6.03. Jewish Studies

A. Bachelor Jewish Studies (curriculum 2011)

Compulsory Module - Introductory Phase

Compulsory Module - Introductory Phase: Hebrew

• 060004 VO+UE STEOP: From Biblical Hebrew to Modern Hebrew 1

Compulsory Module - Introductory Phase: Intruduction to Jewish Studies

• 060007 VO STEOP: Introduction in Jewish History, Religion and Literature from the Antique Period until Today
• 060008 PS STEOP: Proseminar

Compulsory Module Methodology

Compulsory Module Modern Hebrew

• 060006 VO+UE Modern Hebrew 1

Compulsory Modules: 4 Epoch Modules and 2 Text Modules

Compulsory Module Antique Period

Compulsory Module Rabbinic Period

• 060017 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 1

Compulsory Module Medieval Period

• 060002 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 1

Texts - from the Antique to the Medieval Period

• 060003 PV Biblical women in late rabbinic texts
• 060023 SE Pairs in the Hebrew Bible and in Rabbinic Literature - Interdisziplinäres Seminar

Compulsory Module Modern and Contemporary Period

• 060009 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion from the Modern to the Contemporary Period 2
• 060026 SE History of the Jews in the USA

Compulsory Module Original Texts

• 060021 SE [ de en he ] Contemporary Israeli Cinema: Identities in Motion
• 060032 PV The Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls

Special Topic Module

• 060005 VO+UE [ de en he ] Learning modern Hebrew through Israeli TV series
• 060010 VO+UE [ de yi ] Introduction to jiddish literature
• 060011 VO+UE [ de he ] Introduction to modern german-jewish literature - Heinrich Heine und die Sabbatianer. Heresie und Heretiker in Biographie und Werk
• 060015 VO+UE Jews in the Orient - northern Africa
• 060016 VO+UE Great Books of Judaism
• 060018 SE The Jewish Jesus from Rabbinic times up to modern Israeli art
• 060027 VO The Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Hebrew Bible, and Ancient Judaism
• 060028 VO+UE Jewish characters and presentation of antisemitism in german films
• 060031 VO The Hellenistic Religious Reforms and the Maccabean War
• 060034 SE A History of the Diaspora from its Beginnings until the Arab Conquest
• 020032 UE Optional Modul: Gender in religious, ethical or cultural context - Glaubensbiographien jüdisch-protestantischer Konvertitinnen in Wien um 1900 im Lichte von Selbstzeugnissen

Compulsory Final Module

• 060021 SE [ de en he ] Contemporary Israeli Cinema: Identities in Motion
• 060023 SE Pairs in the Hebrew Bible and in Rabbinic Literature - Interdisziplinäres Seminar
• 060026 SE History of the Jews in the USA
• 060034 SE A History of the Diaspora from its Beginnings until the Arab Conquest

C. Master Jewish Studies

Elective Modules: 3 Epoch Modules

Epoch Module Antique Period

• 060031 VO The Hellenistic Religious Reforms and the Maccabean War
• 060032 PV The Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls
• 060034 SE A History of the Diaspora from its Beginnings until the Arab Conquest

Epoch Module Rabbinic Period

• 060003 PV Biblical women in late rabbinic texts
• 060023 SE Pairs in the Hebrew Bible and in Rabbinic Literature - Interdisziplinäres Seminar

Epoch Module Medieval Period

• 060010 VO+UE [ de yi ] Introduction to jiddish literature

Epoch Module Modern Period

• 060021 SE [ de en he ] Contemporary Israeli Cinema: Identities in Motion
• 060026 SE History of the Jews in the USA

Compulsory Module Hebrew and Aramaic

• 060079 VO+UE [ de he ] The Targums as part of the antique tradition of Biblical interpretation

Compulsory Module Hebrew and Aramaic Texts

• 060003 PV Biblical women in late rabbinic texts
• 060023 SE Pairs in the Hebrew Bible and in Rabbinic Literature - Interdisziplinäres Seminar
• 060032 PV The Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls

Compulsory Modules: 2 Advanced Special Topic Modules

Advanced Special Topic Module A

• 060015 VO+UE Jews in the Orient - northern Africa
• 060016 VO+UE Great Books of Judaism
• 060018 SE The Jewish Jesus from Rabbinic times up to modern Israeli art
• 060027 VO The Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Hebrew Bible, and Ancient Judaism
• 060028 VO+UE Jewish characters and presentation of antisemitism in german films
• 060034 SE A History of the Diaspora from its Beginnings until the Arab Conquest

Advanced Special Topic Module B

• 060005 VO+UE [ de en he ] Learning modern Hebrew through Israeli TV series
• 060010 VO+UE [ de yi ] Introduction to jiddish literature
• 060011 VO+UE [ de he ] Introduction to modern german-jewish literature - Heinrich Heine und die Sabbatianer. Heresie und Heretiker in Biographie und Werk
• 060021 SE [ de en he ] Contemporary Israeli Cinema: Identities in Motion
• 060031 VO The Hellenistic Religious Reforms and the Maccabean War
• 020032 UE Optional Modul: Gender in religious, ethical or cultural context - Glaubensbiographien jüdisch-protestantischer Konvertitinnen in Wien um 1900 im Lichte von Selbstzeugnissen

Compulsory Final Module Master

• 060026 SE History of the Jews in the USA

E. Complementary Study Programmes (Minors) Jewish Studies

Module 1 "Jewish History, Religion and Literature from the Antique Period until Today"

• 060002 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 1
• 060007 VO STEOP: Introduction in Jewish History, Religion and Literature from the Antique Period until Today
• 060009 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion from the Modern to the Contemporary Period 2
• 060015 VO+UE Jews in the Orient - northern Africa
• 060016 VO+UE Great Books of Judaism
• 060017 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 1

Module 2 "Advanced Special Topics on Jewish History, Religion and Literature"

• 060009 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion from the Modern to the Contemporary Period 2
• 060010 VO+UE [ de yi ] Introduction to jiddish literature
• 060011 VO+UE [ de he ] Introduction to modern german-jewish literature - Heinrich Heine und die Sabbatianer. Heresie und Heretiker in Biographie und Werk
• 060015 VO+UE Jews in the Orient - northern Africa
• 060016 VO+UE Great Books of Judaism
• 060028 VO+UE Jewish characters and presentation of antisemitism in german films