Borns Jewish Studies Program
Minor in Jewish Studies
Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 requirements JSTUMIN
Requirements
The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Minor Courses. 15 credit hours:
- Jewish Studies Program (JSTU) courses
- Any JSTU-B 100–499
- Any JSTU-C 100–499
- Any JSTU-H 100–499 except JSTU-H 196; JSTU-H 296; JSTU-H 396; JSTU-H 399; JSTU-H 496; JSTU-H 499
- Any JSTU-J 100–499
- Any JSTU-L 100–499 except JSTU-L 391
- JSTU-X 395 Global Experience in Jewish Studies
- JSTU-X 491 Individual Readings in Hebrew
- Courses offered by other departments and programs
- AAAD-A 257 Monuments and Memories: Jewish and Black Experiences
- ARTH-A 245 Jewish Art
- CMLT-C 100 Freshman Seminar (Approved topics: "THE AGNOSTIC BIBLE" (TPC 3))
- CMLT-C 301 Special Topics in Comparative Literature (Approved topics: "THE AGNOSTIC BIBLE" (TPC 7))
- CMLT-C 377 Topics in Yiddish Literature (Approved topics: "FANTASY, REALISM, & FICTION IN MODERN YIDDISH LIT" (TPC 3); "FROM OLD TO NEW:YIDDISH LIFE, LITERATURE, & MEMORY" (TPC 1); "YIDDISH LIFE: ON PAGE, ON STAGE, ON SCREEN" (TPC 2))
- CMLT-C 378 Topics in Yiddish Culture (Approved topics: "GHETTO SHTETL AND BEYOND" (TPC 2); "YIDDISH & JEWISH IDENTITY AFTER THE HOLOCAUST" (TPC 1))
- COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (Approved topics: "QUESTION OF IDENTITY: JUDAISM" (TPC 30); "RELIGION AND LAW" (TPC 63); "WHITE SUPREMACISM AND ANTISEMITISM ON SOCIAL MEDIA" (TPC 73); "WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?" (TPC 37))
- ENG-L 241 American Jewish Writers
- ENG-L 367 Literature of the Bible
- ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature
- EURO-W 405 Special Topics in European Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- EURO-W 406 Special Topics in European Studies (Approved topics: "ANNE FRANK IN PERSPECTIVE" (TPC 21))
- GER-E 341 Dutch Culture: The Modern Netherlands (Approved topics: "ANNE FRANK: HER DIARY IN PERSPECTIVE" (TPC 2))
- GER-E 351 Topics in Yiddish Literature
- GER-E 352 Topics in Yiddish Culture
- GER-E 371 Special Topics in Germanic Studies (Approved topics: "JEWISH MIGRATION TO GERMANY AFTER THE HOLOCAUST?" (TPC 12))
- GER-X 493 Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: Language, Literature, Culture
- Any GER-Y 100–499
- HIST-A 379 Issues in Modern United States History (Approved topics: "HOLOCAUST IN AMERICAN MEMORY" (TPC 7))
- HIST-B 200 Issues in Western European History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HIST-B 300 Issues in Western European History (Approved topics: "JEWISH MIGRATION TO GERMANY 1945 UNTIL TODAY" (TPC 190))
- HIST-B 303 Issues in Modern European History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HIST-B 315 European Anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust
- HIST-B 321 European Jews in the Age of Discovery
- HIST-B 322 Jews in the Modern World
- HIST-B 323 History of the Holocaust
- HIST-B 324 Zionism and the State of Israel
- HIST-B 330 The Jews of Spain
- HIST-B 400 Issues in Western European History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HIST-C 230 Israel: History, Society, Culture
- HIST-D 304 Jews of Eastern Europe
- HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
- HIST-H 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
- HIST-H 259 American Jewish History
- HIST-J 300 Seminar In History (Approved topics: "READING TESTIMONIES OF THE HOLOCAUST" (TPC 82); "TESTIMONIES OF VIOLENCE" (TPC 139))
- HIST-J 400 Seminar in History (Approved topics: "PERPETRATING GENOCIDE" (TPC 168))
- HIST-W 335 The History of Genocide
- HON-H 234 Literature of Time and Place (Approved topics: "ANNE FRANK AND HITLER" (TPC 5); "LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST" (TPC 12))
- HON-H 303 Interdepartmental Colloquia (Approved topics: "THE AGNOSTIC BIBLE" (TPC 16))
- MELC-M 214 Multiple Voices of Israeli Society
- MELC-M 216 Israeli Inequality in Context
- MELC-M 334 What is Middle Eastern? Perspectives Gained through Comparison with Israel
- MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (Approved topics: "ANTISEMITISM IN SOCIAL MEDIA" (TPC 41); "JEWS IN THE MEDIA" (TPC 40))
- PHIL-P 205
- PHIL-P 305 Topics in the Philosophy of Judaism
- POLS-Y 348 The Politics of Genocide
- POLS-Y 352 The Holocaust and Politics
- POLS-Y 360 United States Foreign Policy (with departmental approval)
- POLS-Y 362 International Politics of Selected Regions (with departmental approval)
- POLS-Y 363 Comparative Foreign Policy with departmental approval
- REL-A 210 Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
- REL-A 220 Introduction to the New Testament
- REL-A 230 Introduction to Judaism
- REL-A 235 Sacred Books of the Jews
- REL-A 300 Studies in African, European, and West Asian Religions (Approved topics: "THE BIBLE AND ETHICS: LOVE, POVERTY AND WAR" (TPC 33))
- REL-A 305 Ancient Mediterranean Religions (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- REL-A 314 Gender and Power in the Hebrew Bible
- REL-A 315 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
- REL-A 316 Jews, Christians, and Others in Late Antiquity
- REL-A 317 Judaism in the Making
- REL-A 318 Rabbinic Judaism: Literature and Beliefs
- REL-A 319 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient World
- REL-A 321 Paul and His Influence in Early Christianity
- REL-A 335 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
- REL-A 375 Women in the Bible
