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Course Listing for JEWISH STUDIES - Fall 2026 (ALL: 09/08/2026 - 12/23/2026)
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No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
Required		 Dist Qtr
2149 JWST-109-01 Jews and Judaism 1.00 LEC Catlin, Samuel TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 40 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
    Cross-listing: RELG-109-01
  A historical and conceptual survey of some of the major texts, traditions, movements, ideas, and practices associated with Judaism from antiquity to the present. Special attention will be paid to the changing social categories through which Judaism and Jewishness have been understood, by Jews and others, in various historical and geographic contexts, including, e.g., "religion," "nation," "ethnicity," "race," and "culture." Students who take this course will be prepared for further coursework in Jewish Studies and coursework on Judaism in Religious Studies. No prior knowledge of Jewish religion, culture, history, or languages is assumed.
3429 JWST-332-01 Religion, Law, Literature 1.00 SEM Catlin, Samuel W: 1:30PM-4:10PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
    Cross-listing: CLCV-332-01, WMGS-332-01
  Religion and law interact in many ways, from religious law to legal regulation of religion. However, in this seminar we’ll read literary works that address other, more ambiguous relations between religious and juridical power. Do secular political institutions secretly depend on notions of divine authority? What happens when neither god nor state can deliver justice—or when these forces are themselves the causes of injustice? And why is it through literature, specifically, that we tend to pose these questions about religion, law, and power? We’ll put Greek tragedies, biblical and talmudic selections, and modern fictional, dramatic, and philosophical texts into conversation with themes and social issues like sovereignty, democracy, patriarchy, civil war, colonialism, immigration, xenophobia, incarceration, detention, apartheid, policing, due process, and protest.
3032 JWST-399-01 Independent Study 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment.
1426 JWST-466-01 Teaching Assistant 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin. (0.5 - 1 course credit)
2384 JWST-497-01 Senior Thesis 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y WEB  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment in this single-semester thesis.
2595 HEBR-201-01 Intermediate Modern Hebrew I 1.00 LEC Staff, Trinity MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with JWST, MIDDLEAST
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Hebrew 102 or equivalent.
  This course continues the development of skills in conversation, composition, and reading. Advanced grammar and syntax are introduced, as well as expanded readings from Israeli newspapers and literature. (Also offered under the Middle Eastern studies and Jewish studies programs.)
2578 HEBR-301-01 Advanced Modern Hebrew I 1.00 LEC Katz, Adi MWF: 9:00AM-9:50AM TBA GLB2  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with JWST, MIDDLEAST
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Hebrew 202 or equivalent.
  Emphasis on written essays as well as on comprehension through readings and class discussion of short stories, articles, and poetry. (Also offered under the Middle Eastern studies and Jewish studies programs.)
3162 RELG-211-01 Intro Hebrew Bible/Old Testame 1.00 LEC Hornung, Gabriel TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 39 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with JWST
  Where did the Bible come from? This class will examine the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) in its evolution and complexity. We will pay careful attention to the text's many powerful voices and striking literary features, its great figures such as Abraham, Moses, and David, and its relationship with the major historical events which shaped the life of ancient Israel and later Jewish and Christian tradition. (May be counted toward Jewish Studies and International Studies/Middle Eastern Studies.)