Jewish Studies Classes at Old Dominion University (Fall 05)

List and Description of Courses

HEBR 111: Beginning Hebrew. 6 hrs. 4:20-7MW. Room: Batten Arts & Letters 243. Instructor: Sara Glenn.

Description:Oral drill and discussion of grammar, written exercises and reading assignments are also required.

REL 350 (Course Number 15117): Judaism. 3hrs. 7:10-9:50T. Room: Batten Arts & Letters 336. Instructor: Lawrence Forman.

Description:A study of the Jewish traditions, including its primary texts, historical development, intellectual tenets, and contributions to human culture.

HIST 393 (Course Number 14367): Studies in Jewish History--Jews in Europe, 1840-1940. 3 hrs. 4:20-5:35TR. Room:Education Building 210. Instructor: Maura Hametz.

Description:Jews in Europe, 1840-1940 traces the history of European

Jews from involvement in the Damascus Affair blood libel case of 1840 to persecution with the enactment of racial laws on the eve of World War II.Lectures and readings will address topics including civil emancipation, assimilation, integration, religiosity and tradition, anti-Semitism and persecution against a backdrop of cultural, political, and economic developments in Europe.The course will explore Jewish identity related to the rise of European nation states, the evolution of racial theories and ideas of social science, and the development of Jewish ideas of nation, Zionism, and social responsibility.

(CLOSED) POLS 466: Politics of the Middle East. 3 hrs. 9-9:50MWF. Room: Batten Arts & Letters 330. Instructor: Steve Yetiv.

JST 497 (Instructor Approval Required):Research Project in Jewish Studies.Instructor:David Metzger.

ENGL 667 (Graduate. Instructor Approval Required).Classical Rhetoric:Hellenic and Hebraic Rhetorics.7:20-9R.Room:Batten Arts and Letter 206.Instructor:David Metzger

Description:A comparative study ofHebraic and Hellenic rhetorics and their development/influence in the ancient world.Among other things, Plato’s Gorgias will be compared to the Song of Songs, Aristotle’s rhetoric to Deuteronomy, the Pirkei Avot with Aristotle’s Ethics and Augustine’s De Magistro.