Program Overview

Introduction to the Judaic Studies Graduate Certificate Program

The Judaic Studies Graduate Certificate program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the field of Judaic studies. This program is offered by the University of Cincinnati and is available to students who wish to pursue a graduate-level education in this area.

Program Details

• Duration: 1 Year
• Minimum Credits: 15 Credits

Curriculum

The curriculum for the Judaic Studies Graduate Certificate program is divided into several areas, including Bible and Rabbinics, Core Courses, History, Politics and Culture, Literature, Language & Film, and Philosophy, Thought and Theory.

Bible and Rabbinics

Students may take 3 of the following courses:

• (HUC)BIB-401 Introduction to Biblical Prose
• (HUC)HEB-402 Reading for Meaning: A Study of the grammar, syntax, idiomatic expressions and other linguistic features of the Hebrew Bible
• (HUC)HEB-403 Continuation of 402
• (HUC)BIB-402 Biblical Poetry
• (HUC)BIB-518 Biblical Narratives
• (HUC)BIB-553 Biblical Laws
• (HUC)BIB-557 Prophets and Prophecy
• (HUC)BIB-613 Song of Songs
• (HUC)BIB-615 Dead Sea Scrolls
• (HUC)HLT-530 Reading Apocalyptic Literature
• (UC)JUDC-4005 The Bible and the Ancient World
• (HUC)AMA-510 Introduction to Aramaic
• (HUC)AMA-509 Jewish Aramaic and Introduction to Syriac
• (HUC)HEB-502 Introduction to Rabbinic Hebrew
• (HUC)RAB-401 Introduction to Rabbinical Literature: Early Rabbinical Literature and Thought
• (HUC)RAB-591 Tzedakah: Halakhah
• (HUC)MID-401 Introduction to Midrashic Literature and Practice
• (HUC)MID-501 Non-halakhic Midrashic Literature
• (HUC)TAL-401 Introduction to Talmudic Literature: Readings from Seder Mo'ed dealing with the cycle of the Jewish year
• (HUC)PTH-401 Post Talmudic Halakhic Literature: The nature of the halakhic process and the methodology of the most prominent post-Talmud poskim
• (HUC)LIT-401 Introduction to Jewish Liturgy: A study of the content, theology, historical development, and phenomenology of Jewish liturgy
• (HUC)COM-401 An introduction to the Mikra'ot Gedolot
• (HUC)HEB-577 Hebrew Manuscripts
• (HUC)HEB-503 Modern Scholarly Hebrew
• (HUC)URG-501 Introduction to Ugaritic
• (HUC)AKK-501 Introduction to Akkadian
• (HUC)AKK-503 Akkadian Texts
• (HUC)AKK-516 Advanced Akkadian Course | Title/Desc | Credit
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  JUDC4087 | The Book of Job and the Problem of Evil | 3
  JUDC4005 | The Bible and the Ancient World | 3

Core Courses

• JUDC6097 | Introduction to Graduate Research in Judaic Studies | 3
• JUDC7035 | Foundations of Judaism | 4

History, Politics and Culture

Students must take 3 courses from this content area. Also in this content area are the following courses from HUC which do not have c-1 forms:

• (HUC)HLT-7010 Josephus, Contra Apion
• (HUC)HEB-579 Jews of Iraq
• (HUC)HIS-701 History of Reform Judaism from its Origins to the Present
• (HUC)HIS-548 Ch American Jewish Theology Doc Fil Course | Title/Desc | Credit
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  JUDC6010 | Antisemitism | 3
  HIST7052 | Topics in the History of the Islamic World | 4
  CLAS7003 | Problems in Early Jewish and Christian History and Literature | 4
  JUDC6011 | Special Topics in Judaic Studies: History and Culture | 1 - 6

Literature, Language & Film

3 courses may chosen from this area. The following courses without C-1 forms offered by HUC are included in this area:

• (HUC)HEB-701 Hebrew Literature: Surveys Genres of Hebrew Literature, Twelfth to the twentieth centuries
• (HUC)HEB-778 Hebrew Short Story Course | Title/Desc | Credit
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  JUDC2011 | Second Year Hebrew 1 | 3
  JUDC3031 | Advanced Hebrew Conversation and Composition 1 | 3
  ENGL7050 | Studies in Diasporic Literature and Nationalism | 3
  JUDC6005 | History of the Jewish Book | 3
  ENGC8066 | Problems in Diasporic Studies | 3
  ENGC7076 | Approches to Biblical Literature | 3
  JUDC6075 | Jewish Women Writers | 3
  JUDC6012 | Special Topics in Judaic Studies: Literature, Art,and Film | 1 - 6
  ENGC7066 | Approaches to Diasporic Studies | 3
  JUDC2012 | Second Year Hebrew 2 | 3
  JUDC3032 | Advanced Hebrew Conversation and Composition 2 | 3

Philosophy, Thought and Theory

3 courses may selected from this area. The following courses in this area offered by UC and HUC do not have c-1 forms:

• JUDC 60650 Judaic Studies Tour
• (HUC)THE-401 Belief and Practice
• (HUC)PHI-401 Medieval Jewish Philosophy
• (HUC)PHI-402 Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought
• (HUC)THE-524 Hassidism
• (HUC)THE-525 Messianism
• (HUC)RAB-641 Rabbis as Holy Men
• (HUC)THE-525 Religious Literature of Exclusion Course | Title/Desc | Credit
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  JUDC6013 | Special Topics in Judaic Studies: Thought and Philosophy | 1 - 6
  JUDC7008 | Freud and Judaism | 3

Credit Hours

The minimum number of credit hours can vary based on previously earned credits, and/or the level of placement into required coursework. The typical minimum number of credit hours students must complete is provided in the program details.