B. Master Jewish Studies

Elective Modules: 3 Epoch Modules

Epoch Module Antique Period

• 060074 SE Women in Antique Judaism
• 060084 PV Acculturation in hellenistic times
• 060097 VO [ en ] Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls

Epoch Module Rabbinic Period

• 060138 PV Talmud

Epoch Module Medieval Period

• 060065 PV Medieval Jewish Texts

Epoch Module Modern Period

• 060066 SE Modern texts about antisemitism from the 19th century to the Shoah
• 060068 VO Eva Frank, the female Messiah - History of the heretic Kabbalah
• 060094 VO+UE Buber, Fromm, Heschel - prophets of the jewish "counter-culture"

Epoch Module Contemporary Period

Compulsory Module Hebrew and Aramaic

• 060086 UE [ de he ] Biblical Texts
• 060089 UE [ de he ] Mishnaic Hebrew
• 060091 PV [ de he ] Modern Colloquial Hebrew - (Voraussetzung: Modernhebräisch 1-4, Hebräische Grammatik 1-2)

Compulsory Module Hebrew and Aramaic Texts

Compulsory Modules: 2 Advanced Special Topic Modules

Advanced Special Topic Module A

• 060063 VO The position of women in orthodox Judaism through the ages
• 060073 VO The origins of antisemitism from antique until early medieval times

Advanced Special Topic Module B

• 060060 SE Women in the time of the rabbis: Legal situation, daly life, stereotypes
• 060079 UE Hebrew Bible, Antique Judaism and the Museum of the History of Arts
• 060093 VO+UE 'Collectors' and Rebels: The Haskalah in Central Europe
• 060121 VO Conflicts, pieces of wisdom and pernicketiness in Judaism

Compulsory Final Module Master