Fall 2008 Courses
Art History | History | MEALAC | Religion | Germanic Languages and Literatures
Art History
ART HISTORY W4xxx TRACING IDENTITIES: JEWISH ART FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
Day/Time: Location: Cancelled, to be offered in Spring 2009
Instructor: Aaron Rosen
History
HIST W3657 MEDIEVAL JEWISH CULTURES
Day/Time: M and W 10:35 a.m.-11:50 a.m. Location: 513 Fayerweather Hall
Instructor: Elisheva Carlebach
HIST W4125 CENSORSHIP AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
Day/Time: M 2:10-4:00 p.m. Location: 513 Fayerweather Hall
Instructor: Elisheva Carlebach
HIST W4643 WOMEN IN JEWISH MYSTICAL MOVEMENTS
Day/Time: T 2:10-4:00 p.m. Location: 513 Fayerweather Hall
Instructor: Ada Rapoport-Albert
HIST G8643 HASIDIC LITERATURE
Day/Time: R 2:10-4:00 p.m. Location: 513 Fayerweather Hal
Instructor: Ada Rapoport-Albert
Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
Languages Courses
Please note: all students wishing to enroll in Hebrew language courses must take a placement test. For test dates please call 212-854-2556. Language courses may not be taken for pass/fail grade or for “R” credit.
MDES W1510X First Year Modern Hebrew: Elementary I, 5 pts.
Instructor: To be announced - MTuWTHF 9:00-9:50
This is an introductory course for which no prior knowledge is required. Equal emphasis is given to listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar. Daily homework includes grammar exercises, short answers, reading, or paragraph writing. Frequent vocabulary and grammar quizzes.
MDES W1512X Second Year Modern Hebrew: Intermediate I, 5 pts.
Nehama Bersohn: MTuWTHF Sec.1 :9:00- 9:50; Sec. 2: 10:00- 10:50
Prerequisite: MDES W1511Y or the equivalent. Students who completed First Year Hebrew at Columbia are required to enroll in section 1. New students are placed in section 1 or 2, based on their performance on the placement test.
Equal emphasis is given to listening, speaking, reading and writing. Regular categories of the Hebrew verb, prepositions, and basic syntax are taught systematically. Vocabulary building. Daily homework includes grammar exercises, short answers, reading, or short compositions. Frequent vocabulary and grammar quizzes.
MDES W1514X Second Year Modern Hebrew: Upper Intermediate I, 4 pts.
Nehama Bersohn, MTuWTH 1:00-1:50
Prereqisite: For students who acquired basic knowledge of the language in Hebrew School, and received appropriate scores on the placement test.
Equal emphasis is given to listening, speaking, reading and writing. Regular Hebrew verbs, prepositions, and syntax are taught systematically. Vocabulary building. Daily homework includes grammar exercises, short answers, reading, listening to web-casts, or short compositions. Frequent vocabulary and grammar quizzes.
MDES W4510X Third Year Modern Hebrew I, 4 pts.
Ruth Raphaeli-Slivko, MTuWTH 12:00-12:50
Prerequisite: Hebrew W1513Y or W1515Y or the instructor’s permission. Students are expected to have basic familiarity with regular and irregular verbs in five categories of the Hebrew verb system: Pa’al, Pi’el, Hif’il, Hitpa’el and Nif’al.
The course focuses on vocabulary building and on development of reading skills, using adapted literary and journalistic texts with and without vowels. Verb categories of Pu’al and Huf’al are taught systematically. Other verb forms are reviewed in context. A weekly hour is devoted to practice in conversation. Daily homework includes reading, short answers, compositions, listening to web-casts, and giving short oral presentations via voice e-mail. Frequent vocabulary quizzes.
MDES W4512X Fourth Year Modern Hebrew: Readings I, 4 pts.
Ruth Raphaeli-Slivko, MTuWTH 1-1:50
Prerequisite: MDES W4511Y, or MDES W1515Y, or MDES W1516Y or the instructor’s permission. Students are expected to have a good familiarity with the Hebrew verb system, and the ability to read a text without vowels.
This is an advanced course focusing on the development of readings skills using authentic, un-adapted literary, journalistic and academic texts. Verb forms are reviewed in context. In addition to the texts read by the whole class, each student completes two independent reading projects in areas of his/her interest. A weekly hour is devoted to practice in conversation. Daily homework includes reading, composition, listening to web-casts, or giving short oral presentations via voice e-mail. Frequent vocabulary quizzes. Two five page term reports on the independent readings.
Literature Courses
Comparative Literature: Middle East W3542
INTRO TO HEBREW LITERATURE
Day/Time: MW 2:40pm-3:55pm Location: 412 Kent
Instructor: Dan Miron
MDES G4524 HEBREW LOVE
Day/Time: W 11:00am-12:50pm Location: To be announced
Instructor: Uri Cohen
Comparative Literature: Middle East G6533 INTRO-MOD JEWISH LIT COMPLEX
Day/Time: 9:00am-10:50am Location: 716 Hamilton Instructor: Dan Miron
Religion
Religion V2505 JUDAISM
Day/Time: MW 11:00am-12:15pm Location: To be announced
Instructor: Alan F Segal
Religion V3870 INQUISITIONS,CHRISTIANS/EMPIRE
Day/Time: MW 2:40pm-3:55pm Location: 80 Claremont Ave, room 201
Instructor: Jonathan Schorsch
Religion W4503 READINGS FROM SEPHARDIC DIASPORA
Day/Time: T 2:10pm-4:00pm Location: 80 Claremont Ave, room 201
Instructor: Jonathan Schorsch
Religion W4504 THE PATRIARCHAL AND MATRIARCHAL STORIES IN GENESIS
Day/Time: TR 9:00-10:25 Location: 80 Claremont Ave, room 201
Instructor: Yair Zakovitch
Religion W4510 THE THOUGHT OF MAIMONIDES
Day/Time: T 6:10pm-8:00pm Location: 101 80 Claremont Ave.
Instructor: David Shatz
Religion G8850 COMPARATIVE SCRIPTURAL EXEGESIS
Day/Time: TR 7:10pm-9:00pm Location: To be announced
Instructor: Alan F Segal
Religion G9562 READING PSALMS
Day/Time: W 9:00-10:50 Location: 80 Claremont Ave, room 201
Instructor: Yair Zakovitch
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Language Courses
Yiddish ELEMENTARY YIDDISH I
Section 001 Day/Time: MTR 11:00am-12:15pm Location: 317 Hamilton Hall
Section 002 Day/Time: MTR 1:10pm-2:25pm Location: 408 Hamilton Hall
Section 003 Day/Time: MTR 6:10pm-7:25pm Location: 408 Hamilton Hall
Yiddish W1102 ELEMENTARY YIDDISH II
Day/Time: MTR 6:10pm-7:25pm Location: 406 Hamilton Hall
Yiddish W1201 INTERMEDIATE YIDDISH I
Day/Time: MTR 1:10pm-2:25pm Location: 317 Hamilton Hall
Instructor: Miriam Hoffman
Yiddish W3333 ADVANCED YIDDISH I
Day/Time: MW 2:40pm-3:55pm Location: 406 Hamilton Hall
Instructor: Miriam Hoffman
Literature Courses
Yiddish W3800 READINGS IN YIDDISH LIT (ENG)
Day/Time: T 2:10pm-4:00pm Location: 406 Hamilton Hall
Instructor: Jeremy Dauber
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