Master Jewish Studies (839 [3] - Version 2019)

1. Compulsory Module: Hebrew and Aramaic Texts (26 ECTS)

• 060003 SE ( REMOTE ) Between Home and Exile - Judaism in Light of ancient Texts from Judea, Egypt and Mesopotamia
• 060013 VU Aramaic - The aramaic book of Daniel
• 060018 SE Midrash as halakhic and aggadic source
• 060021 SE Central themes in the Moreh Nevuchim of Moses Maimonides (1135/38-1204)

1. Compulsory Module: Jewish Tradition from the Antiquity to the Present Day: Sources, Topics, Hermeneutics (28 ECTS)

• 060001 VO From Lilith to Golem: Introduction to Visual Jewish Cultural History - Film and Media
• 060002 VO Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages - Synagogues and churches in Byzantine Palestine
• 060019 VO The Yiddish Ma´asse-Book/Mayse-Bukh and its Rabbinic Sources
• 060004 VO ( REMOTE ) The History of Antisemitism in Antiquity
• 060014 VO The Female Challenge: Women in Israeli Film
• 060027 VO Images of Horror - the presentation of the Shoah in international feature films
• 060028 VO Jewish Image in American Film
• 060029 VO Literary Landscape Galicia and Bukovina: German-speaking Jewish Authors
• 060050 VO ( REMOTE ) Pogrom - An (Un)intellectual History of the Persecution of Judaism
• 060020 SE The Jewish Rediscovery of the Orient and the Jewish Orientalists - The Orient as a narrative of origin. European Summer-University in Hohenems, 11.06.-16.06.2023
• 060026 SE ( REMOTE ) The National Strategy against Antisemitism - Two Years of Combating Antisemitism in Austria
• 060040 SE 20th-Century Jewish Thought - An Introduction

3. Group of Elective Modules: Jewish Cultural History - advanced module chosen according to interest (36 ECTS)

3a. Elective module: Jewish Cultural History - Antiquity: advanced module chosen according to interest (12 ECTS)

• 060004 VO ( REMOTE ) The History of Antisemitism in Antiquity
• 060003 SE ( REMOTE ) Between Home and Exile - Judaism in Light of ancient Texts from Judea, Egypt and Mesopotamia

3b. Elective module: Jewish Cultural History - Rabbinic Literature and Culture: advanced module chosen according to interest (12 ECTS)

• 060019 VO The Yiddish Ma´asse-Book/Mayse-Bukh and its Rabbinic Sources
• 060018 SE Midrash as halakhic and aggadic source

3c. Elective module: Jewish Cultural History - Middle Ages: advanced module chosen according to interest (12 ECTS)

• 060002 VO Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages - Synagogues and churches in Byzantine Palestine
• 060021 SE Central themes in the Moreh Nevuchim of Moses Maimonides (1135/38-1204)

3d. Elective module: Jewish Cultural History - from the Modern Period to the Present Day: advanced module chosen according to interest (12 ECTS)

• 060029 VO Literary Landscape Galicia and Bukovina: German-speaking Jewish Authors

4. Compulsory Module: Final Module (5 ECTS)

• 060016 SE Preparation for the Master's Thesis - SE