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"
• 070050 VO StEOP: Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking

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

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

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 ) The Dead Sea Scrolls
• 060018 SE The eternal struggle between good and evil in rabbinic texts
• 060011 SE Jewish Journeys in late antiquity and early Middle Ages

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

PM6 - VO

• 060001 VO What is jewish cinema? An introduction into jewish visual culture
• 060017 VO Jew-Hatred - A History
• 060002 VO Women and their Environments in the Hebrew Bible and Qumran
• 060019 VO The power of images: Aesthetics, politics, religion, text and image
• 060014 VO [ de he ] Hebrew, Rama Bet - Listening Comprehension
• 060020 VO The Targums in the tradition of ancient biblical exegesis
• 060050 VO ( REMOTE ) Genocide and Crimes against Humanity - The Shoah, Islamism and Their Predecessors
• 060021 VO Storytelling

PM6 - SE

• 060005 SE Gender(s) and Sexuality(ies) in Judaism
• 060012 SE Jewish art in the context of religious art - Summer Course July 22-25, 2024; Seggau Castle
• 060022 SE The Bible in the Movies
• 060026 SE ( REMOTE ) The Children of the Devil (John 8:44) - Antisemitism in Holy Scriptures and Their Reception History

7. Compulsory Module: Final Module (10 ECTS)

• 060004 SE ( REMOTE ) Persecution and Jewish Identity - Seminar with Bachelor's paper

Recommended courses of other departments

• 010112 SE What holds us together - and divides us. Values in education, religion and politics
• 060021 VO Storytelling