Mandatory Courses
11055 Academic Writing for Students in the Mandel School
This course will closely examine the formal elements and stylistic nuances of scholarly discourse in English.
We will analyze prose models in order to understand the conventions that facilitate clear communication in academic writing.
Participants will also have the opportunity to give a presentation on their research in English.
Course taught in English.
30912 Conservatism, interpretation and innovation
The course examines a selection of interpretive processes—in theoretical and contemplative literature, in sacred scripture, in literature and in the arts, from antiquity to contemporary times. Through these test examples we will examine the phenomenon of interpretation, its underlying assumptions, and the tension between conservatism and innovation in interpretative works.
Course taught in Hebrew.
30900 Colloquium
The course aims to afford the MA students (1) experience in making scholarly presentations and (2) the opportunity to receive and to offer, respectably, helpful criticism and suggestions from their peers and from the teacher, which will contribute to improving the thesis prior to its submission.
Course taught in Hebrew.