The Center for Jewish Studies at Duke University

Certification Requirements

The certificate program offers students the flexibility to design, with the aid of a faculty advisor, a curriculum that meets individual interests and talents. Six courses are required, four of which must be at or above the 100-level. They include Religion 40 (Judaism) and History 134C; two courses in either History or Asian and African Languages and Literature; two additional courses drawn from the list below or approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Not more than three (3) courses in Religion (including courses cross-listed with Religion) may count towards a certificate.

One year of either Hebrew or Yiddish may be taken for the certificate but only one course may count towards the total of six.

Asian and African Languages and Literature

156. Representing the Holocaust
158. Jewish Culture in the Mediterranean

German

139S. Germany and the Holocaust

Hebrew

1,2. Elementary Modern Hebrew.
63,64. Intermediate Modern Hebrew.
100. Advanced Topics in Modern Hebrew
125S. Advanced Modern Hebrew.
183S, 184S. Topics in Modern Hebrew
226S. Advanced Modern Hebrew

History

134A. History of Jews in the Early Middle Ages. Shatzmiller
134B. History of Jews in the Late Middle Ages. Shatzmiller
134C. Jewish History, 1780s to Present
144A. The Crusades in the Holy Land
152. The Modern Middle East. Miller
195. The Palestine Problem

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Religion

1. Biblical Hebrew I
2. Biblical Hebrew II
40. Judaism. Bland
100. The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. C. Meyers, E. Meyers, M. Peters
101A. Selected Studies in the Bible. Pentateuch. Staff
101B. Selected Studies in the Bible. Prophets. Staff
109. Women in the Biblical Tradition: Image and Role. C. Meyers
133. The Foundations of Post-Biblical Judaism. E. Meyers
134. Jewish Mysticism. Bland
135. Jewish Religious Thought. Bland
136. Contemporary Jewish Thought. Bland or Meyers
207. Hebrew Prose Narrative. Staff
208. Classical Hebrew Poetry: An Introduction. Staff
220. Rabbinic Hebrew. E. Meyers or Staff
221. Readings in Hebrew Biblical Commentaries
243. Archaeology of Palestine in Biblical Times
244. Archeology of Palestine in Hellenistic-Roman Times. E. Meyers

Yiddish

1,2. Elementary Yiddish. Zucker
63 Advanced Yiddish. Zucker
171. Yiddish Fiction in Translation

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Special Topics Courses Offered Periodically

English 26S. Holocaust Testimonies. Staff
German 49S. Modern Jewish Experience. Zucker
History 195S. The Palestine Problem. Kuniholm
History 196S. Palestinian/Arab-Israel Conflict. Miller
History 196S. History of Russia and Eastern European Jews. Lerner
Religion 195B. Jews in the Italian Renaissance. Bland

Opportunities for independent study are also offered in various related departments. Procedures for registration and applications are available in 118 Gray Building.

Offerings at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may also be taken in fulfillment of requirements for the certificate
(http://www.unc.edu/ccjs/index.html)