Courses – Fall 2023

Course listings as of April 3, 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

First Year Seminars

Biblical and Ancient

NEW COURSE

Historical Hebrew

CLAS-HEB 138

Course Head: Andrew Teeter

Instructor: TBA

NEW COURSE

The Book of Daniel

HEBREW 131 / RELIGION 1261 / HDS 1630

Andrew Teeter

NEW COURSE

The Binding of Isaac (Aqedah): Seminar

HEBREW 235 / HDS 1808

Jon Levenson

NEW COURSE

Early Christian Apocrypha

RELIGION 1315 / HDS 1761

Giovanni Bazzana

Classical and Medieval Jewish Literature, History, and Culture

NEW COURSE

History of the Book: Using Harvard’s Treasures to Study the Material Text

COMPLIT 119X/ NEC 107 / RELIGION 119

David Stern

NEW COURSE

Josephus

JEWISHST 129 / HDS 1468

Shaye Cohen

Modern Jewish Literature, History, and Culture

NEW COURSE

The Politics of Yiddish

COMPLIT 107 / YIDDISH 107

Saul Zaritt

NEW COURSE

Jews and Race

HDS 1655

Shaul Magid

NEW COURSE

Jews in the Modern World

HIST 1017

Derek Penslar

NEW COURSE

Encounters Between German and Jewish Thought

JEWISHST 111 / HDS 3035

Jay Harris

NEW COURSE

Advanced Seminar in Modern Hebrew: Israeli Cinema & Culture

MOD-HEB 241R / HDS 4045

Romy Neumark

NEW COURSE

Selected Works in Twentieth Century Jewish Theology

RELIGION 1255 / HDS 3668  

Jon Levenson

Hebrew (Classical and Modern) and Yiddish Language

NEW COURSE

Elementary Classical Hebrew I

CLAS-HEB AA / HDS 4010A

Course Head: Andrew Teeter

Instructor: TBA

NEW COURSE

Intermediate Classical Hebrew I

CLAS-HEB 120A / HDS 4020

Course Head: Andrew Teeter

Instructor: TBA

NEW COURSE

Rapid Reading Classical Hebrew I

CLAS-HEB 130AR / HDS 1625

Course Head: Andrew Teeter

Instructor: TBA

NEW COURSE

Elementary Modern Hebrew I

MOD-HEB BA / HDS 4015A

Ran Bechor

NEW COURSE

Intermediate Modern Hebrew I

MOD-HEB 120A / HDS 4040

Ran Bechor

NEW COURSE

Advanced Modern Hebrew I

MOD-HEB 130A / HDS 4042

Ran Bechor

NEW COURSE

Elementary Yiddish I

YIDDISH AA

Sara Feldman

NEW COURSE

Intermediate Yiddish I

YIDDISH BA

Sara Feldman

Jewish Law (Harvard Law School)

NEW COURSE

Advanced Topics in Jewish Law: The Law of the Messiah

HLS Reading Group

HLS 2437

Noah Feldman

NEW COURSE

Jewish Law and Critical Theory Seminar

HLS 3258

Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

NEW COURSE

Jews, Christians, and Law at the Beginning

HLS 3259

Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Additional Courses Relevant to Jewish Studies

NEW COURSE

Law and Politics in Multicultural Democracies

GOV 94OF

 Ofrit Liviatan

NEW COURSE

Between East and West: A Critical Mapping of Polish Culture

SLAVIC 175

Aleksandra Kremer