IDS Sample Core Curriculum

This sample curriculum attempts to cover the full range of Jewish history, texts, and thought within the IDS MA program. Students must complete 39 credits (thirteen courses), not including prerequisites, some or all of which may be required depending on previous studies.

Prerequisites of The Graduate School for all departments and programs:

Hebrew Language (completion of reading, grammar, and oral components, through HEB 5203 level)

BIB 5011 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

TAL 5025 Introduction to Text Study

MDS 5101–5102 Classics of the Jewish Tradition

Every student's schedule is unique and individually determined in consultation with his or her academic adviser.

Bible

BIB 5012 Survey of the Pentateuch

BIB 5551 The Bible and the Ancient Near East

BIB 5901 The Book of Ezekiel (or another Bible text class)

Jewish History

HIS 6117 Jews and Judaism in the Ancient World

HIS 6313 Jews and Judaism in the Medieval World

HIS 6406 Modern Jewish History

Jewish Literature

LTG 5031 Introduction to Liturgy

LIT 7033 Classics of Medieval Jewish Literature

LIT 7034 Modern Jewish Literature

Jewish Philosophy

PHI 7503 The Bible as a Philosophical Text

PHI 5455 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism: Medieval to Modern

Talmud and Rabbinics

TAL 5326 Men and Women in Rabbinic Literature

TAL 6689 Structure and Formation of the Babylonian Talmud

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