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Lecturer(s)
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Visi Tamás, doc. Ph.D., M.A.
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Course content
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Documents play a very important role in Jewish life: the marriage contract is a document of outstanding importance. At least two witnesses must sign the document - but what should we do, if the witnesses are no longer among us, and somebody claims that one of signatures is a forgery and the document is invalid? The Talmud will offer answers to this and related questions by citing, comparing and analyzing the statements of famous rabbis from the past (the tannaim and the amoraim). Babylonian Talmud, Ketubbot 18b-22a
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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Babylonian Talmud: Inroduction and text reading. The Babylonian Talmud is a fundamental text of Judaism. Its influence and significance in Jewish life is difficult to overestimate. Still, it is a relatively little known text even among specialists of Jewish studies. Its specific style and its language are serious obstacles for any student. Moreover, the Talmud is often a target of antisemitic defamation: since few people are able to read it, it is relatively easy to spread absurd lies about it. The purpose of this seminar is to increase the number of people who are able to read and understand the Talmud. The most important information about the history of the text will be discussed and short samples of the text will be read and discussed int he classes. Knowledge of Hebrew and Aramaic is no prerequisite (but it is definitely an advantage).
Orientation on the page of the Talmud. Competence in the basic literary convention and rhetoric of the Talmud. Learning some of the halakhot concerning documents and signatures.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student
Come to the class and struggle with the text. Don't give it up without a fight. This is an old-fashioned, text-reading seminar, so no tests or seminar papers will be expected - just prepare from week to week. And ask questions, it is essential to ask questions.
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Recommended literature
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+ V závislosti na tématu semináře/Depending on the topic of seminar.
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