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Jewish Studies Course Descriptions
Lower
Division Courses
10. Social, Cultural, and Religious
Institutions of Judaism. (5)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Judaism’s basic beliefs,
institutions, and practices. Topics include development of biblical and
rabbinic Judaism; concepts of god, sin, repentance, prayer, and the
messiah; history of Talmud and synagogue; evolution of folk beliefs and
year-cycle and life-cycle practices. P/NP or letter grading.
Upper Division Courses
M100. Jewish Civilization: Encounter
with Great World Cultures. (4)
(Same as History M191H.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for
juniors/seniors. Exploration of dynamic and millennia-old interaction of
Jews with great world cultures. Creative adaptations that have lent Jewish
culture its distinct and various forms. P/NP or letter grading.
M111E. Ethnic Groups and Their
Bibliographies: Jewish History and Culture. (4)
(Same as Information Studies M111E.) Basic reference sources on specific
topics on Judaica, ranging from biblical studies to the Holocaust to
Jewish life in the U.S.
130. Modern Jewish Religious Movements
and Their Ideologies. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Introduction to and overview of Jewish religious
movements and evolution of their ideologies in the Western world from time
of the Enlightenment to the present.
135. Jewish Law. (5)
Lecture, three hours. Introduction to Jewish law from biblical literature
to modern legal systems. Comparison of Jewish legal systems to modern
secular systems and discussion of ethical dimensions of legal systems.
P/NP or letter grading.
140A-140B. American Jewish History, 1654
to 1914. (4-4)
Lecture, three hours. Examination of social and cultural history of
American Jewish community from its inception to the present, with emphasis
on integration of successive immigrants and development of institutions.
P/NP or letter grading. 140A. 1654-1914; l40B. 1914 to the present.
141. Modern Anti-Semitism. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Examination of modem anti-Semitism from the 18th
century to the present; comparison of modern racist ideologies with
premodern theories; case studies (e.g., Dreyfus affair, Beiliss Trail,
Holocaust); Jewish reactions to these phenomena.
142. History and Institutions of State
of Israel. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Study of social and cultural development of State of
Israel from its pre-state institutional structures to the present, with
emphasis on major trends, personalities, and ideologies, and state’s
position in wider framework of modern Jewish history. -
143. Introduction to Jewish Folklore.
(4)
(Formerly numbered Ml43.) Lecture, three hours. Nature of Jewish folklore;
narrative, folk song, folk art, folk religion, and methods and
perspectives used in their analysis. P/NP or letter grading.
M150A. Hebrew Literature in English:
Literary Traditions of Ancient Israel -- Bible and Apocrypha. (4)
(Same as Comparative Literature M101.) Lecture, three hours. Study of
literary culture of ancient Israel through examination of principal
compositional strategies of the Hebrew Bible and the Apocrypha (read in
translation). May be taken independently for credit. P/NP or letter
grading.
150B. Hebrew Literature in English:
Rabbinic Judaism. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Topics include emergence of rabbinic Judaism; its
original literary forms; rabbinic worldview; forms of medieval rabbinic
literature; modern Jewish religious movements and their attitude to
rabbinic Judaism. May be taken independently for credit.
M151A. Modern Jewish Literature in
English: Diaspora Literature. (4)
(Formerly numbered 151A.) (Same as Comparative Literature Ml 66.) Lecture,
three hours. Study of literary responses of Jews to modernity, its
challenges, and threats. Readings in texts originally written in English
or translated from Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Russian, French, and Italian.
Analysis of formal aspects of each work. May be taken independently for
credit. P/NP or letter grading.
151B. Modern Jewish Literature in
English: Israeli Literature. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Study of translations from Hebrew literature written
in Israel and reflecting cardinal facets of Israeli life: social issues,
security problems, identity of the state, role of individual. Analysis of
formal aspects of each work. May be taken independently for credit.
155. Literature of the Cabala. (4)
Lecture, three hours. Cabalistic literature in the broad sense (i.e.,
Jewish esoteric literature from the rabbinic to modern period). Topics
include precabalistic esoteric texts, the early cabala, the Zohar,
Lurianic cabala, nature of mysticism, the question of whether there was a
Jewish mysticism.
JEWISH 155
Winter 07: JEWISH 155, Jewish Mysticism, Magic, and Kabbalah:
https://ecampusce.humnet.ucla.edu/public/jewish155_lec1_07w/
170. Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Judaism.
(4)
Lecture, three hours. Introduction to Dead Sea Scrolls in English
translation. Survey of literature, community of Khirbet Qumran, and their
place in early Judaism. P/NP or letter grading.
175. Modern Hebrew Novel as a Film. (4)
Reading of literary works written by modern Hebrew writers which have been
translated into English and then made into movies. Lectures, readings, and
discussion of novels and movies and guest speakers from movie industry and
UCLA.
HIST/JEWISH M182A (4)
Ancient Jewish History: From the Patriarchs to the Rabbis;
M187. The Holocaust in Literature. (4)
(Same as Comparative Literature M165.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite:
History 191E or 191F or 191G. Investigation of how the Holocaust informs a
variety of literary and cinema works and raises a wide range of aesthetic
and moral questions. P/NP or letter grading.
190. Undergraduate Seminar: Jewish
Studies. (4)
Examination of a single topic in depth with object of encouraging and
guiding students' research in area of Jewish studies. Literary, cultural,
and historical subjects included.
M191A. Ancient Jewish History from
Patriarchs to Rabbis. (4)
(Same as History M191A.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of
social, political, and religious developments. P/NP or letter grading.
M191B. Between Crescent and Cross:
Jewish Middle Ages. (4)
(Same as History M191B.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors.
Exploration of unfolding of Jewish history from rise of Christianity to
expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492. P/NP or letter grading.
M191C. Jewish History from Spanish
Expulsion to 1881. (4)
(Same as History M191C.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of
early modern Jewish history beginning with enormously repercussive
expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, followed by transformations in
Jewish society and identity over five centuries in Europe and Middle East,
and concluding with nationalism. P/NP or letter grading.
M191D. History of Anti-Semitism. (4)
(Same as History M191D.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of
origins and historical development of anti-Semitism. P/NP or letter
grading.
M191G. European Jewry from 1881 to the
Present. (4)
(Same as History M191G.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Survey of
major social, economic, and political factors that shaped lives of
Europe’s Jews from outbreak of First World War to the present. Emphasis on
diverse Jewish communities of interwar Europe, fate of Jews under Nazis,
and character of postwar Jewish community. P/NP or letter grading.
M191I. American Jewish Experience. (4)
(Same as History M191I.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors. Experience
of Jews in America, both historical and contemporary. P/NP or letter
grading.
M191S. History of State of Israel from
1948 to the Present. (4)
(Same as History M191S.) Lecture. Designed for juniors/seniors.
Examination of history of State of Israel from 1948 to the present. P/NP
or letter grading.
M192A. Jewish Intellectual History:
Medieval Period. (4)
(Same as History M192A.) Examination of three intellectual worldviews that
competed for hegemony in the medieval Jewish world -- rabbinic Judaism,
medieval rationalism as embodied in philosophy, and cabala.
M192B. Jewish Intellectual History:
Modern Period. (4)
(Same as History M192B.) Exploration of some of most important currents
and figures in Jewish intellectual history from the 18th century to the
present.
197A-197D. Variable Topics in Jewish
Studies: 20th-Century Jewish Thought. (4 each)
Lecture or seminar, three hours. Variable topics; consult Schedule of
Classes for topics to be offered in a specific term. May not be repeated
for credit. P/NP or letter grading. 197A. 20th Century Jewish thought;
197B. Jewish feminist theology.
199. Special Studies in Jewish Studies.
(2 to 8)
Tutorial, to be arranged. Limited to Jewish Studies majors.
199. Special Studies in Jewish Studies.
(2 to 8)
Tutorial, to be arranged. Limited to Jewish Studies majors.
Hebrew 220
Spring 07: HEBREW 220, Prayer and Liturgical Poetry at Qumran:
https://ecampusce.humnet.ucla.edu/public/hebrew220_sem1_07s/
Related Courses
Yiddish (English)
101A, 101B, 101C. Elementary Yiddish
102A-102B. Accelerated Elementary Yiddish
104. Advanced Yiddish
121A. 20th-Century Yiddish Poetry in English Translation
121B. 20th-Century Yiddish Prose and Drama in English Translation
121C. Special Topics in Yiddish Literature in English Translation
131A. Modern Yiddish Poetry
131B. Modern Yiddish Prose and Drama
131C. Special Topics in Yiddish Literature
199. Special Studies in Yiddish
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