Penn's faculty and course offerings are especially strong in the following areas:
- Bible and History of Biblical Interpretation: Dohrmann, Ben-Amos, Fishman, Weitzman
- Ancient and Medieval Judaism: Ben-Amos, Dohrmann, Fishman, Gross, Wilker
- Jewish Intellectual and Social History: Teplitsky, Wenger, Nathans, Fishman, Dohrmann, Weitzman
- Early Modern and Modern Jewish Culture: Teplitsky, Wenger, Nathans, Hellerstein, Weissberg, Filreis, Zelizer, Kiron, Gold, Sharkey, Weitzman
- 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, Wenger, Zelizer, Sharkey