Discussions stress historical development and authors' treatments of tradition and modernity. May be repeated for credit. Admission by permission of instructor and department. Comprehension, speaking, reading and writing skills are stressed. 83155 Further development of skills in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension of modern Hebrew.
Texts range from Israeli newspaper items to selections from classical materials.
83160 Directed readings in humanities and social sciences. Development of linguistic skills necessary for independent research. May be repeated for credit. Hebrew 4 or permission of instructor. A survey of Jewish attitudes toward history and examples of Jewish historiography beginning with the Hebrew Bible.