Jewish Studies Courses at Dartmouth

P.O. Box 5402 • Hanover, NH 03755

Jewish Studies Minor: 2003-2005 Courses

Prospective Students

Religion of Israel: The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
Introduction to Judaism
History and Culture of the Jews: The Classical Period
History and Culture of the Jews II: The Modern Period
Experimental Courses in Jewish Studies:
- Nietzsche, Anti-Semitism, and the 'Jewish Question'
- Christian-Jewish Relations
- Cities of the Biblical World: An Archeological Approach
Literatures of the Jewish People:
- Midrash: How the Rabbis Interpreted the Bible
- Introduction to Hebrew Culture
The Holocaust:
- Representing the Holocaust: History, Memory and Survival
- History of the Holocaust
Topics in the History, Literature, Politics and Culture of Israel:
- Gender and Generation: Holocaust Memory in Israel and the U.S.
- Jewish and Minority Literatures in English: Crossing the Divide
- Writing Against Writing: Jews and the Text
- World War, Genocide, and Firebombing: The Burden of the Nazi Past
- The Merchant of Venice: Jews and the Protestant Imagination
Archaeology of Israel
Special Topics in Jewish Studies:
- European Jewish Intellectuals
Topics in Jewish Thought:
- From Spinoza to Levinas: Varieties of Modern Jewish Thought
Seminar in Jewish Studies:
- Performing National Identities: Representations of Blacks and Jews in U.S. Culture
- Advanced Topics on Holocaust Historiography