AJS Directory of Programs in Jewish Studies

Institution:	Graduate Theological Union
Location:	Berkeley, CA
Type of Institution:	private
Department/ Program:	Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies
Director:	Naomi Seidman
Website:	http://www.gtu.edu/page.php?nav=52
Contact:	cjs@gtu.edu 510-649-2482

Degrees Offered:
Doctor of Philosophy
Masters

Program Description:
The Center is distinguished by its academically rigorous, text-based approach to Judaism, in which students and faculty study in a collaborative atmosphere in small seminars, "wrestling with" Jewish classical sources, often in the original languages. We're also committed to reading these texts from a sophisticated theoretical perspective, using the most recent approaches in feminism, postcolonialism, new historicism, anthropology, and cultural studies to illuminate the Jewish tradition.

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