The program in Midrash is interdisciplinary, designed to enable students to gain expertise in the broad varieties of rabbinic biblical exegesis and rabbinic narrative.
Background is offered in the social history of late antiquity.
A concentration in Midrash focuses on exegesis of rabbinic texts from the second through the twelfth centuries. For admission to List College, see this page . Because this is an interdisciplinary program, there are no core curriculum requirements. This course may be taken at JTS, Columbia University, Barnard College or Union Theological Seminary. For admission to the Graduate School, see this page .