Certain courses on this list are special topics or rotating topic courses. Students should make certain that the course taught under such headings has appropriate Jewish Studies content. The Center for Jewish Studies provides a list of courses each semester.
Credits: 3.
A variable topics course examining issues, movements, forms or themes related to race and ethnicity in American literature. Topics may include Pacific Rim cultures in America, Chicano-Latino literature, the Black Arts Movement, constructing Native America, border-crossing and migration, post-war Jewish fiction, literature and the psychology of prejudice, comparative representations of racial and ethnic experience, representing whiteness, literatures of assimilation and multi-racial identities.
Credits: 3.
Cross-cultural survey of beliefs and practices dealing with the supernatural, magic and religion. Conceptualization of the supernatural. Sacred specialists, their function and social position. Theories of comparative religion in light of anthropological data. (S, D)
Credits: 3. (N, S)
Credits: 4; can be repeated with a change of topic up to 12 credits. Refer to the department.
Variable topics. A study of the films of one or more of the historically important national cinemas (e.g., American, French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese).
Credits: 3.
A survey of the origins of anti-Semitism in central Europe, and the execution of the Holocaust by Nazi Germany. Examines not only the ideology of the Nazi leaders, but the role of the SS, Army, Police and ordinary citizens in perpetrating genocide. (H, N) (WR)
Credits: 3.
This courses discusses the collapse of the monarchy and tribulations of Weimar Republic. Detailed examination of Hitler's seizure of power and of social, political and ideological aspects of the Third Reich. (H, N) (WR)
Credits: 3.
The magnitude, spatial distribution and composition of the Jewish population in the U.S. and the world. Change over time will also be addressed with a focus on regional variation. (S)
Credits: 5.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course is designed for students with no prior exposure to the language. Students with previous study of or exposure to Hebrew must enroll in HBR 2132, Hebrew for Heritage Learners 1.
Credits: 5; Prereq: refer to the department.
Continuation of the beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Credits: 5.
For students with significant speaking and listening backgrounds. Modern Hebrew course with emphasis on reading and writing. Covers first year Hebrew in one semester.
Credits: 5; Prereq: refer to the department.
This course covers first and second semester of second year Modern Hebrew. Students who successfully complete this course are eligible for HBR 3410.
Credits: 4; Prereq: refer to the department.
Intermediate study covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 4; Prereq: refer to the department.
Continuation of the intermediate sequence covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Credits: 3; Prereq: refer to the department.
Advanced study of the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing with attention to more complex structures. (H, N)
Credits: 3. Prereq: refer to the department.
Continuation of advanced study of the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing with attention to more complex structures. (H, N)
Credits: 1 to 5; Prereq: refer to the department.
Credits: 3.
Proseminar of variable content providing an opportunity for in-depth study of special topics in Israeli literature, history or culture.
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with change in topic up to 15 credits. Prereq: Permission of undergraduate adviser.
A mechanism for course work taken at a foreign university as part of an approved study abroad program. Credits taken under this will be transferred to UF and count toward graduation.
HBT 3223 Identity and Dissent in the Hebrew Short Story
Credits: 3.
Traces the tension between the individual and the collective in Zionist/Israeli society over the last 100-plus years as illustrated in Hebrew short fiction.
HBT 3233 Israeli History and the Contemporary Novel
Credits: 3.
Studies Israeli history through the lens of the contemporary novel.
Credits: 3.
Depictions of women in 20th century Hebrew fiction. (H, N)
HMW 3201 Introduction to Modern Hebrew Literature 2
Credits: 3.
The selection of texts is more contemporary and includes recently published stories and poems. Class is instructed in Hebrew.
HMW 4200 Readings in Modern Hebrew Literature 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: HBR 3411 or equivalent..
Readings in modern Hebrew texts, short fiction and poetry. The study of literature is emphasized but some language work is presented to help with reading comprehension. Language of texts and instruction is in Hebrew.
HMW 4201 Readings in Modern Hebrew Literature 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: HMW 4200 or equivalent.
Selection of texts is more contemporary and includes recently published stories and poems. Class is instructed in Hebrew.
JST 2930 Special Topics in Jewish Studies
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 6 credits.
Selected topics in the study of Jewish civilization.
JST 3930 Special Topics in Jewish Studies
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 12 credits.
Selected, variable topics in Jewish thought, history, literature and culture, such as classified Jewish texts, Jewish law, Jewish ethics, folklore, Hasidism, Holocaust literature. (WR)
JST 4905 Individual Work in Jewish Studies
Credits: 1 to 3; can be repeated with change in topic up to 6 credits.
For advanced students who desire to supplement regular courses by independent reading or research under guidance.
Credits: 3; Prereq: REL 2600 or the equivalent, junior standing and instructor permission.
