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[Conversion table: JSIS course numbers in effect through Sum 2012]
TEXTUAL CANONS & SCRIPTURE
| JSIS C / HSTEU 368 | Modern European Jewish History |
| JSIS A 461 / ASIAN 494 | Ramayana in Comparative Perspective |
| JSIS C 212/NEAR E 212 | Introduction to the Quran |
| JSIS C 220 | Introduction to the New Testament |
| JSIS C 240/NEAR E 240 | Introduction to the Hebrew Bible |
| JSIS C 322 | The Gospels and Jesus of Nazareth |
| JSIS C/HSTEU 367 | Medieval Jewish History |
| JSIS C/NEAR E 430 | Scripture and Law in Islam |
| JSIS C 456 | Perceptions of the Feminine Divine in Hinduism |
| JSIS C/NEAR E 458 | The Babylonian Talmud |
| JSIS C 489 / HEBR 496 | Special Topics Hebrew & Jewish Studies ( when topic is Rabbinic Oral Traditional Texts) |
| JSIS C 490 | Special topics in Comparative Religion (when topic has textual or literature focus) |
| ARAMIC 421 | Biblical Aramaic |
| ARAMIC 451 | Targumic Aramaic |
| ARAB 431, 432, 433 | Advanced Arabic |
| ARAB 454 | Quran and Its Interpretation |
| ARAB 455 | Ritual and Legal Texts |
| ARAB 462 | Sirah and Maghazi Texts |
| ARAB 470/HEBR 470 | Stories of the Prophets |
| ARAB 472/HEBR 472 | Quran and Bible Masorah |
| ASIAN 203 | Lit & Culture of Ancient & Classical India |
| ASIAN 206 | Literature & Culture of South Asia from Tradition to Modernity |
| ASIAN 263 | Great Works of Asian Lit |
| ASIAN 441 | Buddhist Literature |
| EGYPT | Introduction to Hieroglyphic Egyptian |
| EGYPT | Introduction to Sahidic Coptic |
| EGYPT 422, 423 | Readings in Coptic Texts |
| ENGL 310 | The Bible as Literature |
| HEBR 403 | Rabbinic Literature |
| HEBR 414 | Elementary Biblical Hebrew I |
| HEBR 415 | Elementary Biblical Hebrew II |
| HEBR 426 | Biblical Hebrew Prose |
| HEBR 427 | Biblical Hebrew Poetry |
| HEBR 428 | Inscriptions from Biblical Times |
| HEBR 431 | Book of Job |
| HEBR 432 | Book of Proverbs |
| HEBR 433 | Book of Ecclesiastes |
| NEAR E 231 | Dead Sea Scrolls |
| PRSAN 456 | Sufism: Thought and Expression |
| SNKRT 491, 492, 493 | Vedic Studies |
| SNKRT 494 | |
HISTORICAL TRADITIONS
| JSIS 484 | when topic is: Religion in Japan |
| JSIS 594 | when topic is: Sources of East Asian Buddhism |
| JSIS A 404/ANTH 447 | Religion in China |
| JSIS C 145 | Introduction to Judaism |
| JSIS C 211/NEAR E211 | Introduction to Islam |
| JSIS C 305 | Religious Thought Since the Middle Ages |
| JSIS C 327 | Eastern Christian Traditions |
| JSIS C 352 | Hinduism |
| JSIS C 354 | Buddhism |
| JSIS C/HSTEU 367 | Medieval Jewish History |
| JSIS C/HSTEU 368 | Modern European History |
| JSIS C 400 | Jewish Mystical Tradition |
| JSIS C 410 | Law in Judaic Experience |
| JSIS C 358 | Modern Jewish Thought |
| JSIS C 408 | The World of the Early Church |
| JSIS C 409 | The Age of St. Augustine |
| JSIS C 412 | Gnosticism and Early Christianity |
| JSIS C 413 | Modern Christian Theology |
| JSIS C 435/NEAR E 433 | Life of the Prophet Mohammad |
| JSIS C 445/CLAS 445 | Greek and Roman Religion |
| JSIS C 456 | Israel the first six centuries BCE |
| JSIS C 457 | Introduction to Biblical Interpretation |
| JSIS C 472 | Seminar: Topics in Early Christianity |
| JSIS C 495 | Topics in Early Judaism |
| JSIS C 590 | Comparative Religion Special Topics: Graduate Seminar |
| JSIS C 264/MUSIC 264 | Sacred Music in the European Tradition |
| JSIS C 328 | The Emergence of Christianity |
| JSIS C 405 | Scripture in Judaism |
| JSIS C 459 | Topics in the Buddhism of Tibet |
| ANTH 315 | Southeast Asian Civilization: Buddhist and Vietnamese |
| ANTH 317 | Anthropology of Tibetan Civilization |
| CHID 498A | Shadowing Nietzsche: Of Gods, Suffering and Redemption |
| CLAS 320 | Greek and Roman Private and Public Life |
| CLAS 322 | Intellectual History of Classical Greece |
| CLAS 430 | Greek and Roman Mythology |