- REL-A 415 Topics in Ancient Israelite Religion (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- REL-A 430 Topics in the History of Judaism
- REL-A 440 Judaism and Gender: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives
- REL-A 450 Topics in the History of Christianity (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- REL-C 230 American Jewish History
- REL-C 323 Jews and Race in the United States
- REL-D 362 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism
- REL-R 152 Jews, Christians, Muslims
- REL-R 300 Studies in Religion (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- MUS-M 410 COMPOSER OR GENRE
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- International experience in Jewish studies, usually taken in combination with another Jewish studies course. Topics vary from semester to semester.
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-H 350 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Extensive readings of Hebrew texts and scholarly works grouped according to periods or specific themes in language, literature, or intellectual movements adapted to specific individual programs. Readings, assignments, and discussion in Hebrew.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours in JSTU-H 497 and JSTU-X 491.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Memory plays a central role in defining our communities and ourselves. Memory studies considers what we choose to remember in public memorial projects and discourses surrounding them. This course explores how public memory has shaped the experiences of Jews and Black Americans and led to relationships of solidarity between them.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 257 or JSTU-J 257
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of Jewish art from the frescoes at Dura Europos to the paintings of Leon Golub.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 245 or FINA-A 245.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis and discussion of selected major works of literature and art illustrating historical and stylistic problems related to specific themes, artists, or genres.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- Special topics concerning two or more literary traditions or literature and other areas in the humanities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- Selected topics focusing on Yiddish fiction and drama (1810-1914) or twentieth-century Yiddish fiction, drama, and poetry. Taught in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours for any combination of CMLT-C 377 and GER-E 351.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- Selected topics on history of Ashkenazic Jews; Old Yiddish and premodern Yiddish folklore and popular culture; history and sociology of Yiddish; modern Yiddish culture; and centers of modern Yiddish culture. Taught in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours for any combination of CMLT-C 378 and GER-E 352.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 103 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the arts and humanities Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 103 or COLL-S 103.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces the works of selected American Jewish writers such as Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Cynthia Ozick, and Philip Roth.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Hebrew Bible and New Testament with emphasis on questions of reading and interpretation.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Jewish authors, such as I. B. Singer and Elie Wiesel; groups of authors, such as Holocaust writers and writers about the immigrant experience; or genres and themes. Topic will vary from semester to semester.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected ideas, trends, and problems in contemporary Europe from the perspective of social and behavioral sciences. Specific topics will be announced each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected ideas, trends, and problems in contemporary Europe from the perspective of arts and humanities. Specific topics will be announced each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Development of a complex modern society of 15 million people in a physically unique area one-third the size of Indiana. The interaction of geography, social structure, political system, religion, and literature. Readings in English. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in GER-E 341 and GER-N 350.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics focusing on Yiddish fiction and drama (1810-1914) or twentieth-century Yiddish fiction, drama, and poetry. Taught in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMLT-C 377, GER-E 351, and GER-Y 300.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics on history of Ashkenazic Jews; Old Yiddish and premodern Yiddish folklore and popular culture; history and sociology of Yiddish; modern Yiddish culture; and centers of modern Yiddish culture. Conducted in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMLT-C 378, GER-E 352, and GER-Y 350.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topics dealing with Germanic languages, literatures, and cultures. Conducted in English.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor
- Description
