Schedule of Classes Undergraduate and Graduate / Fall 2016 / Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

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(1-99) Primarily for Undergraduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 6A 1 Jewish History: From Ancient to Modern Worlds
[ hum nw ]
M,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies201
Open
19 / 999 / 0
Sheppard, Eugene R View Books
NEJS 10A 1 Biblical Hebrew Grammar and Texts
[ fl hum ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
M,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
5 / 999 / 0
Vayntrub, Jacqueline Eliza View Books
NEJS 37A 1 The Destruction of European Jewry
[ hum ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies103
Open
5 / 999 / 0
Jockusch, Laura View Books
 

(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 114B 1 Ritual in Biblical Narrative
[ hum ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
10 / 999 / 0
Wright, David View Books
NEJS 116A 1 Ancient Near Eastern Religion and Mythology
[ hum nw ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies201
Open
11 / 999 / 0
Abusch, Tzvi View Books
NEJS 127A 1 Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism
[ hum ]
T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies103
Open
10 / 999 / 0
Kimelman, Reuven R View Books
NEJS 134B 1 Yiddish Culture in the Modern World
[ hum ]
M,W,Th 12:00 PM–12:50 PM
Rabb Graduate Center345
Open
5 / 999 / 0
Kellman, Ellen View Books
NEJS 140A 1 Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages
[ hum ss wi ]
T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
7 / 999 / 0
Decter, Jonathan P. View Books
NEJS 148A 1 Inside Nazi Germany: Social and Political History of the Third Reich
[ hum ]
T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies103
Open
8 / 999 / 0
Jockusch, Laura View Books
NEJS 155B 1 Jewish Law and Ethics
[ hum ]
M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104
Open
15 / 999 / 0
Mirsky, Yehudah View Books
NEJS 159A 1 Modern Jewish Philosophy
[ hum ]
M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG11
Open
10 / 999 / 0
Sheppard, Eugene R View Books
NEJS 171A 1 History Lessons: Teaching the Jewish Experience
[ hum ]
Th 2:00 PM–4:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies202
Open
6 / 999 / 0
Krasner, Jonathan B. View Books
NEJS 182A 1 Jewish Life in Film and Fiction
[ hum ]
M 2:00 PM–4:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies302
Open
12 / 999 / 0
Fishman, Sylvia View Books
NEJS 186A 1 Introduction to the Qur'an
[ hum nw ]
T,Th 5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG10
Open
10 / 999 / 0
Laher, Suheil View Books
NEJS 188A 1 The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1800
[ hum nw ss ]
T 2:00 PM–4:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies202
Open
11 / 999 / 0
Shakow, Aaron View Books
NEJS 191B 1 The World to Come: Jewish Messianism from Antiquity to Zionism
[ hum ]
M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104
Open
14 / 999 / 0
Mirsky, Yehudah View Books
 

(200 and above) Primarily for Graduate Students

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
NEJS 200A 1 Elementary Akkadian
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies103
Open
5 / 999 / 0
Prado, Lenin View Books
NEJS 201A 1 Akkadian Literary Texts I
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
T,Th 5:00 PM–6:20 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies103
Open
5 / 999 / 0
Abusch, Tzvi View Books
NEJS 206A 1 Advanced Northwest Semitics
T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies202
Open
7 / 999 / 0
Wright, David View Books
NEJS 218A 1 Contesting Gender and Sexuality, Making Early Christianity
Instructor's Signature Required.
Course meets at Harvard, location to be determined in conjunction with Harvard.
W 5:00 PM–7:50 PM
Off Campus
Open
Consent Req.

2 / 999 / 0
Brooten, Bernadette View Books
NEJS 231A 1 Graduate Proseminar in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Required for all incoming MA and PhD students in NEJS.
W 5:00 PM–7:50 PM
ASAC 204
Open
9 / 999 / 0
Levisohn, Jon A View Books
NEJS 236A 1 Seminar on Modern Jewish and Israeli History and Historiography
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
T 6:30 PM–9:20 PM
Mandel Ctr for Humanities328
Open
9 / 999 / 0
Ellenson, David View Books
 