| CLAS 445 | Greek and Roman Religion |
| C LIT 518 | Colloquium in Medieval Studies (when topic has religion focus) |
| ENGL 311 | Modern Jewish Literature in Translation |
| HEBR 428 | Inscriptions from Biblical Times |
| HIST 307 | History of Christianity |
| HIST 370 | History of the Expansion of Islam |
| HIST 470 | Jewish History in the 20th Century |
| HSTAA 436 | American Jewish History 1885 to Present |
| HSTAM 276 | Celtic Civilization |
| HSTAM 360 | Medieval Christianity |
| HSTAM 367/JSIS B 367 | Medieval Jewish History |
| HSTAM 370 | The Vikings |
| HSTAM 472 | Intellectual/Religious History of the Late Middle Ages |
| HSTAS 201 | Ancient Indian Civilization |
| HSTEU 402 | The Reformation |
| HSTEU 464/JSIS C 468 | The Jews in Spanish History |
| HSTEU 465 | Jews of Eastern Europe |
| HSTEU 469/JSIS C 463 | Modern Jewish History, 1770-1914 |
| NEAR E 215 | Prophets in Islam and Judaism |
| NEAR E 231 | Dead Sea Scrolls |
| NEAR E/JSIS C 451 | The Biblical Song of Songs |
| NEAR E/JSIS C 449 | Biblical Prophets |
| NEAR E/JSIS C 454 | Israel: the First Six Centuries BCE |
| NEAR E/JSIS C 455 | Kings of Monarchic Israel (no longer offered) |
| NEAR E 451 | Pharaonic Egypt in Ancient Near East |
| SNKRT 495 | Studies in Indian Thought |
SOCIAL CONTEXTS AND CULTURAL FORMS
| JSIS 484 | Special Topics in East Asian Studies (when topic is on religion & culture e.g. Lay Buddhism) |
| JSIS 485 | Special Topics in South Asian Studies (when topic is on religion & culture) |
| JSIS 486 | Special Topics in Southeast Asian Studies (when topic is religion & culture) |
| JSIS A / NEAR E 150 | Israel: Dynamic Society and Global Flashpoint |
| JSIS A / HSTAS 241 | Japanese Civilization |
| JSIS A 315/ANTH 315 | Southeast Asian Civilization |
| JSIS A 461/ASIAN 494 | Ramayana in Comparative Perspective |
| JSIS A 462/HSTAS 466 | Islam, Mysticism, Politics & Performance in Indonesian Culture |
| JSIS B 404 | Political Economy of Religious Institutions |
| JSIS B 406 / POL S 432 | Political Islam and Islamic Fundamentalism |
| JSIS B 407 | Political Islam and Contemporary Islamist Movements |
| JSIS C 205 | Religion, Violence and Peace: Patterns Across Time & Tradition |
| JSIS C / HIST 250 | Introduction to Jewish Cultural History |
| JSIS C 254 | American Religions |
| JSIS C / HSTEU 269 | The Holocaust: History and Memory |
| JSIS C / POL S 307 | Religion and World Politics |
| JSIS C / ENGL 312 | Jewish Literature: Biblical to Modern |
| JSIS C 320 / ANTH 322 | Cross-Cultural Study of Death |
| JSIS C /ANTH 321 | Anthropology of Religion |
| JSIS C 329 | Religion, Identity, and Cultural Pluralism |
| JSIS C 356 / ANTH 352 | Buddhism and Society |
| JSIS C 409 / C LIT 410 | The Age of St. Augustine |
| JSIS C / ART H 452 | Art, Religion & Politics in Early Christianity |
| JSIS C / ART H 453 | Art, Religion & Politics in Byzantium |
| JSIS C 462 | Antisemitism as a Cultural System |
| JSIS C 490 | Special Topics in Comparative Religion |
| JSIS C /ASIAN 580 | Seminar in Hinduism Studies |
| JSIS C 264 / MUSIC 264 | Sacred Music in the European Tradition |
| JSIS D 443 / ANTH 446 | Class and Culture in East Asia |
| JSIS D 477 | The Catholic Church in World Politics |
| AIS 475 | Special Topics in Indian Studies (when topic is on religion) |
| AIS 435 | Spiritual Encounters: Native Spirituality in the Contact Era |
| ANTH 310 | Native North American Society |
| ANTH 313 | Peoples of Africa |
| ANTH 314 | Island Civilization of SE Asia |
| ANTH/JSIS C 321 | Anthropology of Religion |
| ANTH 322 / JSIS C 320 | Comparative Study of Death |
| ANTH 330 / JSIS C 329 | Religion, Identity and Cultural Pluralism |
| ANTH 352 | Buddhism and Society |
| ANTH 375 | Comparative Systems of Healing |
| ANTH 402 | Societies of Eastern and Southern Africa |
| ANTH 412 | South Asian Social Structure |
| ANTH 418 | Indian Heritage of Mexico and C. America |
