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 REMOTE STEOP Module examination "Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking"
• 070115 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 Academic Writing for Students of Judaic Studies

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)

• 060014 SE The book of Esaiah and its interpreters in Antiquity
• 060018 SE Work in Progress: Yerushalmi Introduction to the Talmud of the Land of Israel

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

PM6 - VO

• 060001 VO What is Jewish film? An introduction to visual Jewish culture - using the example of British-Jewish film
• 060012 VO Reading and Speaking in Modern Hebrew for Students of Jewish Studies
• 060017 VO Beyond "Pious and Rebellious": Jewish Women in the Middle Ages
• 060039 VO Cultural and Literary Landscapes of Galicia and Bukovina: The Work of Jewish Authors
• 060050 VO Antisemitism Through the Centuries: Histories of Hatred and Persecution

PM6 - SE

• 060002 SE Film as Midrash
• 060022 SE [ de en he ] "In the Director´s Chair Sits a Woman": Women in front and behind the camera in Israeli Cinema
• 060032 SE The Jew as vampire: On the genesis and function of an anti-Semitic stereotype
• 060003 SE The Geonim as Intermediaries: Jewish Learning between Talmudic Tradition and the Medieval World
• 060013 SE [ de he ] Sources to the History of the State of Israel (in Hebrew)
• 060016 SE Jewish object cultures
• 060004 SE Religions and Politics - A Complex Interrelationship, Seggau Summer School
• 060005 SE Gone and Away: About Jewish Travelers

7. Compulsory Module: Final Module (10 ECTS)

• 060011 SE Judaism and Space: Concepts and Narratives - Seminar with Bachelor's paper

Recommended courses of other departments

• 020009 SE ( ON-SITE ) Interdisciplinary Research for Master Degree Programme
• 090100 VO [ en ] Lecture Series: Religious Communities and Manuscript Cultures on the Medieval Silk Road
• 090116 UE [ en ] From the Ottoman Empire to the Greek nation-state: Jewish history and identity

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

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

• 060014 SE The book of Esaiah and its interpreters in Antiquity
• 060018 SE Work in Progress: Yerushalmi Introduction to the Talmud of the Land of Israel

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

PM2 - VO

• 060001 VO What is Jewish film? An introduction to visual Jewish culture - using the example of British-Jewish film
• 060017 VO Beyond "Pious and Rebellious": Jewish Women in the Middle Ages
• 060039 VO Cultural and Literary Landscapes of Galicia and Bukovina: The Work of Jewish Authors
• 060050 VO Antisemitism Through the Centuries: Histories of Hatred and Persecution

PM2 - SE

• 060002 SE Film as Midrash
• 060022 SE [ de en he ] "In the Director´s Chair Sits a Woman": Women in front and behind the camera in Israeli Cinema
• 060032 SE The Jew as vampire: On the genesis and function of an anti-Semitic stereotype
• 060003 SE The Geonim as Intermediaries: Jewish Learning between Talmudic Tradition and the Medieval World
• 060013 SE [ de he ] Sources to the History of the State of Israel (in Hebrew)
• 060016 SE Jewish object cultures
• 060004 SE Religions and Politics - A Complex Interrelationship, Seggau Summer School
• 060005 SE Gone and Away: About Jewish Travelers

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)

• 060014 SE The book of Esaiah and its interpreters in Antiquity

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

• 060018 SE Work in Progress: Yerushalmi Introduction to the Talmud of the Land of Israel

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

• 060017 VO Beyond "Pious and Rebellious": Jewish Women in the Middle Ages

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

• 060039 VO Cultural and Literary Landscapes of Galicia and Bukovina: The Work of Jewish Authors

4. Compulsory Module: Final Module (5 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Hebrew Language and Culture (560)

EC Hebrew Language and Culture (16 ECTS)

• 060015 UE [ de he ] Modern Hebrew 1

Extension Curriculum Jewish History, Culture, Literature and Religion (561 [2] - Version 2019)

EC Jewish History, Culture, Literature and Religion (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 What is Jewish film? An introduction to visual Jewish culture - using the example of British-Jewish film
• 060002 SE Film as Midrash
• 060022 SE [ de en he ] "In the Director´s Chair Sits a Woman": Women in front and behind the camera in Israeli Cinema

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 Antisemitism Through the Centuries: Histories of Hatred and Persecution

Lecture on the Ideological History of Antisemitism

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

• 060032 SE The Jew as vampire: On the genesis and function of an anti-Semitic stereotype