Arabic, Hebrew and Yiddish Courses

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
ARBC 10A 1 Beginning Arabic I
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Students closed out of this course should email Prof. Carl Sharif El-Tobgui, Director of Arabic Language Program, eltobgui@brandeis.edu, for admission.
M,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies301
T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies301
Open
12 / 15 / 0
Azoni, Rasha
Shaheen, Safaa
View Books
ARBC 10A 2 Beginning Arabic I
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Students closed out of this course should email Prof. Carl Sharif El-Tobgui, Director of Arabic Language Program, eltobgui@brandeis.edu, for admission.
M,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies301
T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies301
Open
8 / 15 / 0
Azoni, Rasha
Shaheen, Safaa
View Books
ARBC 30A 1 Intermediate Arabic I
[ fl ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Students closed out of this course should email Prof. Carl Sharif El-Tobgui, Director of Arabic Language Program, eltobgui@brandeis.edu, for admission.
M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies301
T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies301
Open
11 / 18 / 0
Shaheen, Safaa View Books
ARBC 103A 1 Lower Advanced Arabic
[ fl hum ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
Students closed out of this course should email Prof. Carl Sharif El-Tobgui, Director of Arabic Language Program, eltobgui@brandeis.edu, for admission.
M,T,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Rabb Graduate Center345
Open
4 / 999 / 0
El-Tobgui, Carl Sharif View Books
HBRW 10A 1 Beginning Hebrew
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
HBRW 10a is a six-hour class.
M,W,Th 9:00 AM–9:50 AM
Golding Judaica Center103
T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM
Golding Judaica Center103
Open
6 / 18 / 0
Antebi, Guy View Books
HBRW 10A 2 Beginning Hebrew
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
HBRW 10a is a six-hour class.
M,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM
ASAC_209
T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM
ASAC_209
Open
11 / 18 / 0
Shorr, Esther View Books
HBRW 20B 2 Intermediate Hebrew
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
M,W,Th,F 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
ASAC_209
Open
12 / 14 / 0
Shorr, Esther View Books
HBRW 34A 1 Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture
[ fl ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
M,W,Th,F 11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Golding Judaica Center103
Open
14 / 18 / 0
Antebi, Guy View Books
HBRW 34A 2 Intermediate Hebrew II: Aspects of Israeli Culture
[ fl ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
M,W,Th 12:00 PM–12:50 PM
Golding Judaica Center103
F 12:30 PM–1:20 PM
Golding Judaica Center103
Closed
14 / 14 / 0
Antebi, Guy View Books
HBRW 35A 1 Conversation and Writing Skills
[ fl ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
M,T,W,Th 9:00 AM–9:50 AM
ASAC_209
Open
6 / 18 / 0
Brosh, Aliza View Books
HBRW 41A 1 Advanced Intermediate Hebrew: Intensive Conversation
[ fl hum ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
ASAC_209
F 1:30 PM–2:20 PM
Golding Judaica Center103
Open
6 / 18 / 0
Ofengenden, Ari View Books
HBRW 123A 1 Creative Reading and Writing in Hebrew I
[ fl hum wi ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
ASAC_209
F 1:30 PM–2:20 PM
ASAC_209
Open
6 / 18 / 0
Hascal, Sara View Books
HBRW 162B 1 Translation Practice and Theory
[ hum nw ]
M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
ASAC_209
Open
10 / 18 / 0
Ofengenden, Ari View Books
HBRW 164B 1 Israeli Theater
[ ca fl hum wi ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
T 6:30 PM–9:20 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr219
Closed
19 / 18 / 0
Hascal, Sara View Books
YDSH 10A 1 Beginning Yiddish
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
M,T,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Rabb Graduate Center345
Open
6 / 999 / 0
Kellman, Ellen View Books
 

Cross-Listed for the Judaic Studies Track

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
ANTH 135A 1 Contemporary Israeli Society: Identities and Dilemmas
[ ss ]
M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM
Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies202
Open
7 / 999 / 0
Shani, Liron View Books
FA 175A 1 Moving Images: Israeli Video Art in Context
[ ca ]
Will fulfill the Art History research seminar requirement in fall 2016 only.
Th 2:00 PM–4:50 PM
Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG10
Open
5 / 20 / 0
Ankori, Gannit View Books
IMES 104A 1 Islam: Civilization and Institutions
[ hum nw ]
M,W,Th 12:00 PM–12:50 PM
Slosberg Music 212
Open
21 / 999 / 0
El-Tobgui, Carl Sharif View Books
 

Cross-Listed for the Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Track

Course # Course Title Time
Location
Enrl / Lim / Wait Instructor(s) View Books
ANTH 153A 1 Writing Systems and Scribal Traditions
[ nw ss ]
T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr125
Open
6 / 999 / 0
Urcid, Javier View Books
CLAS 100A 1 Survey of Greek History: Bronze Age to 323 BCE
[ hum ]
M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM
Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112
Open
12 / 999 / 0
Walker, Cheryl L View Books
GRK 20B 1 Continuing Ancient Greek
Prerequisite: A grade of C- or higher in GRK 10a or permission of the instructor.
M,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Shiffman Humanities Ctr218
Open
6 / 999 / 0
van Veldhuizen, Michiel Christiaan View Books
LING 100A 1 Introduction to Linguistics
[ ss ]
See Course Catalog for Special Notes.
M,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Rosenstiel Basic Med118
Open
53 / 999 / 0
Plaster, Keith View Books
LING 120B 1 Syntactic Theory
[ ss wi ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
This is a four hour class.
M,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Volen Nat'l Ctr for Complex119
F 2:00 PM–2:50 PM
Volen Nat'l Ctr for Complex119
Open
27 / 999 / 0
Goldberg, Lotus View Books
LING 125B 1 Linguistic Typology
[ ss ]
See Course Catalog for prerequisites.
M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Volen Nat'l Ctr for Complex106
Open
12 / 999 / 0
Goldberg, Lotus View Books