| ANTH 421 | Belief, Ritual and the Structure of Religion |
| ANTH 424 | Hunter-Gatherer Societies |
| ANTH 429 | African Religion and Ritual |
| ANTH 447 | Religion in China |
| ANTH 527 | Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnicity (when religion focus) |
| ARAB 456 | Islamic Political Theorists |
| ART H 202 | Survey of Western Art, Medieval/Renaissance |
| ART H 204 | Survey of Asian Art |
| ART H 309 | Special Topics: Art History (when topic is religious art & culture) |
| ART H 311 | Chinese Art |
| ART H 315 | Buddhist Art of East Asia |
| ART H 306 | Indian Art of South Asia |
| ART H 316 | Japanese painting |
| ART H 317 | Chado: Japanese Esthetics |
| ART H 321 | Arts of Japan |
| ART H 330 | Tribal Art and Philosophy |
| ART H 337 | African Art and Society |
| ART H 351 | Early Medieval & Byzantine Art |
| ART H 352 | High and Late Medieval Art |
| ART H 400 | Art History and Criticism (when topic is religious art & culture) |
| ART H 413 | Selected Topics in Chinese Art: "Arts of the Song (960-1279)" |
| ART H 419 | Chinese and Japanese Architecture |
| ART H 438 | Sub-Saharan Art |
| ART H 451 | Topics: Early Christian & Byzantine Art/Arch. |
| ART H 452 | Art, Religion and Politics in Christ. 300-700 |
| ART H 453 | Art, Religion and Politics in Byzantium 700-1453 |
| ART H 454 | Romanesque Art |
| ART H 455 | Special Studies in Gothic Art and Architecture |
| ART H 509 | Seminar in Art History (when topic is religious art & culture) |
| ART H 511 | Seminar in Chinese Art: "Taoist Art" (5) |
| ART H 515 | Japanese Esoteric Buddhist art and ritual contexts |
| ART H 551 | Early Christian/Medieval Art |
| ASIAN 206 | Literature & Culture of South Asia from Tradition to Modernity |
| CHID 498 | Special Topics in Comparative History of Ideas (if on religion) |
| C LIT 280, 281 | The Medieval World |
| ENGL 210 | Literature of the Ancient World |
| ENGL 211 | Medieval and Renaissance Literature |
| ENGL 326 | Milton |
| HIST 261 | Survey of the Muslim Near East |
| HIST 310 | Science and Religion in Historical Perspective |
| HIST 461 | History of the Middle East: 622-1300 |
| HIST 462 | History of the Middle East: 1258-1798 |
| HIST 463 | History of the Middle East: Since 1789 |
| HSTAM 314 | The World of Late Antiquity |
| HSTAM 331 | Early Middle Ages |
| HSTAM 332 | Central Middle Ages |
| HSTAM 333 | Late Middle Ages |
| HSTAM 403 | Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age |
| HSTAM 421 | The Byzantine Empire |
| HSTAS 211 | History of Chinese Civilization |
| HSTAS 212 | History of Korean Civilization |
| HSTAS 401 | History of Ancient India |
| HSTAS 402 | History of Medieval and Mughal India |
| HSTAS 431 | Tibetan History |
| HSTAS 451 | Chinese History: Earliest Times to 221 B.C. |
| HSTAS 452 | Chinese History: 221 B.C. to A.D. 907 |
| HSTAS 453 | Chinese History: A.D. 905 to 1840 |
| HSTAS 462 | Southeast Asian History to 1800 |
| GWSS 435 | Gender and Spirituality |
| HSTEU 205 | European Witch Trials |
| HSTEU 410 | The Renaissance |
| MUSAP 389 | Non-Western Music Performance (when genre is religious music) |
| MUSIC 445 | Special Topics in Ethnomusicology (when topic is religion & culture, e.g. Spirit Possession, Shamanism, Tibetan music, African Religion) |
| MUSIC 512 | Seminar in Ethnomusicology (when topic is religion focus, e.g. Spirit Possession) |
| MUHST 310 | Perspectives in Music History (when topic is religion focus, e.g. Sacred Music in the Lutheran Tradition |
| NEAR E 210 | Introduction of Islamic Civilization |
| NEAR E 220 | Introduction to Ancient Near East |
| NEAR E 221 | Digital Egypt |
| NEAR E 230 | Themes in Near Eastern Literature |
| NEAR E 251 |
Jewish Life in Literature and Film |
| NEAR E 456 | Women in Ancient Judaism (no longer offered) |
| NEAR E 457 | History of Biblical Interpretation |
