Areas of Special Strength in Graduate Jewish Studies

Penn's faculty and course offerings are especially strong in the following areas:

Bible and History of Biblical Interpretation: Tigay, Eichler, Stern, Kraft, Carasik, Dohrmann, Ben-Amos, Fishman
Ancient and Medieval Judaism: Stern, Kraft, Ben-Amos, Dohrmann, Ruderman, Fishman
Jewish Intellectual and Social History: Stern, Ruderman, Wenger, Nathans, Fishman, Dohrmann
Early Modern and Modern Jewish Culture: Ruderman, Wenger, Nathans, Hellerstein, Weissberg, Filreis, Lustick, Zelizer, Kiron, Gold, Steinberg
American Jewish Culture: Wenger, Hellerstein, Filreis, Zelizer, Kiron
Modern Jewish Literature: Gold, Hellerstein, Filreis, Weissberg, Zelizer
Gender and Jewish Culture Studies: Wenger, Hellerstein, Weissberg, Zelizer, Gold, Fishman
Israel Studies: Gold, Lustick, Wenger, Zelizer