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Introduction to Judaism - KVAR132
Title: Úvod do judaismu
Guaranteed by: Department of Biblical Sciences and ancient languages (26-KBV)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2019
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 28 [hours]
Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. et Mgr. Sylva Ondrejičková, Th.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. et Mgr. Sylva Ondrejičková, Th.D.
Annotation -
Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Sylva Ondrejičková, Th.D. (30.11.2018)
The course will provide a basic orientation in the sources of European culture focusing on the issues of Hebrew literature, its sources and the life of European Jewish communities in a diaspora environment. It will end with an ungraded classification.
Literature -
Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Sylva Ondrejičková, Th.D. (30.11.2018)

Obligatory:

•MARCUS, Ivan G.: The Jewish life cycle: rites of passage from biblical to modern times. Seattle-Washington (University of Washington Press) 2004 (ISBN 0-295-98441-4), 370 s.  

 

Recommended:

•KRUPP, Michael: Der Talmudeine Einführung in die Grundschrift des Judentums mit ausgewählten Texten. Originalausg. Jerusalem (Lee Achim Sefarim) 2005 (ISBN 965-7221-29-3), 256 s.
•LEVINE, Lee Israel: The ancient synagoguethe first thousand years. 2nd ed. New Haven (Yale University Press) c2005, xvi, 796 p. (Electronic version - Ebrary)
STEMBERGER, Günter: Einleitung in Talmud und Midrasch. München (C.H. Beck) 1992 (ISBN 3-406-36695-3), 367 s. Studium. (8., neubearb. