IDS Sample Course Schedules
Every student's schedule is unique and individually determined in consultation with his or her academic adviser. These sample schedules illustrate only two possible configurations of coursework.
I. Student entering with no Hebrew, must take all GS prerequisites:
Two and a half years
First Year
Fall |
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| Introduction to the Hebrew Bible |
| Foundations of Hebrew |
| Classics of the Jewish Tradition I |
| Discipline and Punishment: Criminal Law in Rabb. Lit. |
Spring |
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| Pentateuch with Rashi |
| Intensive Elem. Hebrew Reading and Grammar I |
| Medieval Jewish Communities |
| Jews and Judaism in the Ancient World |
Second Year
Fall |
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| The Book of Leviticus |
| Intensive Elem. Hebrew Reading and Grammar II |
| Introduction to Liturgy |
| Hasidic Derashot |
| The Bible as a Philosophical Text |
| Men and Women in Rabbinic Literature |
Spring |
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| The Book of Samuel |
| Intermediate Hebrew Reading and Grammar I |
| Liturgy of Shabbat and the Three Festivals |
| Midrash for Beginners |
| Fundamentalism in Three Traditions |
Third Year
Fall |
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| Introduction to Text Study |
| Intermediate Hebrew Oral and Grammar II |
| Biblical Grammar |
| Images of Eve |
II. Entering with all Hebrew requirements and prerequisites completed:
One year and a summer
Fall |
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| The Bible and Ancient Near East |
| American Jewry Since 1945 |
| Jews and Judaism in the Middle Ages |
| Liturgy of the Days of Awe |
| Yiddish Lyric Poetry |
Spring |
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| The Poetry of Job |
| Charity in Ancient Jewish Society |
| The Culture of Memory |
| Aging in the Talmud |
| Jewish Approaches to Biomedical Ethics |
Summer |
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| Medieval Jewish Philosophical Polemics |
| Zion and Diaspora in Buber, Cohen, and Kaplan |
| Close Readings of Parashat Hashav'ua |