- Readings in Yiddish or English translations on a topic in Yiddish Culture.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours in GER-X 493 and GER-Y 495.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues in United States history from 1870 to the present. Topics will vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems across more than one period of Western European history. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems in modern European history (1750-present). Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the origins, character, and development of anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the post-Holocaust period. Asks whether anti-Semitism is a single phenomenon with a clear tradition and cause, or whether it has varied markedly over time and from country to country.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Jewish history from 1492 to 1789. Topics include the expulsion from Spain; the Inquisition and the marranos; the society and culture of Italian, Turkish, and Polish Jewry; Court Jews in central Europe; Hasidism in eastern Europe; the Enlightenment; Jews and the French Revolution.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topics include Emancipation, the Jewish Enlightenment, modern Judaism, Eastern European Jewry, Jewish politics, women in Jewish society, American Jewry, the Holocaust, Israel.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Anti-Semitism in imperial and Weimar Germany; the Nazi rise to power; the destruction of European Jewry; Jewish behavior in crisis and extremity; the attitude of the Allied nations; mass murder in comparative historical perspective; theological, moral, and political implications.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-B 323 or JSTU-J 323.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Origins of modern Jewish nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe, creation of a Zionist political movement, varieties of Zionist ideology, alternatives to Zionism, its international diplomatic context, growth of Jewish settlements in the land of Israel, the State of Israel from 1948 to the present.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-B 324 or JSTU-J 324.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides a survey of the culture and history of the Jews in medieval Spain under both Muslim and Christian rule, as well as of the Judeo-Spanish Diaspora after 1492 in the Ottoman Empire, Morocco, and the Atlantic world down to the twentieth century.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Israel plays a central role in world politics. Its existence and deeds evoke extreme emotional reactions. This course explores major events in the history of Israel and the ways these events influence its society and cultural life from its establishment in 1948 to today.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-C 230 or JSTU-J 254.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of the history of Jewish life in Eastern Europe. Topics to be discussed will include Hasidism, Kabbalah, shtetl life, Haskalah (the Jewish Enlightenment), Socialism, Yiddish literary traditions, and the Holocaust.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topics include the origins of Judaism, Jewish life in ancient Israel and the Diaspora, Judaism and the origins of Christianity, Jewish society and culture under Christian and Muslim rule in the Middle Ages.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-H 251 or JSTU-J 251.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Jewish history from early modern times to the present. Topics include Jewish daily life in early modern Europe and Ottoman Turkey, Jewish mysticism, Hasidism, Jewish emancipation, modern Judaism, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, Zionism, the State of Israel, and the history of American Jewry.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-H 252 or JSTU-J 252.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- American Jewry from its colonial beginnings to the present, emphasizing such topics as immigration; political, economic, religious, cultural, philanthropic, communal, and intellectual activities; anti-Semitism; and Zionism.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-H 259, JSTU-J 259, or REL-C 230.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The refinement of students\' skills as historians; will focus on the skills of writing, interpretation, historical reasoning, discussion, and research.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic and the authorization of the history undergraduate advisor for a total of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HIST H-270; and a major in history or secondary education social studies
- Description
- Develops research skills in history, focusing on the issues and sources of a broad time period and/or theme with multi-national or global scope. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A historical examination of the causes, character and consequences of genocide from ancient times to the present, with a focus on the modern period. The course explores the concept of genocide as historical, legal and political category and compares it with other kinds and concepts of mass violence.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on works of fiction and/or nonfiction that are distinctive of a particular time period, memorable event or occurrence, or location. Relevant monographs capture the essence of a specific era, happening, or the perspectives of people in a particular place.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of Hutton Honors College
