Jewish Studies

Bachelor Jewish Studies (639 [4] - Version 2019)

1. Group of Compulsory Modules: Introductory and Orientation Period (17 ECTS)

1a. Compulsory module: Principles of Thinking in Historical and Cultural Studies (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP Module examination "Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking"
• 070201 VO StEOP: Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking

1b. Compulsory Module: Introduction to Jewish Cultural History (4 ECTS)

• EXAM 1 b Compulsory Module: Introduction to Jewish Cultural History

1c. Compulsory Module: Biblical Hebrew for Jewish Studies Students (8 ECTS)

• EXAM 1 c Compulsory Module: Biblical Hebrew for Jewish Studies Students

2. Compulsory Module: Academic Methodology (9 ECTS)

• 060008 PS Scientific Writing

3. Compulsory Module: Hebrew (20 ECTS)

• 060006 UE Biblical Hebrew for Jewish Studies Students 2
• 060015 UE [ de he ] Modern Hebrew 1
• 060007 UE [ de he ] Modern Hebrew 3

4. Compulsory Module: History, Culture, Literature and Religion of Judaism (16 ECTS)

• 060009 VO Jewish Cultural History in the Middle Ages
• 060010 VO Jewish History from the Modern to the Contemporary Period

5. Compulsory Module: Main Sources of Jewish Cultural History (24 ECTS)

• 060003 SE ( REMOTE ) Between Home and Exile - Judaism in Light of ancient Texts from Judea, Egypt and Mesopotamia
• 060018 SE Midrash as halakhic and aggadic source
• 060021 SE Central themes in the Moreh Nevuchim of Moses Maimonides (1135/38-1204)

6. Compulsory Module: Module chosen according to interest: Jewish Cultural History (24 ECTS)

• 060002 VO Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages - Synagogues and churches in Byzantine Palestine
• 060019 VO The Yiddish Ma´asse-Book/Mayse-Bukh and its Rabbinic Sources
• 060001 VO From Lilith to Golem: Introduction to Visual Jewish Cultural History - Film and Media
• 060014 VO The Female Challenge: Women in Israeli Film
• 060027 VO Images of Horror - the presentation of the Shoah in international feature films
• 060028 VO Jewish Image in American Film
• 060050 VO ( REMOTE ) Pogrom - An (Un)intellectual History of the Persecution of Judaism
• 060004 VO ( REMOTE ) The History of Antisemitism in Antiquity
• 060029 VO Literary Landscape Galicia and Bukovina: German-speaking Jewish Authors
• 060012 VO [ de he ] Modern Hebrew, RAMA BET/GIMEL
• 060020 SE The Jewish Rediscovery of the Orient and the Jewish Orientalists - The Orient as a narrative of origin. European Summer-University in Hohenems, 11.06.-16.06.2023
• 060026 SE ( REMOTE ) The National Strategy against Antisemitism - Two Years of Combating Antisemitism in Austria
• 060040 SE 20th-Century Jewish Thought - An Introduction

7. Compulsory Module: Final Module (10 ECTS)

• 060017 SE Film as Midrash - Seminar with Bachelor's paper

Bachelor Jewish Studies (639 [3] - Version 2015) - discontinued

1. Compulsory Module - Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

1a. Compulsory Module Hebrew (7 ECTS)

1b. Compulsory Module Intruduction to Jewish Studies (8 ECTS)

2. Compulsory Module Methodology (5 ECTS)

3. Compulsory Module Modern Hebrew (21 ECTS)

4. Group of Compulsory Modules: Epoch Modules (44 ECTS)

4a. Compulsory Module Antique Period (11 ECTS)

4b. Compulsory Module Rabbinic Period (11 ECTS)

4c. Compulsory Module Medieval Period (11 ECTS)

4d. Compulsory Module Modern and Contemporary Period (11 ECTS)

5. Compulsory Module Original Texts (12 ECTS)

5. Compulsory Module Special Topics (12 ECTS)

7. Compulsory Final Module (11 ECTS)

Master Jewish Studies (839 [3] - Version 2019)

1. Compulsory Module: Hebrew and Aramaic Texts (26 ECTS)

• 060003 SE ( REMOTE ) Between Home and Exile - Judaism in Light of ancient Texts from Judea, Egypt and Mesopotamia
• 060013 VU Aramaic - The aramaic book of Daniel
• 060018 SE Midrash as halakhic and aggadic source
• 060021 SE Central themes in the Moreh Nevuchim of Moses Maimonides (1135/38-1204)

