6.03. Jewish Studies

A. Bachelor Jewish Studies (curriculum 2011)

Compulsory Module - Introductory Phase

Compulsory Module - Introductory Phase: Hebrew

Compulsory Module - Introductory Phase: Intruduction to Jewish Studies

Compulsory Module Methodology

• 060007 PS Introduction into Methods for the Antique and Rabbinic Period
• 060008 BUE Source criticism of ancient and late-ancient jewish texts - Exercise Course on Introduction into Methods

Compulsory Module Modern Hebrew

• 060001 VO+UE [ de he ] From Biblical Hebrew to Modern Hebrew 2
• 060002 VO+UE [ de he ] Modern Hebrew 2

Compulsory Modules: 4 Epoch Modules and 2 Text Modules

Compulsory Module Antique Period

• 060033 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Antique Period 1

Compulsory Module Rabbinic Period

• 060017 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 2 - Die Midraschim; Mischna und Talmud: Eine Einführung in die Literatur mit Textbeispielen (in Übersetzungen).

Compulsory Module Medieval Period

• 060004 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 2

Texts - from the Antique to the Medieval Period

• 060010 PV Texts about poverty and wealth in Rabbinic Literature
• 060011 PV [ de he ] Poverty in the Jewish tradition: Sommeruniversity in Hohenems
• 060035 PV Inspiration und Deduction - Reading Sapiential and Apocalyptic Literature from the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism

Compulsory Module Modern and Contemporary Period

• 060048 SE Hannah Arendt

Compulsory Module Original Texts

• 060041 PV Hasidic texts

Special Topic Module

• 060003 VO Teaching and Learning in Judaism, Christendom and Islam - Lernen, Lehren und Wissenschaft in Judentum, Christentum und Islam
• 060005 SE Landscapes of Memory - Places and Cultures of Holocaust Remembrance from a Cross-Cultural Perspective
• 060006 VO An Introduction to Hebrew Manuscripts
• 060009 SE Psychoanalytic positions on Judaism and anti-Semitism
• 060013 UE Reading biblical texts
• 060037 VO [ en ] Communicating with the Divine: Prophecy and Divination in Ancient Israel
• 060039 VO Israel in the new Middle East - Zionism after the Arab "Spring" and in confrontation with the Iranian regime
• 060040 SE Three Jewish Thinkers in Dialogue: Hermann Cohen - Martin Buber - Franz Rosenzweig
• 060041 PV Hasidic texts
• 060045 UE Reading Texts: History, Religion and Culture of the Viennese Jewry of the 19th and 20th cent.
• 060046 VO History of the Jews in the USA
• 060047 VO+UE The Bible and the popular film
• 060057 VO+UE Development of synagogal liturgy - texts and music
• 060075 UE [ en ] Jewish Vienna and Europe: Past and Present - Sommerkurs zum Wiener Judentum

Compulsory Final Module

• 060048 SE Hannah Arendt

C. Master Jewish Studies

Elective Modules: 3 Epoch Modules

Epoch Module Antique Period

• 060035 PV Inspiration und Deduction - Reading Sapiential and Apocalyptic Literature from the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism
• 060037 VO [ en ] Communicating with the Divine: Prophecy and Divination in Ancient Israel

Epoch Module Rabbinic Period

• 060003 VO Teaching and Learning in Judaism, Christendom and Islam - Lernen, Lehren und Wissenschaft in Judentum, Christentum und Islam
• 060010 PV Texts about poverty and wealth in Rabbinic Literature
• 060011 PV [ de he ] Poverty in the Jewish tradition: Sommeruniversity in Hohenems

Epoch Module Medieval Period

• 060006 VO An Introduction to Hebrew Manuscripts
• 060041 PV Hasidic texts

Epoch Module Modern Period

• 060039 VO Israel in the new Middle East - Zionism after the Arab "Spring" and in confrontation with the Iranian regime
• 060045 UE Reading Texts: History, Religion and Culture of the Viennese Jewry of the 19th and 20th cent.
• 060046 VO History of the Jews in the USA
• 060047 VO+UE The Bible and the popular film
• 060048 SE Hannah Arendt

Compulsory Module Hebrew and Aramaic

Compulsory Module Hebrew and Aramaic Texts

• 060010 PV Texts about poverty and wealth in Rabbinic Literature
• 060011 PV [ de he ] Poverty in the Jewish tradition: Sommeruniversity in Hohenems
• 060035 PV Inspiration und Deduction - Reading Sapiential and Apocalyptic Literature from the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism
• 060041 PV Hasidic texts

Compulsory Modules: 2 Advanced Special Topic Modules

Advanced Special Topic Module A

• 060003 VO Teaching and Learning in Judaism, Christendom and Islam - Lernen, Lehren und Wissenschaft in Judentum, Christentum und Islam
• 060005 SE Landscapes of Memory - Places and Cultures of Holocaust Remembrance from a Cross-Cultural Perspective
• 060006 VO An Introduction to Hebrew Manuscripts
• 060046 VO History of the Jews in the USA
• 060057 VO+UE Development of synagogal liturgy - texts and music
• 060075 UE [ en ] Jewish Vienna and Europe: Past and Present - Sommerkurs zum Wiener Judentum

Advanced Special Topic Module B

• 060009 SE Psychoanalytic positions on Judaism and anti-Semitism
• 060013 UE Reading biblical texts
• 060037 VO [ en ] Communicating with the Divine: Prophecy and Divination in Ancient Israel
• 060039 VO Israel in the new Middle East - Zionism after the Arab "Spring" and in confrontation with the Iranian regime
• 060040 SE Three Jewish Thinkers in Dialogue: Hermann Cohen - Martin Buber - Franz Rosenzweig
• 060041 PV Hasidic texts
• 060045 UE Reading Texts: History, Religion and Culture of the Viennese Jewry of the 19th and 20th cent.
• 060047 VO+UE The Bible and the popular film

Compulsory Final Module Master

E. Complementary Study Programmes (Minors) Jewish Studies

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

• 060003 VO Teaching and Learning in Judaism, Christendom and Islam - Lernen, Lehren und Wissenschaft in Judentum, Christentum und Islam
• 060017 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 2 - Die Midraschim; Mischna und Talmud: Eine Einführung in die Literatur mit Textbeispielen (in Übersetzungen).
• 060033 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Antique Period 1
• 060039 VO Israel in the new Middle East - Zionism after the Arab "Spring" and in confrontation with the Iranian regime
• 060046 VO History of the Jews in the USA
• 060047 VO+UE The Bible and the popular film

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

• 060004 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Medieval Period 2
• 060017 VO+UE History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 2 - Die Midraschim; Mischna und Talmud: Eine Einführung in die Literatur mit Textbeispielen (in Übersetzungen).
• 060045 UE Reading Texts: History, Religion and Culture of the Viennese Jewry of the 19th and 20th cent.
• 060047 VO+UE The Bible and the popular film
• 060057 VO+UE Development of synagogal liturgy - texts and music