| DEPT
OF MIDDLE
EASTERN
STUDIES
(For students opting for Hebrew
as their Middle Eastern Language, and Jewish Studies courses as
part or all of the Comparative Religion component).
NB: Jewish Studies courses can also be taken,
within this degree, in combination with more general modules concerning the
history and culture of the Middle East, and also with other Middle Eastern
languages, and there is a wide range of other comparative religion courses,
which may be taken in place of the Jewish Studies courses. For full details, see
the MES Departmental booklet.
60 credits are taken each year in the Department
of Middle Eastern Studies; 60 credits are taken from a choice of courses in
Comparative Religion. Year 3 is normally spent abroad.
Click here
for short descriptions of the individual courses which comprise
the different programmes. Individual courses are reviewed year
by year, and not all courses run every year. Some courses have
prerequisites (see the relevant Departmental Handbook). Some
are designed to alternate with others on a two year cycle (indicated
by "alt", in the lists below). A number of new courses
(indicated by ·) are currently going through course approval
procedures. There are plans further to supplement the list,
particularly in the areas of Modern Jewish History and Modern
Hebrew Literature, as from 2001/2002, provided that resources
permit.
1ST
YEAR
60 credits (compulsory):
NE 1710 Introduction to the Contemporary Middle
East
NE 1211 Modern Hebrew Language I (A)
NE 1222 Modern Hebrew Language I (B)
60 credits, which may include:
TH 1100 The World of the Ancient Israelites
TH 1140 Biblical Hebrew
TH 1190 Introduction to Judaism
2ND
YEAR
20 credits (compulsory): Modern Hebrew Language
II (NE 2210)
40 credits from the following, of which 20
credits must be in language-based (*) courses:
NE 2220* Introduction to Modern Hebrew Texts
NE 2230* Biblical Hebrew Texts I
NE 2240 Talmudic Judaism (10 Credits)
NE 2250* Readings in Talmudic Judaism (10
Credits)
NE 2260 Comparative Semitic Philology
60 credits, which may include:
TH 2080 Jewish Ways of Reading the Bible (alt: TH
2362)
TH 2160 Dead Sea Scrolls
TH 2170 Hebrew Texts I
TH 2180 The Prophetic Literature
TH 2350· Jewish Liturgy and Religious Practice
TH 2362· The Visual Dimensions of Judaism (alt:
TH2080)
TH 2370· Landmarks in Jewish History
4TH
YEAR
20 credits (compulsory): Modern Hebrew Language
III (NE 3210 or NE 3270
40 credits from the following, of which 20
credits must be in language-based (*) courses:
NE 3200* Jewish Aramaic Texts
NE 3220* Modern Hebrew Literature
NE 3250* Medieval Hebrew Texts
NE 3270* Modern Hebrew Language IV
NE 3870 Jewish Philosophy in the 20th Century
60 credits, which may include:
GV 4132 The Holocaust (Geras)
TH 3100 Being Jewish in Britain
TH 3170 The Mystical Tradition in Judaism (alt:
TH3230)
TH 3181 Law and Narrative in the Hebrew Bible
(alt: TH3241)
TH 3192 Jewish Law and Problems of Jewish Life in
the Modern World (alt: TH3252)
TH 3230· Major Themes in Jewish Theology (alt:
TH3170)
TH 3241· Early Biblical Law: The Mishpatim of
Exodus 21-22 (alt: TH3181)
TH 3252· Law and Religion in the Modern State of
Israel (alt: TH3192)
TH 3380 Hebrew Texts II
TH 3910 Intertestamental Literature
TH 3920 Ancient Israel: Recent Research
TH 3991 Archaeology of Jerusalem and Palestine
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