| PHIL 240 | Introduction to Ethics |
| PHIL 267 | Introduction to Philosophy Religion |
| PHIL 345 | Moral Issues of Life and Death |
| PHIL 346 | Personal Values and Human Good |
| PHIL 434 | Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas |
| PHIL 440 | Ethics |
| PHIL 456 | Metaphysics |
| PHIL 467 | Philosophy of Religion |
| PHIL 469 | Existentialist Philosophy |
| PRSAN 451 | Introduction to Persian Literature: A Survey |
| PRSAN 452 | Modern Persian Literature: A Survey |
| PRSAN 455 | The Persian Ghazal |
| RUSS 321 | Russian Literature and Culture to 1800 |
| SCAND 330 | Scandinavian Mythology |
| SCAND 332 | Folk Belief and World View |
| SCAND/HSTAM 370 | The Vikings |
| SOC 357 | Sociology of Religion |
| SOC 445 | Religious Movements |
| SOC 554 | Seminar in the Sociology of Religion |
COMPLETE LIST OF ALL COMPARATIVE RELIGION COURSES
| JSIS C 145 | Introduction to Judaism |
| JSIS C 199 | Study Abroad - Comparative Religion |
| JSIS C 201 | Introduction to World Religion: Western |
| JSIS C 202 | Introduction to World Religion: Eastern |
| JSIS C 205 | Religion, Violence and Peace: Patterns Across Time & Tradition |
| JSIS C 207 | Comparing Religions |
| JSIS C 211 | Introduction to Islam |
| JSIS C 212 | Introduction to the Quran |
| JSIS C 220 | Introduction to the New Testament |
| JSIS C 240 | Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) |
| JSIS C 254 | American Religions |
| JSIS C 264 | Sacred Music in the European Tradition |
| JSIS C 305 | Religious Thought Since the Middle Ages |
| JSIS C 307 | Religion and World Politics |
| JSIS C 320 | Comparative Study of Death |
| JSIS C 321 | Comparative Religion |
| JSIS C 322 | The Gospels and Jesus of Nazareth |
| JSIS C 327 | Eastern Christian Traditions |
| JSIS C 328 | The Emergence of Christianity |
| JSIS C 329 | Religion, Identity, and Cultural Pluralism |
| JSIS C 356 | Buddhism/Society: Theravada Buddhism South Asia |
| JSIS C 352 | Hinduism |
| JSIS C 354 | Buddhism |
| JSIS C 358 | Modern Jewish Thought |
| JSIS C 380 | The Nature of Religion and Its Study |
| JSIS C 399 | Study Abroad – Comparative Religion |
| JSIS C 400 | The Jewish Mystical Tradition |
| JSIS C 405 | Scripture in Judaism |
| JSIS C 408 | The World of the Early Church |
| JSIS C 409 | The Age of St. Augustine |
| JSIS C 410 | Law in Judaic Experience |
| JSIS C 412 | Gnosticism and Early Christianity |
| JSIS C 413 | Modern Christian Theology |
| JSIS C 430 | Scripture and Law in Islam |
| JSIS C 432 | Ritual and Territory in Islam |
| JSIS C 435 | Life of Prophet Muhammad |
| JSIS C 445 | Greek and Roman Religion |
| JSIS C 449 | Religious Movements: Sociology of Cults and Sects |
| JSIS C 452 | Art, Religion and Politics in the Early Christian Period, 300-700 |
| JSIS C 453 | Art, Religion, Politics in Byzantium, 700-1453 |
| JSIS C 456 | Perceptions of the Feminine Divine in Hinduism |
| JSIS C 457 | The History of Biblical Interpretation |
| JSIS C 459 | Topics in the Buddhism of Tibet |
| JSIS C 462 | Anti-Semitism As a Cultural System |
| JSIS C 495 | Seminar: Topics and Issues in Judaism |
| JSIS C 472 | Seminar: Topics in Early Christianity |
| JSIS C 493 | Honors Thesis |
| JSIS C 490 | Special Topics in Comparative Religion |
| JSIS C 497 | Field Archaeology |
| JSIS C 501 | Approaches to the Study of Religion |
| JSIS C 502 | Religion in Comparative Perspective |
| JSIS C 504 | Religion and Culture |
| JSIS C 598 | Colloquium in Comparative Religion |
| JSIS C 520 | Seminar on Early Christianity |
| JSIS C 528 | Christian Theology |
| JSIS C 530 | Religion and Literature |
| JSIS C 580 | Seminar in Hinduism Studies |
| JSIS C 590 | Special Topics |
| JSIS 499 | Undergraduate Research |
| JSIS 600 | Independent Study or Research |
| JSIS 700 | Master's Thesis |
| Revised 4/19/2013 |
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