Monash University - Faculty of Arts

Jewish Civilisation Undergraduate Units

Centre for Jewish Civilisation

• First-Year Level
• Second-Year Level
• Third-Year Level

First-Year Level

Units marked with an asterix* are offered in 2009. Not all units are offered each year.

• HSY1120 - Jews and non-Jews in the middle ages *
• HSY1190 - Jews, God and history: the historical foundations of Judaism
• JWC1000 - Introductory Hebrew, part A
• JWC1005 - Introductory Hebrew, part B
• JWC1010 - Hebrew language and literature I, part A *
• JWC1020 - Hebrew language and literature I, part B *
• JWC1060 - Yiddish language, culture and literature 1A *
• JWC1070 - Yiddish language, culture and literature 1B *
• JWC1130 - Discovering Judaism: belief, practice and social structure

Second-Year Level

Units marked with an asterix* are offered in 2009. Not all units are offered each year.

• HSY2035 - Heresy, persecution, identity: confronting religious orthodoxies
• HSY2095 - The modern Middle East *
• HSY2145 - The history of the Arab-Israeli conflict
• HSY2265 - The world of the Bible: text and context
• HSY2555 - Australian Jewry: history and society
• HSY2560 - Jews in the modern world *
• HSY2570 - Modern Israel: history, politics and society *
• HSY2580 - The Holocaust in an age of genocide *
• HSY2595 - Alexandria-Jerusalem-Rome
• JWC2010 - Hebrew language and literature II, part A *
• JWC2020 - Hebrew language and literature II, part B *
• JWC2030 - Jewish law: ancient, medieval, modern
• JWC2040 - Judaism and modernity
• JWC2060 - Exploring Judaism: law, ethics and philosophy
• JWC2070 - Maimonides' principles of the Jewish faith
• JWC2110 - Yiddish language, culture and literature 2A *
• JWC2120 - Yiddish language, culture and literature 2B *
• JWC2130 - Jewish philosophy in context
• JWC2260 - Literature of destruction and redemption
• JWC2270 - Reading gender in Judaism
• JWC2280 - Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah
• JWC2425 - On the edge of destruction: Polish Jewry between the two World Wars
• JWC2540 - Israeli culture through cinema and literature
• JWC2600 - Israel in late antiquity
• JWC2610 - Yiddish writers in translation
• JWC2620 - God: from Sinai to Auschwitz *
• SHS2020 - Jesus and the Jews *
• SHS2265 - The world of the Bible: text and context *
• SHS2470 - Spiritual journeys *
• SHS735 - Myth and meaning in ancient worlds *

Third-Year Level

Units marked with an asterix* are offered in 2009. Not all units are offered each year.

• HSY3035 - Heresy, persecution, identity: confronting religious orthodoxies
• HSY3095 - The Modern Middle East *
• HSY3145 - The history of the Arab-Israeli conflict
• HSY3265 - The world of the Bible: text and context
• HSY3555 - Australian Jewry: history and society
• HSY3560 - Jews in the modern world *
• HSY3570 - Modern Israel: vision and reality *
• HSY3580 - The Holocaust in an age of genocide *
• HSY3595 - Alexandria-Jerusalem-Rome
• JWC3010 - Hebrew language and literature III, part A *
• JWC3020 - Hebrew language and literature III, part B *
• JWC3030 - Jewish law: ancient, medieval, modern
• JWC3040 - Judaism and modernity
• JWC3050 - Hebrew literature research project *
• JWC3060 - Exploring Judaism: law, ethics and philosophy)
• JWC3070 - Maimonides' principles of the Jewish faith
• JWC3110 - Yiddish language, culture and literature 3A *
• JWC3120 - Yiddish language, culture and literature 3B *
• JWC3130 - Jewish philosophy in context
• JWC3260 - Literature of destruction and redemption *
• JWC3270 - Reading gender in Judaism
• JWC3280 - Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah
• JWC3425 - On the edge of destruction: Polish Jewry between the two World Wars
• JWC3600 - Israel in late antiquity
• JWC3610 - Yiddish writers in translation
• JWC3620 - Radical Rabbis: literature, theology and imagination
• SHS2020 - Jesus and the Jews *
• SHS2265 - The world of the Bible: text and context *
• SHS2470 - Spiritual journeys *
• SHS2735 - Myth and meaning in ancient worlds *