Undergraduate Study

Undergraduate Courses in Jewish Studies, including the Biblical World

Courses in Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester are offered in a number of subject areas, particularly Middle Eastern Studies and Religions and Theology. Not all courses are available every year. Here is a provisional list of course units (available in the academic year 2019-2020, units are subject to change in subsequent years). 

Year 1

MEST10042: The History and Sociopolitics of Palestine/Israel (1882-1967) 

RELT10191: Introduction to Judaism

Related 1st year course units (includes Jewish component):

MEST10091: Cultural Anthropology of the Middle East and North Aftrica 

MEST10712: History and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa  

RELT10311: Introduction to the Study of Religion and Theology

RELT10712: Bible in Ancient and Modern Worlds 

RELT10241: Religion, Ethics and the Environment

Year 2

(1st and 3rd year students may be allowed to take one 2nd year course)

RELT20140: Biblical Hebrew

RELT20652: Jewish Philosophy and Ethics

MEST20272: Themes in the Histories of Arab and Jewish Nationalism

Related 2nd year course units (includes Jewish component):

MEST20352: Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa

RELIT20121: Religion, Culture and Gender

SOCY20962: Racism and Ethnicity in the UK

Year 3

(2nd year students may be allowed one 3rd year course)

RELT30331: Holocaust Theology and Ethics 

RELT30712: Gender and Sexuality in the Bible 

HIST31491: The Holocaust: History, Historiography, Memory

HIST31842: War, Memory and Politics of Commemoration in Eastern Europe