- Description
- Honors seminar focusing on topics in arts and humanities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of academic work by and about different groups in Israel. Attention is paid to local and theoretical issues highlighted by this work, such as collective memory, identity of immigrants, diaspora and the experience of homecoming, gay and lesbian families, reproductive regimes, and religious and secular worldviews.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-C 214, MELC-M 214, or NELC-N 214.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the engines of inequality - defined as the unequal distribution of scarce resources - in Israeli society and compares them to those in other stratified societies worldwide using a sociological, social stratification approach.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-C 216, MELC-M 216, or NELC-N 216.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines work that makes claims about Middle Eastern dynamics, by describing histories, gender regimes, secular/religious tensions, etc, that are perceived as common across Middle Eastern societies. Uses Israel, a possible Middle Eastern society, to provide a fresh perspective on what does and does not hold the Middle East together.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MELC-M 334 or JSTU-C 334.
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topical course dealing with changing subjects and material from term to term.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for credit with different topics in JOUR-J 360 and MSCH-J 360.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: 3 credit hours of philosophy
- Description
- Comparative analysis of two or more Jewish philosophers; or selected topics in the philosophical treatment of contemporary Jewish experience; or topics in the history of Jewish philosophy.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once with different topic.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Comparative study of major twentieth-century genocides. Examines the political conditions, ideologies, and movements leading up to mass murder, and the ethnic and global context of genocide. Focuses on the question of responsibility and accountability from the viewpoints of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders in the national and international communities.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the socioeconomic conditions and political ideologies leading up to the Holocaust, and the political, administrative, and social context for the genocide from the vantage of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders. Focus on the individual, national, and international responses to and responsibilities for the Holocaust. Consideration of the Holocaust's legacies for the postwar world.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of institutions and processes involved in the formation and implementation of American foreign policy. Emphasis is on post-World War II policies.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The region studied will vary with the instructor and the year. Current information may be obtained from the Department of Political Science.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for credit, with permission of the departmental undergraduate advisor.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Compares factors that influence foreign policy and the foreign policy process. Focuses on domestic or internal sources of foreign policy behavior, including impact of individual leaders, group decision-making processes, bureaucratic politics, ideology and political culture, historical experience, and type of political system. Classroom simulations are central to the course.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Development of the beliefs, practices, and institutions of ancient Israel from the patriarchs to the Maccabean period. Introduction to the biblical literature and other ancient Near East documents.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-A 210 or REL-R 210.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- What is the "New Testament"? This introductory course considers both literary and historical approaches to the literature of the New Testament, with particular emphasis on the Gospels and Pauline literature. Topics include the concept of "canon," the history of reception and interpretation, gender and sexuality in early Christian literatures, the Apocryphal Gospels, and relationships between early Judaism and early Christianity.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-A 220 or REL-R 220.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The development of post-biblical Judaism; major themes, movements, practices, and values.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-J 230, REL-A 230, or REL-R 245.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the sacred texts of Judaism after the Bible. Considers how tradition works; how people created new religious knowledge after the Bible was canonized; why some texts are considered sacred, while others are not. Includes a variety of sacred texts, including Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, and Kabbalah.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-J 220 or REL-A 235.