Program
Danciger Judaic Studies Program
Department of History

Degrees Offered
BA
MA
PhD (interdisciplinary)

Middle East Language
Hebrew (Elementary, Second Year Reading)

Courses
Ancient Egypt
Archaeology and Biblical History
Islam and the Arabs
Sinai and Olympus: Two Views of Man and God in Literature of the Greeks and Hebrews
The Odyssey of Israel: From Medieval Ghetto to the Jewish State
Classics of Talmudic Literature in English Translation
Literary, Historical, Religious Readings in Jewish Mystical Literature in Translation
History of Ancient Israel
Medieval Jewish History
The Dimensions of the Holocaust
Ancient Mesopotamia
Modern Jewish History
Contemporary Jewish History
History of Jewish Mysticism
Archaeology and the History of Antiquity
Archaeology and Biblical History
The History of Mysticism: East and West
The Holy Land: Cradle of Three Traditions
Semitic Thought
The Holocaust and the State of Israel
Ideas of Jewish History (graduate colloquium)
Special Topics and Readings
The Arab Empires and Islamic Civilization
The Spectrum of Faith: Introduction to Comparative Study of Religion
Ottoman Empire in the Middle East to World War I
Middle East from World War I to the Present
Jerusalem: Saga of a City
Jerusalem, Rome and Westminster: Three Sources of Western Law (offered in the Law School)

Hebrew courses are offered every year
other courses are offered every other year

Faculty
L. Timothy Doty (Ancient Near East with a focus on Mesopotamia)
Sari Havis (Hebrew)
Dan Jaffe (English)
Carla Klausner (history of the Arab World, history of the Middle East, medieval and modern Jewish history)
Joseph P. Schultz (Judaic studies, Rabbinics, Jewish law, Kabbalah, comparative religion)
Lois Spatz (English - Classics)

Directors
Joseph P. Schultz, Danciger Judaic Studies Program
Dennis Merrill, Department of History

Scholarships/Graduate Support
Fellowships (three categories) Danciger Scholar - complete tuition, board, books and incidentals for fours years
Judaic studies majors - tuition and books for Judaic studies courses for one year
Tuition Scholarships - funds for the cost of individual Judaic studies courses taken by students or interested area community members who are not Judaic studies majors

Special Features
Outreach Adult education courses
college credit courses in Judaica for qualified 12th-grade high school students
Institute for Jewish Life open to all members of Jewish community, consists of intensive weekend retreat seminars devoted to various aspects of Jewish life

Inquiries
Danciger Judaic Studies Program
Joseph P. Schultz, Director
203 Cockefair Hall
816-235-1631

Department of History
Dennis Merrill, Chair
816-235-1631

Office of Admissions
4825 Troost
816-235-1111
admit@umkc.edu