Bachelor Jewish Studies (639 [3] - Version 2015)

1. Compulsory Module - Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

1a. Compulsory Module Hebrew (7 ECTS)

• EXAM 1a Introductory Phase StEOP, Hebrew
• 060004 VU [ de he ] ( STEOP ) STEOP: From Biblical Hebrew to Modern Hebrew 1

1b. Compulsory Module Intruduction to Jewish Studies (8 ECTS)

• EXAM 1b Introductory Phase StEOP, Introduction to Jewish Studies
• 060007 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction in Jewish History, Religion and Literature from the Antique Period until Today - von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart
• 060008 PS ( STEOP ) STEOP: Proseminar

2. Compulsory Module Methodology (5 ECTS)

3. Compulsory Module Modern Hebrew (21 ECTS)

• 060014 VU [ de he ] Modern Hebrew 1

4. Group of Compulsory Modules: Epoch Modules (44 ECTS)

4a. Compulsory Module Antique Period (11 ECTS)

• 060027 SE The Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism
• 010081 SE Jewish and Christian Interpretation of the Old Testament

4b. Compulsory Module Rabbinic Period (11 ECTS)

• 060011 SE Conversion in Judaism: Giur, Teshuva and more - Privatissimum Rabbinische Texte
• 060017 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion in the Rabbinic Period 1 (70-1000 C.E.)

4c. Compulsory Module Medieval Period (11 ECTS)

• 060071 SE Hajim Vital "Sefer ha-Hezyonot - Book of Visions" - Privatissimum Mittelalterliche Texte
• 070203 SE Seminar (PM4) - Jewish Cultural Spaces in the Middle Ages - Judenplatz and Im Werd: the two pre-modern Jewish communities in Vienna in comparison (1238-1421; 1624-1671)

4d. Compulsory Module Modern and Contemporary Period (11 ECTS)

• 060005 VO History, Culture, Literature and Religion from the Modern to the Contemporary Period 2
• 060016 SE [ de en ] Modern History of Israel I: Zionism (Israel Studies) - Privatissimum Neuzeitliche Texte
• 060021 SE Graphic Novels and American-Jewish History - Privatissimum Neuzeitliche Texte
• 480060 KO Jewish voices from and concerning World War I. From Shimon An-Ski to Dovid Bergelson

5. Compulsory Module Original Texts (12 ECTS)

• 060009 SE Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael: Reading, Translating, Interpreting
• 070203 SE Seminar (PM4) - Jewish Cultural Spaces in the Middle Ages - Judenplatz and Im Werd: the two pre-modern Jewish communities in Vienna in comparison (1238-1421; 1624-1671)

5. Compulsory Module Special Topics (12 ECTS)

• 060012 VO Golems, Dybbuks and Wonder Rabbis - Kabbala in Film - (Jüdische Kulturgeschichte in Film und Medien)
• 060006 VO An Introduction to Hebrew Manuscripts
• 060010 VO Hermeneutics II: Rabbinic Texts as masterpieces
• 060039 VO Constellations in the Middle East I - From the foundation of Israel to the collapse of the "peace process"
• 060013 VO Strong Women in Front and Behind the Camera: Empowerment in Israeli Cinema - (Jüdische Kulturgeschichte in Film und Medien)
• 060015 VO Shoah remembrance and memorial in Europe
• 060023 VO Pogrom - An (Un)intellectual History of Genocides against Jews
• 060024 SE Now and Then: Gerhard Kittel and Scientific Antisemitism
• 060025 VO Against Rome: The Jewish Wars against the Roman Empire
• 060020 VO [ de he ] Modern Hebrew Conversation, Rama Gimel
• 020017 VO-L History of Israel
• 020019 VO-L Old Testament Exegesis - Jeremiah
• 020020 UE Exercises in Exegesis (AT) - Royal Ideology and Messianic Hopes in the Hebrew Bible
• 010324 VO [ en ] Religions in the Roman World

7. Compulsory Final Module (11 ECTS)

• 060009 SE Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael: Reading, Translating, Interpreting
• 060024 SE Now and Then: Gerhard Kittel and Scientific Antisemitism