Course listings as of October 15, 2025. 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.
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General Education
First Year Seminars
Medicine in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust—Anatomy as Example for Changes in Medical Science
FYSEMR 23H
Sabine Hildebrandt
Biblical and Ancient
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings
ANE 120B / RELIGION 1220B / HDS 1103
Andrew Teeter
Topics in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Exegesis at Qumran
JEWISHST 149 / RELIGION 1221 / HDS 1309
Andrew Teeter
NEW COURSE
Rite Place at the Rite Time: Temples and Festivals in the Biblical World
HEBREW 298 / HDS 1140
Julia Rhyder
Classical and Medieval Jewish History, Literature, and Culture
Modern Jewish History, Literature, and Culture
NEW COURSE
Sovereignty, Messianism, and Exile in Jewish Political Thought
RELIGION 24
Ido Ben Harush
Hebrew (Classical and Modern), Yiddish, and other Jewish Languages
NEW COURSE
Hebrew (Rabbinical Texts)
HEBREW 124B
Course Head: David Stern
Instructor: Deborah Thompson Shalshelet
Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
MOD-HEB 120B/ HDS 4041
Course Head: Nader Uthman
Instructor: Romy Neumark
Jewish Law (Harvard Law School)
NEW COURSE
What We Owe to Others: The Ethics of Obligation in Jewish Law
JEWISHST 209 / HLS 3381
Moshe Halbertal
Comparative Family Law: Marriage, Divorce and Property in American, Islamic and Jewish Law
HLS 3165
Havva Guney-Ruebenacker
Courses relevant to Jewish studies
NEW COURSE
Nuremberg, Pinochet and Beyond: On Genocide and Crimes against Humanity
HLS 2117
Philippe Sands