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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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Medieval Jewish Discourses on Love and Sexuality 1. Introduction: Angels and Humans (Gen 6; Book of Enoch; the idea of sin and purity) 2. 'Ona and yetzer ha-ra': Rabbinic perspectives on sexuality and marriage 3. Love as a Medical Problem: "Love Sickness," Diagnosis, and Remedies 4. Love as a Medical Problem: Sexual health, fertility problems, cosmetics 5. Sexuality as a Scientific Problem: Aristotelian biology and its Jewish reception 6. Sexuality as a Scientific Problem: Male sperm versus female sperm 7. Secular Hebrew Literature: The Kalila wa-Dimna tradition 8. Secular Hebrew Literature: The Ghazal tradition 9. Secular Hebrew Literature: Homoerotic poetry 10. Misogynist and Anti-Misogynist Literature 11. Renouncing Sexuality: Maimonides and his followers 12. Defending and Spiritualizing Sexuality: The early kabbalists Carmen Caballero-Navas, The Book of Women's Love and Jewish Medieval Medical Literature on Women (London etc.: Kegan Paul, 2004) J. Schirman ed. Hebrew poetry in Span and Provence (4 vols. Jerusalem: Bialik, 1957) G. Freudenthal, "The Medieval Astrologization of Aristotle's Biology. Averroes on the Role of the Celestial Bodies in the Generation of Animate Beings," Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 12 (2002), pp. 111-37.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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Familiarity with the basic genres and terms of medieval Hebrew literary history through reading short extracts in Hebrew and secondary literature
Familiarity with the genres and some of the important authors of medieval Hebrew literature. Familiarity with some of the concepts and theories of pre-modern Hebrew scientific, medical and philosophical literature. Ability to read and interpret medieval Hebrew prosaic and poetic texts. Hebrew vocabulary building
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Prerequisites
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Two semesters Hebrew (Biblical or modern) absolved
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Didactic Test
Students are expected to read key passages of primary sources in Hebrew, as well as secondary literature assigned every week. Students are expected to read and translate Hebrew texts in class as well as to participate actively in discussion during the seminars. Students are expected to register to the website of the class, solve tasks online, and follow online discussions.
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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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Carmen Caballero-Navas. (2004). The Book of Women´s Love and Jewish Medieval Medical Literature on Women. London: Kegan Paul.
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G. Freudenthal. (2002). "The Medieval Astrologization of Aristotle's Biology. Averroes on the Role of the Celestial Bodies in the Generation of Animate Beings," Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 12 (2002), pp. 111-137..
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J. Schirman ed. (1957). Hebrew poetry in Span and Provence. Jerusalem: Bialik.
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