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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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1.The Jewish world at the time of the Macedonian conquest 2. The Hasmonean revolt 3.Ancient sociology I: the village. Ancient sociology II: the small urban center 4. Ancinet sociology III: Jews in the great hellenistic urban centers 5. Ancient sociology IV: Jerusalem: The "Holy City" in reality and in imagination. 6. Second Temple Judaism: The Evidence of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 7. The transformation of Jewish tradition after the hurban. 8. The formative period of Rabbinic Judaism. 9. Jews in Babylonia. 10. Christianity takes over the Roman Empire. 11. The Jewish world at the time of the Islamic conquest. 12. Early Abbasid times: new social perspectives. 13. Ashkenaz appears on the stage.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
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Learning outcomes
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The time period treated in this class saw the birth of Judaism as a religion of the Torah, the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism as the main stream of tradition and also the beginnings of a number of non-standard versions of Judaism such as Samaritanism, Christianity, and Karaism. The separation of Babylonian and Palestinian and later Sephardi and Ashkenazi traditions also took place in these times. The most important turning points of this story will be discussed with a special emphasis on intellectual and religious history.
Orientation in the chronology and basic trends and turning points of Jewish history from the fourth century BCE to the eleventh century CE in the Mediterranean basin and in Europe.
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Prerequisites
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None.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Didactic Test
Reading the assigned literature (primary and secondary) from class to class and writing a short test on almost every occasion (10 tests / semester).
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Recommended literature
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Brody, Robert. (1998). The Geonim of Babylonia and the Shaping of Medieval Jewish Culture. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
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Schäfer, Peter. (2003). Dějiny Židů v antice. Praha: Vyšehrad.
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Stemberger, Günter. (1999). Talmud a midraš. Praha: Vyšehrad.
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