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics and movements in African, European, and West Asian religions.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of the various religions in the ancient Near East (Egypt, Babylon, Persia) and the Greco-Roman worlds. Attention will be paid to ritual, philosophy, and community formation.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-A 305 or REL-R 318.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Traces the relationships among gender, sexuality, and political power in Jewish antiquity, primarily through the Hebrew Bible. Examines how fertility, virginity, sexuality, and foreignness intersect with gender-constructions in these texts. Demonstrates the diverse ways in which gender is depicted, attuned to differences in context and genre.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The prophetic movement and its relationship to religious, social, and political traditions and institutions in the ancient Near East. The thought of major prophetic figures in Israel, such as Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-A 315 or REL-R 310.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the interactions and so-called parting of the ways between Jews, Christians, and other religious groups in Roman Palestine and Sasanian Persia from the first through seventh centuries C.E. Pays special attention to the portrayals of Christians in Jewish literature such as the Mishnah and Talmud.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-J 316 or REL-A 316.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The development of Jewish traditions from circa 400 BCE to 200 CE in their linguistic, geographical, and cultural diversity. Discusses emergence of scripture, apocalyptic traditions, place in Hellenistic and Roman cultures, relationship with early Christianity, and emergence of Judaism as a religion.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-J 317 or REL-A 317.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The rabbis of late antiquity were masters of the Bible who produced a corpus of writings in which they interpret holy scriptures. These writings, known as rabbinic literature, remain to this day the foundation of normative Jewish behavior and traditions. This course explores what these rabbis believed and how they interpreted the Bible.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-J 320 or REL-A 318.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on magic and witchcraft in the ancient world, emphasizing Mesopotamian, Greco-Roman, Jewish, and early Christian contexts. Explores common theoretical models for researching magic in antiquity and introduces some inherent problems in the field. Includes close readings of literary and archaeological sources, such as cuneiform tablets, spell books, incantation bowls, amulets, and legal literature.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-A 319 or JSTU-J 319.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Life and thought of Paul in the context of first-century Christian and non-Christian movements. Development of radical Paulinism and anti-Paulinism in the second century; their influence on the formation of Christianity.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-A 321 or REL-R 325.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The development of Jewish mystical practice and thought from the Middle Ages to the present, thirteenth-century Spanish Kabbalah, sixteenth-century Safed, Sabbatianism, Hasidism, contemporary manifestations of mysticism.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-A 335 or REL-R 341.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Considers representations of women and the feminine in the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and literature of early Judaism and Christianity. Explores how these texts have been interpreted in the history of Western culture, and how they continue to shape attitudes about women, gender, and sexuality in the contemporary world.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-J 375 or REL-A 375.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected problems in ancient Israelite religion, such as pre-Yahwistic religion, Israel\'s cultic life, royal theology and messianism, the wisdom movement, sectarian apocalyptic.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Special topics such as problems in Jewish mystical tradition, the nature of religious community, charismatic leadership, religious biography.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in REL-A 430 and REL-R 445.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Studies the concepts of sex and gender in modern Judaism through categories including law, ritual, and theology. Uses gender theory to explore historical and contemporary struggles over interpretations of traditional Jewish texts. Discusses Jewish ideas about masculinity, femininity, human bodies, and their places in religious life.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-A 440 or REL-R 421.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Significant figures, issues, and movements in the history of Christianity examined in their social and religious contexts, with attention to their continuing religious and cultural impact.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in REL-A 450 and REL-R 430.