Colloquium in Jewish Studies is designed to enhance the student's knowledge of the development and significance of Jewish civilization in all its variable aspects. For juniors and seniors.
Credits: 1-6; can be repeated up to 6 hours. Prereq: REL 2600 or the equivalent; instructor permission and junior standing. S/U only.
Preapproved internship with Jewish communal, educational or service institutions. Only three credits of JST 4940 can count toward the Jewish studies major/minor. (S-U)
Credits: 1 to 18 ; can be repeated with change in topic up to 18 credits. Prereq: Permission of undergraduate adviser.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved student program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward graduation at UF.
Credits: 1 to 3; maximum 3 credits.
Directed research leading to submission of an honors thesis. Work completed under the supervision of a Jewish Studies faculty member. Students can register for one semester (3 credits) or for two semesters (1 and 2 credits respectively). Required for magna or summa cum laude designation.
Credits: 3; can be repeated once with change in content up 6 credits.
A variable content course in aspects of the Jewish literary experience, from the biblical narrative and classical tales to Yiddish and Hebrew literature, the modern European novel, and American Jewish fiction. Consult home page. (H, N)
MUH 3621 Jewish Art Music in Western Culture
Credits: 3; Prereq: refer to the department.
A cultural history of western art music inspired by Jewish subjects, Biblical and non-Biblical, composed by both Jewish and non-Jewish composers, and a survey of Jewish performing musicians from the Renaissance to the present. (H, N)
POS 4291 Religion and Politics in the United States
Credits: 3; Prereq: refer to the department.
Investigates the role of religious institutions, values and communities in contemporary American political life. (WR)
Credits: 3.
Introduces the historical underpinnings, geographical movement, development, and current expression of a variety of religious traditions. (H)
Credits: 3.
Exploration of competing secular and religious views regarding human impacts on and moral responsibilities toward nature and of the key thinkers and social movements in contention over them. (H) (WR)
Credits: 3.
The history, literature and beliefs of the Israelites from the Biblical text, in the light of modern scholarship. (H)
Credits: 3.
The history, performing arts, and cultural expressions of the Hindu Traditions in India and in the Diaspora.
REL 2388 Indigenous Rels. of the Americas
Credits: 3.
Focuses on the religious values, attitudes and norms of Native American peoples within the United States. (D, H) (WR)
Credits: 3.
A multidisciplinary approach to the Jewish experience from its Biblical origins to modern times. (H, N)
REL 3128 Latinos(as) in the United States: Religion, Culture and History
Credits: 3.
A survey of the history of Latino(a) presence in the U.S. and an examination of roles religion has played.
Credits: 3.
Intensive introduction to the literary study of the Hebrew Bible within the context of ancient Near Eastern literature and history.
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
Examines the biblical book of Job and the ongoing tradition of its interpretation.
Credits: 3.
Examines ancient Israelite and early Jewish wisdom literature alongside similar literature from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Credits: 3.
A critical examination of the literary representation and historical realities of gender and sexuality in ancient Israel through close readings of selected texts from the Hebrew Bible.
Credits: 3.
An examination of the Jewish-Christian encounter. The historical interaction between Judaism and Christianity including how each group symbolized the other, and the practical implications of the representations. (H, N) (WR)
Credits: 3; Prereq: refer to the department.
Mysticism in Judaism in Biblical, Rabbinic, Medieval and Modern periods. (H) (WR)
Credits: 3.
Explores the problem of violence that springs from religious roots in Western, Asian, African, and Native American traditions. (H,N) (WR)
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 12 credits. (H) (WR)
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
Examines relationships between ethics and utopias in literature, religious communities and millenarian movements. (H) (WR)
REL 4209 Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Jewish Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: refer to the department.
This course will explore the varieties of literature which arose within Judaism from 250 BCE to 220 CE, including selections from the Dead Sea Scrolls, the OT Pseudepigrapha, Philo and Josephus. (H)
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
In-depth study of the Pentateuch (Genesis-Deuteronomy) in light of modern biblical scholarship.
REL 4293 Special Topics in Biblical Studies
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 9 credits.
Advanced study of special topics for students with previous courses in biblical studies. (WR)
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
An in-depth exploration of the main works of various existentialist thinkers with a particular emphasis on their views of religion.
REL 4490 Special Topics in Religious Thought
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 9 credits. (WR)
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
A comparative survey of literary, historical, ritual, and material aspects of ancient Israelite religion with evidence from Canaan, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome.
Credits: 3; Prereq: refer to the department.
A critical and historicized introduction to the Rabbinic texts of Mishnah, Midrash and Talmud. Emphasis is placed on the growth and development of the Rabbinic movement, and upon reading practices. (H, N)
REL 4936 Special Topics in Religious Studies
Credits: 3; can be repeated with change in content up to 9 credits.
Advanced study for students with proper preparation of selected topics involving one or more religious traditions. (WR)