Jewish Theology
48.03.01 In English and Russian
Level of education Bachelor
Type of instruction Full-time
Duration 4 years
Programme description
The undergraduate programme «Jewish Theology» aims to study the intellectual and spiritual component of Jewish civilisation in its historical development.
Graduates will not only have a holistic understanding of the development of Jewish theology, but will also be able to conduct an independent philosophical and socio-cultural analysis of events, processes and phenomena, and to interpret theological concepts within the Jewish tradition.
Main courses
- Issues of the early rabbinic Judaism
- Introduction to the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible
- Introduction to the textual criticism of the Nevi’im
- Geopolitical history of the country of Israel
- Heterodox Currents in Judaism History (and theological and religious thought) of Ancient Israel and Judah
- History of Jews in Russia
- Judaism and Hellenism
- Jewish theology in the Middle Ages (in English)
- Cultural traditions of Israel
- Directions and foundations of the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid’s disciples
- The pedagogy of teaching Torah
- Turning points in the history of the people of Israel from their origins to the present day
- Religious movements in modern Judaism
- A theological analysis of the Book of Genesis
Our advantages
The programme focuses on the following research areas:
- Fundamental problems of Orthodox theology from a confessional and comparative perspective, and its relationship with other Abrahamic cultures
- Orthodox understanding of social processes, including those related to the peculiarities of post‑secular civilisation and contemporary Russian realities
- Contemporary peculiarities of state-confessional relations