be paid to the nature of discrimination and racism, those aspects of modernity that make genocide possible, the relationship among the perpetrators, the victims and the bystanders, and the teaching, memory, and denial of the Holocaust. Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Mr. Bernacki. MWF 11:00-11:50. Center 113. ID 512272.

SOC/D 188F. MODERN JEWISH SOCIETIES AND ISRAELI SOCIETY. Contradictory effects of modernization on Jewish society in Western and Eastern Europe and the plethora of Jewish responses: assimilation, fundamentalism, emigration, socialism, diaspora, nationalism, and Zionism. Special attention will be paid to issues of discontinuity between Jewish societies and Israeli society. Mr. Shafir. TTH 11:00-12:20. WLH 2207. ID 512274.

PLEASE CONTACT THE JUDAIC STUDIES PROGRAM OFFICE (858-534-4551; esvalstad@ucsd.edu) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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• Humanities
  • Humanities 1 - The Foundation of Western Civilization: Israel and Greece
    
• Literature

• LTCO 212 - Studies in the Hebrew Bible
• LTEU 105 – Medieval Studies: Crusade, Conquest, Conversion in Medieval Literature
• LTNE 101 - Bible: The Narrative Books
• LTNE 102 - Bible: The Prophetic Books
• LTNE 103 - Bible: The Poetic Books
• LTWL 134 - A Cultural History of American Jewry
• LTWL 138 - Critical Religion Studies
• LTWL 148 - Yiddish Literature in Translation
• LTWL 198 - Directed Group Study
• LTWL 199 - Special Studies

• Philosophy
  • Philosophy 185 - Philosophy of Religion

• Sociology
  • Soc/C 156 - Sociology of Religion
  • Soc/C 157 - Religion in Contemporary Society
  • Soc/D 178 - The Holocaust
  • Soc/D 188F - Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society

• Graduate

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