5769 Spring Book List
Please note that students will be responsible to reimburse the instructors for the cost of duplicating any required course packet.
BIB 101 Intro to Bible Dr. Ora Horn Prouser
Frederick Greenspahn, ed., The Hebrew Bible: New Insights and Scholarship
Elliott Rabin, Understanding the Hebrew Bible: A Reader’s Guide
Marc Zvi Brettler, How to Read the Bible
BIB 465 Teaching Bible Dr. Ora Horn Prouser
Textual Knowledge: Teaching the Bible in Theory and in Practice by Barry Holtz, published by JTS.
HEB 320 Biblical Hebrew Rabbi Allen Darnov
C. L. Seow, A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, Revised Edition (Nashville: Abingdon), 1995
Optional:
1. E. Kautzsch, Gesenius, Hebrew Grammar (translated by A. E. Cowely; Oxford: Clarendon), 1910
2. Joshua Weingreen, A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew (Oxford: Clarendon), 1959
BIB 505 Wisdom Literature Dr. Diane Sharon
I. Bible Texts:
The complete Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible is the basic text for this course. It is available in many editions and configurations. You may wish to choose a compact size since you are expected to bring it to each class. A handy one to purchase is the small JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh. If you require a translation into a language other than English, please see me privately.
II. Secondary Readings:
The secondary reading assignments, for the most part, will be taken from the following books. Other materials will be handed out in class as necessary. Please note that in some cases there may be more up-to-date editions of these books currently available. You are free to use these, making your own allowances in page designations to make sure you are reading the appropriate assigned texts. The books can be found on reserve in the Beit Midrash.
1. Achtemeier, Paul J.
2. Alter, Robert and Frank Kermode,
3. Ginsberg, H.L., The Five Megilloth and Jonah, Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1983 <1969>.
4. Hayes, John H., An Introduction to Old Testament Study, Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1979; (Paperback).
5. Kraus, Hans-Joachim, Psalms 1-59: A Commentary, Oswald, Hilton C.
6. Kraus, Hans-Joachim, Psalms 60-150: A Commentary, Oswald, Hilton C.
7. Pritchard, James B.
8. Pritchard, James B.
CAN 312 Introduction to Cantillation Cantor Rena Shapiro
The Five Megillot and Jonah, JPS, or any approved text of Lamentations and of the Festival Megillot.
HAL 402 Intro to Codes Rabbi Eric Hoffman
1. Kagan (HaKohen), Israel Meir (“Chofetz Chayim”), Sefer Mishnah Berurah (Commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim), 6 vols. (1894-1907 & subsequently reprinted) [Hebrew: Untranslated, Unvocalized, Unpunctuated]
2. Klein, Isaac, A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice (New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America)
3. Lamm, Maurice, The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning (New York: Jonathan David, 1969)
HEB 320 Biblical Hebrew Rabbi Alan Darnov
C. L. Seow, A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, Revised Edition (Nashville: Abingdon), 1995
Optional:
1. E. Kautzsch, Gesenius, Hebrew Grammar (translated by A. E. Cowely; Oxford: Clarendon), 1910
2. Joshua Weingreen, A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew (Oxford: Clarendon), 1959
LIT 101 Intro to Liturgy Rabbi Eric Hoffman
1. Cohen, Jeffrey, Blessed Are You: A Comprehensive Guide to Jewish Prayer (Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson, 1993)
2. Elbogen, Ismar, Jewish Liturgy: A Comprehensive History, trans. Raymond P. Scheindlin (Philadelphia: JPS/JTS, 1993)
3. Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary (New York: The Rabbinical Assembly, 2001)
4. Idelsohn, Abraham Zevi, Jewish Liturgy and Its Development (New York: Schocken, 1967)
5. Klein, Isaac, A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice (New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1979)
6. Siddur Kol Ya’akov: The Complete ArtScroll Siddur – Nusach Ashkenaz, ed. Nosson Scherman (Brooklyn, New York: Mesorah Publications, Ltd., 1990)
7. Course packet
LIT 620 Yammin Noraim Liturgy Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman
Required Texts:
1. Philip Birnbaum, High Holiday Prayer Book, Hebrew Publishing Company, originally published 1951. This should be brought to each session. Also, bring a Tanakh to each session (Hebrew at least; Hebrew/English recommended).
2. Reuven Hammer, Entering the High Holy Days, JPS, paperback edition, 2005 (originally published in 1998).
3. Hayyim Herman Kieval, The High Holy Days: A Commentary on the Prayerbook of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, 2004.(Commentary on Rosh Hashanah originally appeared in 1959. Commentary on Kol Nidrei night appended from his notes in 2004). Note that this book covers all of Rosh HaShanah, but only Kol Nidre/Arvit of Yom Kippur.
4. All other assigned reading is available in a course packet available from instructor.
MEC 122 Mechina Jewish History Rabbi Eric Hoffman
Bamberger, Bernard J., The Story of Judaism (New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1957)
Bard, Mitchell and Moshe Schwartz, 1001 Facts Everyone Should Know About Israel (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)
Forward Weekly Newspaper Subscription (Forward Association, Inc., 45 East 33rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10016), www.forward.com, (866) 523-9651
Holtz, Barry W., Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts (New York: Summit Books, 1984)
Suggested: Vainstein, Yaacov, The Cycle of the Jewish Year (Jerusalem: World Zionist Organization, 1964)
PHI 311 Medieval Jewish Philosophy Rabbi Leonard Levin
Required books:
1. Three Jewish Philosophers: Philo, Saadia, Halevi (Toby Press, 2006, ISBN 9781592641475
2. Maimonides: Guide for the Perplexed (any edition OK but we will be using the Barnes & Noble edition ISBN 9780760757574 as standard)
3. CD of supplementary readings will be provided by instructor at beginning of class, including selections from Plato, Aristotle. Plotinus, Ibn Gabirol, Gersonides, Crescas, etc.
Recommended books:
Any standard history of Jewish philosophy. The instructor will inquire of students at the beginning of the class how many are interested in purchasing Eliezer Schweid’s Classic Jewish Philosophers at discount from the publisher, and will put in a special order accordingly.
PRO 560 Counseling II Ms. Arlien Duker
Required Texts:
1. Bloom, Rabbi Jack. The Rabbi as Symbolic Exemplar. The Haworth Press, 2002
Frankl, Viktor. Man’s Search for Meaning. (any edition)
2. Friedman, Rabbi Dayle. Jewish Pastoral Care’A Practical Handbook, 2nd edition, Jewish Lights, 2005
3. Levitz, Yisrael N. and Twerski, Abraham J., eds. A Practical Guide to Rabbinic Counseling, Feldheim Publishers, Jerusalem, 2005.
4. Rando, Theresa, How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies
5. Woititz, Janet. Adult Children of Alcoholics
Recommended:
Gottman, John. Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, Simon & Schuster, 1994