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores American Jewish history from its beginnings to the present through primary source readings, documentary films, and historical readings.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-H 259, JSTU-J 259, or REL-C 230.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the spectrum of Jewish thought on race and ethnicity from historical and regional perspectives. Addresses the questions "Are Jews white?" and "Are Jews a race?" looking at both contemporary and historical sources to see how the answers differ in relation to the specific racial landscapes of particular times and places.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-J 310 or REL-C 323.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Religious problems confronting Jews and Judaism in our own time: women and Judaism, the impact of the Holocaust on Judaism, contemporary views of Zionism, religious trends in American Judaism.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Patterns of religious life and thought in the West: continuities, changes, and contemporary issues.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics and movements in religion.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
- Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
JSTU-X 395 Global Experience in Jewish Studies
JSTU-X 491 Individual Readings in Hebrew
AAAD-A 257 Monuments and Memories: Jewish and Black Experiences
ARTH-A 245 Jewish Art
CMLT-C 100 Freshman Seminar
CMLT-C 301 Special Topics in Comparative Literature
CMLT-C 377 Topics in Yiddish Literature
CMLT-C 378 Topics in Yiddish Culture
COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities
ENG-L 241 American Jewish Writers
ENG-L 367 Literature of the Bible
ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature
EURO-W 405 Special Topics in European Studies
EURO-W 406 Special Topics in European Studies
GER-E 341 Dutch Culture: The Modern Netherlands
GER-E 351 Topics in Yiddish Literature
GER-E 352 Topics in Yiddish Culture
GER-E 371 Special Topics in Germanic Studies
GER-X 493 Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: Language, Literature, Culture
HIST-A 379 Issues in Modern United States History
HIST-B 200 Issues in Western European History
HIST-B 300 Issues in Western European History
HIST-B 303 Issues in Modern European History
HIST-B 315 European Anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust
HIST-B 321 European Jews in the Age of Discovery
HIST-B 322 Jews in the Modern World
HIST-B 323 History of the Holocaust
HIST-B 324 Zionism and the State of Israel
HIST-B 330 The Jews of Spain
HIST-B 400 Issues in Western European History
HIST-C 230 Israel: History, Society, Culture
HIST-D 304 Jews of Eastern Europe
HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
HIST-H 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
HIST-H 259 American Jewish History
HIST-J 300 Seminar In History
HIST-J 400 Seminar in History
HIST-W 335 The History of Genocide
HON-H 234 Literature of Time and Place
HON-H 303 Interdepartmental Colloquia
MELC-M 214 Multiple Voices of Israeli Society
MELC-M 216 Israeli Inequality in Context
MELC-M 334 What is Middle Eastern? Perspectives Gained through Comparison with Israel
MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties
PHIL-P 305 Topics in the Philosophy of Judaism
POLS-Y 348 The Politics of Genocide
POLS-Y 352 The Holocaust and Politics
POLS-Y 360 United States Foreign Policy
POLS-Y 362 International Politics of Selected Regions
POLS-Y 363 Comparative Foreign Policy
REL-A 210 Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
REL-A 220 Introduction to the New Testament
REL-A 230 Introduction to Judaism
REL-A 235 Sacred Books of the Jews
REL-A 300 Studies in African, European, and West Asian Religions
REL-A 305 Ancient Mediterranean Religions
REL-A 314 Gender and Power in the Hebrew Bible
REL-A 315 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
REL-A 316 Jews, Christians, and Others in Late Antiquity
REL-A 317 Judaism in the Making
REL-A 318 Rabbinic Judaism: Literature and Beliefs
REL-A 319 Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient World
REL-A 321 Paul and His Influence in Early Christianity
REL-A 335 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
REL-A 375 Women in the Bible
REL-A 415 Topics in Ancient Israelite Religion
REL-A 430 Topics in the History of Judaism
REL-A 440 Judaism and Gender: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives
REL-A 450 Topics in the History of Christianity
REL-C 230 American Jewish History
REL-C 323 Jews and Race in the United States
REL-D 362 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism
REL-R 152 Jews, Christians, Muslims
REL-R 300 Studies in Religion
MUS-M 410 COMPOSER OR GENRE
Minor Area Courses
-
Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
JSTUsubject area prefix—as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent - Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
Exclusions
The following courses cannot be applied toward minor requirements:
- JSTU-H 196 Foreign Study in Hebrew
- JSTU-H 296 Foreign Study in Hebrew
- JSTU-H 396 Foreign Study in Hebrew
- JSTU-H 496 Foreign Study in Hebrew
- JSTU-X 170 Leadership in Jewish Studies
JSTU-H 196 Foreign Study in Hebrew
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Acceptance into an overseas study program
- Notes
- Does not count toward credit for major, certificate, or minor.
