JEWISH STUDIES AS A COMPONENT
IN THE COMBINED STUDIES B.A.

Why read Jewish Studies?

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There are individual UCAS course codes for the different combinations with Jewish Studies - click here for further information.

Out of 120 credits each year, students may take 40, 60 or 80 units in Jewish Studies. Of those, a minimum of 40 units must be taken each year from the core area of Jewish Studies (List A). In addition to the core studies, students may take a further 20 credits of courses that are relevant to Jewish Studies from a comparative or historical point of view (List B). These course units involve studies in Comparative Religion, Literature, Archaeology, History, Politics and Sociology. All 40/60/80 units may be taken from List A, but a maximum of 20 units may be taken from List B, provided that 40 units are also taken from List A. Thus:

• a student taking 80 units of Jewish Studies in a particular year may take either all 80 from list A, or 60 from List A and 20 from List B
• a student taking 60 units of Jewish Studies in a particular year may take either all 60 from list A, or 40 from List A and 20 from List B
• a student taking 40 units of Jewish Studies in a particular year must take all 40 from list A.

In the first year the core studies must include 40 credits of Hebrew Language. If students have demonstrated competence at that level prior to entry, they may take 40 other core course units that have a language component (asterisked in the course lists), in the course of the degree.

There are no specific A level requirements although students should be able to demonstrate sufficient language skills to undertake courses in Hebrew language.

In the course lists that follow, the bracketed figure at the end refers to the number of credits represented by that course.

Click here for short descriptions of the List A 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).

1ST YEAR

List A:

NE1210* Hebrew Language I(A) (C40)
NE1220* Hebrew Language I(B) (C10)
TH1140* Biblical Hebrew (C20)
TH1100 The World of the Ancient Israelites (C20)
TH1190 Introduction to Judaism (C20)

List B:

NE1720 Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies (C10)
TH1082 Introduction to Islam (C10)
TH1061 Introduction to Comparative Religion (C10)
TH1090 New Testament Introduction (C20)
NE1710 Introduction to Modern Middle East (C20)
TH1132 Sources and Norms of Christian Theology (C20)
NE1920 Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies: The Ancient World, Judaism and Islam (C10)
AY1010 Introduction to Archaeology (C20)
NE1810 From Nile to Tigris (C20)
NE1930 Introduction to the Study of Modern Middle Eastern History (C20)
TH1032 Religion in Modern Society (C20)
TH1051 The Rise of Christianity (C20)

2ND YEAR

List A:

NE 2211 Modern Hebrew Language 2 (A)
NE2212 Modern Hebrew Language 2 (B)
TH 2162 Dead Sea Scrolls
TH 2181 The Prophetic Literature
TH 2351 Jewish Liturgy and Religious Practice
TH2611 Introduction to the History of Jewish-Christian Relations
TH2002 The Jews in Europe 1789-1939
NE2241 Talmudic Judaism: Its sources and concerns C10
NE2252 Readings in Talmudic Judaism C10

List B:

TH2212 Basic Questions about Theistic Belief )
TH2501 Issues in Contemporary Islam
NE2222 Introduction to Modern Hebrew Texts
NE2711 Middle East in the 19th Century
NE2722 Revolutions in 20th Century Middle East
NE2731 Middle East in Cold War
NE2742 Middle East in World War I

3RD YEAR

List A:

NE 3210* Modern Hebrew Language III
NE 3220* Modern Hebrew Literature
NE3200 Jewish Aramaic Texts
NE 3270* Modern Hebrew Language IV
NE 3870 Jewish Philosophy in the 20th Century
TH 3100 Being Jewish in Britain
TH3382 Biblical Hebrew Texts II
TH3332 Holocaust Theology
TH 3191 History of Jewish Law
TH3911 Jewish Literature of the Greco-Roman Period
TH3920 Ancient Israel: Recent Research C20
Final Year dissertation

 List B:

NE 3640 The Middle East in the Roman Period and Antiquity
GV 3041 Politics of the Middle East and Arab Africa
SY4962 Religion and Social Thought
SY 4861 Race and Ethnic Relations in the USA

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