Finkelperel Institute for Israeli and Jewish Studies

Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) Program – Specialist Area Options (ENGLISH):

1. MPhil in ‘Ancient Israel and Near Eastern Studies’

• Applicant must submit a 10-page thesis proposal plus a 2-page bibliography of specialist area authors
• Thesis Based – must write and submit a 150-page thesis paper on a specialized areas up to the academic satisfaction of the Director of Studies
• MPhil program practicum/internship component : special academic and or marketing project (must be approved by Director of Studies)
• option to take Hebrew language course

2. MPhil in ‘Jewish Cultural and Linguistic Studies‘

• Applicant must submit a 10-page thesis proposal plus a 2-page bibliography of specialist area authors
• Thesis Based – must write and submit a 150-page thesis paper on a specialized areas (i.e. Ashkenazi Jewish Diaspora Society, Sephardic Jewish Diaspora Society, Mizrachi-Persian Jewish Society, Bukharan Jewish Focus, Jews of China, etc…)
• MPhil program practicum/internship component : special academic and or marketing project (ask director of studies)
• option to take Hebrew language course
• option to take course in another foreign language (i.e. Chinese, Korean, Russian, etc…)

BA Program (Minor) – for students who want to do Jewish Studies with their regular MAJOR

• ‘Ancient Israeli Society and Levantine Kingdoms (i.e.Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, Hittites, Persians, Romans, Philistia, Edom, Moab, Ammon, Aram, Phoenicia, etc…)’
• 100-level introductory survey course
• Practicum/Internship: special project related to student’s field(s) of study (ask director of studies)

^{Map of The Twelve Tribes of Israel (c1400 B.C.E.)}

^{Famine Stela | inscription is written in hieroglyphs and contains 32 columns, where Pharaoh Djoser asked Imhotep for help during a very serious climatic crop failure catastrophe. Provides useful evidence for Egyptologists and historians who are involved in reconstructing the royal chronology during Old Kingdom Period of Ancient Egypt. Most scholarship argues rock inscribed in Ptolemaic Period (331BCE-31BCE)}

Beit HaMikhdash (Holy Temple in Jerusalem) (Description of complex in Hebrew)

^{Yahweh Inscription (c.1400 B.C.E.)This photo displays the oldest known inscription of the name “Yahweh,” the personal name of God (cf. Exodus 3)}

^{Gezer Calendar | Phoenician or Paleo-Hebrew informal agricultural calendar detailing harvests of various indigenous or local grains, fruit (10th Century B.C.E)}

^{Early Babylonian Map of the World (c.600 B.C.E) detailing Babylon and various nations and regions of Mesopotamia and beyond}