- Description
- Credit for foreign study in Hebrew language or literature when no specific equivalent is available among departmental offerings.
JSTU-H 296 Foreign Study in Hebrew
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Acceptance into an overseas study program
- Notes
- Does not count toward credit for major, certificate, or minor.
- Description
- Credit for foreign study in Hebrew language or literature when no specific equivalent is available among departmental offerings.
JSTU-H 396 Foreign Study in Hebrew
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Acceptance into an overseas study program
- Notes
- Does not count toward credit for major, certificate, or minor.
- Description
- Credit for foreign study in Hebrew language or literature when no specific equivalent is available among departmental offerings.
JSTU-H 496 Foreign Study in Hebrew
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Acceptance into an overseas study program
- Notes
- Does not count for major, certificate, or minor
- Description
- Credit for foreign study in Hebrew language or literature when no specific equivalent is available among departmental offerings.
JSTU-X 170 Leadership in Jewish Studies
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- Does not count toward Jewish Studies major, minor, or certificate or minor in Hebrew.
- Description
- Variable topic course, designed to be practical in nature. Allows students to study and apply leadership skills through obtaining leadership roles in the community.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 3 credit hours in JSTU-P 180 and JSTU-X 170. Only one enrollment per term is allowed.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
Restrictions
The following restrictions apply to the minimum credit hours required in the minor:
- Up to two (2) of the following may count toward the minor:
- JSTU-B 100 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew I
- JSTU-B 150 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew II
- JSTU-B 200 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I
- JSTU-B 250 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II
- JSTU-H 100 Elementary Modern Hebrew I
- JSTU-H 150 Elementary Modern Hebrew II
- JSTU-H 200 Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
- JSTU-H 250 Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
- JSTU-H 300 Advanced Modern Hebrew I
- JSTU-H 350 Advanced Modern Hebrew II
- JSTU-H 365 Advanced Hebrew Conversation and Composition
- JSTU-H 375 Introductory Readings in Hebrew Literature (in Hebrew)
- JSTU-X 491 Individual Readings in Hebrew
- GER-Y 100 Beginning Yiddish I
- GER-Y 150 Beginning Yiddish II
- GER-Y 200 Intermediate Yiddish I
- GER-Y 250 Intermediate Yiddish II
JSTU-B 100 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An accelerated introduction to biblical Hebrew. No prior knowledge of Hebrew required. Introduces grammar, morphology, and syntax. Students acquire a sizeable vocabulary to learn how to read original biblical materials.
JSTU-B 150 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-B 100 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- A continuation of JSTU-B 100 that builds the student's knowledge of the fundamentals of biblical Hebrew.
JSTU-B 200 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-B 150 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- A continuation of JSTU-B 150. Establishes students' grammatical knowledge and skills, allowing them to understand Biblical Hebrew narrative, law, prophecy, and poetry.