1. Compulsory Module: Jewish Tradition from the Antiquity to the Present Day: Sources, Topics, Hermeneutics (28 ECTS)

• 060001 VO From Lilith to Golem: Introduction to Visual Jewish Cultural History - Film and Media
• 060002 VO Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages - Synagogues and churches in Byzantine Palestine
• 060019 VO The Yiddish Ma´asse-Book/Mayse-Bukh and its Rabbinic Sources
• 060004 VO ( REMOTE ) The History of Antisemitism in Antiquity
• 060014 VO The Female Challenge: Women in Israeli Film
• 060027 VO Images of Horror - the presentation of the Shoah in international feature films
• 060028 VO Jewish Image in American Film
• 060029 VO Literary Landscape Galicia and Bukovina: German-speaking Jewish Authors
• 060050 VO ( REMOTE ) Pogrom - An (Un)intellectual History of the Persecution of Judaism
• 060020 SE The Jewish Rediscovery of the Orient and the Jewish Orientalists - The Orient as a narrative of origin. European Summer-University in Hohenems, 11.06.-16.06.2023
• 060026 SE ( REMOTE ) The National Strategy against Antisemitism - Two Years of Combating Antisemitism in Austria
• 060040 SE 20th-Century Jewish Thought - An Introduction

3. Group of Elective Modules: Jewish Cultural History - advanced module chosen according to interest (36 ECTS)

3a. Elective module: Jewish Cultural History - Antiquity: advanced module chosen according to interest (12 ECTS)

• 060004 VO ( REMOTE ) The History of Antisemitism in Antiquity
• 060003 SE ( REMOTE ) Between Home and Exile - Judaism in Light of ancient Texts from Judea, Egypt and Mesopotamia

3b. Elective module: Jewish Cultural History - Rabbinic Literature and Culture: advanced module chosen according to interest (12 ECTS)

• 060019 VO The Yiddish Ma´asse-Book/Mayse-Bukh and its Rabbinic Sources
• 060018 SE Midrash as halakhic and aggadic source

3c. Elective module: Jewish Cultural History - Middle Ages: advanced module chosen according to interest (12 ECTS)

• 060002 VO Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages - Synagogues and churches in Byzantine Palestine
• 060021 SE Central themes in the Moreh Nevuchim of Moses Maimonides (1135/38-1204)

3d. Elective module: Jewish Cultural History - from the Modern Period to the Present Day: advanced module chosen according to interest (12 ECTS)

• 060029 VO Literary Landscape Galicia and Bukovina: German-speaking Jewish Authors

4. Compulsory Module: Final Module (5 ECTS)

• 060016 SE Preparation for the Master's Thesis - SE

Extension Curriculum Hebrew Culture and Language (560)

Extension Curriculum Hebrew Culture and Language (16 ECTS)

• 060015 UE [ de he ] Modern Hebrew 1

Extension Curriculum Introduction to Jewish Studies (561 [2] - Version 2019)

EC Introduction to Jewish Studies (16 ECTS)

• 060009 VO Jewish Cultural History in the Middle Ages
• 060010 VO Jewish History from the Modern to the Contemporary Period

Extension Curriculum Jewish Cultural History in Film and Media (563 [2] - Version 2019)

EC Jewish Cultural History in Film and Media (16 ECTS)

• 060001 VO From Lilith to Golem: Introduction to Visual Jewish Cultural History - Film and Media
• 060014 VO The Female Challenge: Women in Israeli Film
• 060028 VO Jewish Image in American Film

Extension Curriculum Studying and Combating Antisemitism (564)

EC Studying and Combating Antisemitism (15 ECTS)

PM1 The History of Antisemitism from Antiquity to the Present Day (compulsory module) (7 ECTS)

Lecture on the History of Antisemitism from Antiquity to the Present Day

• 060050 VO ( REMOTE ) Pogrom - An (Un)intellectual History of the Persecution of Judaism

Lecture on the Ideological History of Antisemitism

• 060027 VO Images of Horror - the presentation of the Shoah in international feature films

PM2 Studying and Combating Antisemitism (compulsory module) (8 ECTS)

• 060026 SE ( REMOTE ) The National Strategy against Antisemitism - Two Years of Combating Antisemitism in Austria