Courses – Fall 2021

Course listings as of March 26, 2024. Course offerings and times may change.
Please check the Website of the Registrar’s Office of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for updated information

Freshman Seminars

Biblical and Ancient

Bible and Empire

ANE 197 / HDS 1440

Julia Rhyder

Sacred Space and Sacred Time in Ancient Israel

ANE 198 / HEBREW 198 / HDS 1441

Julia Rhyder

Classical and Medieval Jewish Literature, History, and Culture

How Jews Read (and Write)

JEWISHST 148 / HDS 1463

David Stern

Jewish Boundaries and Identities

JEWISHST 203 / HDS 1653

Shaye Cohen

Modern Jewish Literature, History, and Culture

Jews in the Modern World

HIST 1017

Derek Penslar

Selected Works of Twentieth Century Jewish Theology

RELIGION 1255 / HDS 3668

Jon Levenson

Hebrew (Classical and Modern) and Yiddish Language

Elementary Classical Hebrew I

CLAS-HEB AA / HDS 4010A

Andrew Teeter

Intermediate Classical Hebrew I

CLAS-HEB 120A / HDS 4020

Andrew Teeter

Rapid Reading Classical Hebrew I

CLAS-HEB 130AR / HDS 1625

Andrew Teeter

Elementary Modern Hebrew I

MOD-HEB BA / HDS 4015A

Irit Aharony

Intermediate Modern Hebrew I

MOD-HEB 120A / HDS 4040

Irit Aharony

Advanced Modern Hebrew I

MOD-HEB 130A / HDS 4042

Irit Aharony

Elementary Yiddish I

YIDDISH AA

Sara Feldman

Intermediate Yiddish I

YIDDISH BA

Sara Feldman

Advanced Yiddish I

YIDDISH CA

Sara Feldman

Jewish Law (Harvard Law School)

Courses Relevant to Jewish studies

At Cross Purposes: The Crusades in Material Culture

MEDVLSTD 250

Evridiki Georganteli 

Scripture Stories of Women

RELIGION 1414 / HDS 1503

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza