Jewish Studies
Bachelor of Arts (Ergänzungsfach)

At the fore of the Bachelor's programme is an introduction to the basics of academic Jewish Studies and the teaching of the Hebrew language (biblical and modern Hebrew). In the second and third years of the programme, students can choose from a range of modules including the reading of rabbinic and mediaeval literature, the relationship between majority culture and minority culture, phenomena and conditions of tradition and change in Jewish life, questions of Jewish identity balancing the conflicting demands of unity and diversity, as well as state and society in Israel. In the Master’s programme, students can deepen their academic study of Jewish/Hebrew literature and Jewish history, religion and intellectual history.

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Career options for graduates of the Bachelor’s programme include professions in the fields of teaching/knowledge transfer, journalism, in libraries, archives, museums and documentation centres, public relations and educational leadership & management.