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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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Program: 1. Introduction (methodological problems, chronology, common roots, interactions and influences) 2. Textual cultures (holy books as sacred objects, holy books as sacred voices, memorizing holy texts, self-fashioning through absorbing texts) 3. Theories of Revelation 4. Testifying the 'Only One God' Principle 5. Prayer 6. Pilgrimage 7. Charity 8. Fast 9. Holy War 10. Religious Law 11. Food Taboos 12. Sacred versus Profane 13. Men versus Women 14. Miscellanea (Quaestiones Quodlibeta)
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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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Familiarity with the basic concepts and practices of Judaism and Islam. Ability to identify these concepts/beliefs/practices as influencing various cultural and social actions.
Familiarity with the basic concepts and practices of Judaism and Islam Ability to identify common patterns and distinctive marks of the two religions both in matters of faiths and rites. Ability to understand and use technical terms in a precise way. Ability to identify popular misconceptions about both religion and ability to refute them on the basis of firm factual knowledge.
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Prerequisites
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This seminar is for all the students of the Jewish Studies and for all the other students who would be interested.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Students are expected to read the assigned secondary literature from week to week and to participate actively in discussions about primary texts as well as to pass a written examination at the end of the semester.
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Recommended literature
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Damohorska - Nosek. (2010). Židovské tradice a zviky. Praha.
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Dan Cohn-Sherbok. (1999). Judaism. London: Routledge.
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Jamal J. Elias. (1999). Islam. London: Routledge.
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Jonathan E. Brockops, Jacob Neusner. (1999). Judaism and Islam in Practice: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge.
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