Areas of Special Strength

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

• Bible and History of Biblical Interpretation: Carasik, Dohrmann, Ben-Amos, Fishman
• Ancient and Medieval Judaism: Ben-Amos, Dohrmann, Ruderman, Fishman
• Jewish Intellectual and Social History: Ruderman, Wenger, Nathans, Fishman, Dohrmann
• Early Modern and Modern Jewish Culture: Ruderman, Wenger, Nathans, Hellerstein, Weissberg, Filreis, Lustick, Zelizer, Kiron, Gold
• 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