JSTU-B 250 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-B 200 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- A continuation of JSTU-B 200. Further develops students' grammatical knowledge and skills, allowing them to understand Biblical Hebrew narrative, law, prophecy, and poetry.
JSTU-H 100 Elementary Modern Hebrew I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introductory course that lays groundwork for the study and use of Modern Hebrew, developing reading, writing, and conversational skills while building the necessary grammatical foundations. No previous knowledge of Hebrew required.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-B 100 or JSTU-H 100.
JSTU-H 150 Elementary Modern Hebrew II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-H 100 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Continues to develop reading, writing, and conversational skills in Hebrew, laying the necessary grammatical foundation for intermediate Modern Hebrew.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-B 150 or JSTU-H 150.
JSTU-H 200 Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-H 150 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Continuation of JSTU-H 150, for students who choose the Modern Hebrew track. Continues to develop reading, writing, and conversational skills, while expanding the grammatical foundation of students' Modern Hebrew knowledge.
JSTU-H 250 Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-H 200 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Continues to develop reading, writing, and conversational skills, while expanding the grammatical foundation of students' Modern Hebrew knowledge.
JSTU-H 300 Advanced Modern Hebrew I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-H 250 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Reviews and completes the acquisition of the grammatical system of Modern Hebrew, using modern Israeli literary work and media resources, focusing on verbal and written communication skills.
JSTU-H 350 Advanced Modern Hebrew II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-H 300 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Sets the foundations for the study of complete written works in Modern Hebrew, whether for literary or research purposes. Offers extensive practice of reading, writing, and conversational skills.
JSTU-H 365 Advanced Hebrew Conversation and Composition
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-H 350 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- A full summation of Modern Hebrew, with review of grammar and vocabulary. The course aims to enrich students' vocabulary, reading and writing skills, comprehension, and free expression. Emphasis will be on vocabulary, usage, and pronunciation. Writing practice and review of grammar will be integrated with conversation and readings of selections from literary and nonliterary texts.
JSTU-H 375 Introductory Readings in Hebrew Literature (in Hebrew)
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-H 350 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Reading, in the original Hebrew, of selected poetry and prose from among the chief writers of Modern Hebrew literature. Emphasis on familiarization with the diverse styles, forms, and themes of Modern Hebrew literature. Discussion and analysis in Hebrew.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
JSTU-X 491 Individual Readings in Hebrew
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- JSTU-H 350 with a grade of C or higher; or equivalent proficiency
- Description
- Extensive readings of Hebrew texts and scholarly works grouped according to periods or specific themes in language, literature, or intellectual movements adapted to specific individual programs. Readings, assignments, and discussion in Hebrew.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours in JSTU-H 497 and JSTU-X 491.
GER-Y 100 Beginning Yiddish I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- No previous knowledge of Yiddish or German required for GER-Y 100. Introduction to the Yiddish language and selected aspects of Yiddish-language culture. Development of listening comprehension, simple speaking proficiency, controlled reading and writing skills.
GER-Y 150 Beginning Yiddish II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- GER-Y 100
- Description
- Introduction to the Yiddish language and selected aspects of Yiddish-language culture. Development of listening comprehension, simple speaking proficiency, controlled reading and writing skills.
GER-Y 200 Intermediate Yiddish I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- GER-Y 150 or consent of instructor
- Description
- Development of speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. Review of basic grammar and study of new grammatical topics. Reading of short fictional texts and other writings on Jewish culture. Taught in alternate years.
GER-Y 250 Intermediate Yiddish II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- GER-Y 200 or consent of instructor
- Description
- Continuing development of active and passive skills. Additional new grammar concepts. Emphasis on development of reading skills and cultural knowledge through literary and journalistic texts including texts in nonstandardized orthographies. Taught in alternate years.
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Bachelor of Arts in Jewish Studies (JSTUBA)
- Certificate in Jewish Studies (JSTUACRT)
Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.