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
NEW COURSE
Zombies and Spirits, Ghosts and Ghouls: Inter actions between the Living and the Dead
FYSEMR 62U
Shaye Cohen
Biblical and Ancient
NEW COURSE
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1: Pentateuch and Former Prophets
ANE 120A / HDS 1102
Andrew Teeter
NEW COURSE
The Poetics of Biblical Composition: Foundational Principles of Hebrew Narrative Art
HEBREW 256 / HDS 1423
Andrew Teeter
NEW COURSE
Genesis: Narrative Artistry and Theological Meanings
RELIGION 1134 / HDS 1417
Jon Levenson
Classical and Medieval Jewish Literature, History, and Culture
NEW COURSE
Messages from beyond the Mountains of Darkness: Introduction to Jewish Magic and Folklore
FOLKMYTH 140
Daniel Frim
NEW COURSE
The Material Text and the History of the Book
COMPLIT 201X / NEC 201 / RELIGION 1190
David Stern
Peter Stallybrass
NEW COURSE
Invention and Development of Jewish Law (halakhah)
JEWISHST 208 / RELIGION 1266 / HDS 3985
Shaye Cohen
Modern Jewish Literature, History, and Culture
NEW COURSE
Advanced Seminar in Modern Hebrew: Israeli Cinema & Culture
MOD-HEB 241R / HDS 4045
Course Head: Nader Uthman
Instructor: TBA
NEW COURSE
Jewish Religion and Politics in the 20th Century: Europe, America, and Israel
HDS 1646
Shaul Magid
Hebrew (Classical and Modern) and Yiddish Language
NEW COURSE
Intermediate Classical Hebrew I
CLAS-HEB 120A / HDS 4020
Course Head: TBA
Instructor: TBA
NEW COURSE
Rapid Reading Classical Hebrew I: Former Prophets
CLAS-HEB 130AR / HDS 1625
Course Head: Julia Rhyder
Instructor: TBA
NEW COURSE
Advanced Modern Hebrew I
MOD-HEB 130A / HDS 4042
Course Head: Nader Uthman
Instructor: TBA
Jewish Law (Harvard Law School)
Additional Courses Relevant to Jewish Studies
NEW COURSE
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
Memory Wars: Cultural Trauma and the Power of Literature
FYSEMR 63L
Nicole Suetterlin
NEW COURSE
Walter Benjamin’s Theory of Modernity: History, Language, Technology, Catastrophe
GERMAN 181