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Jewish Civilisation Undergraduate Units

Centre for Jewish Civilisation

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 *


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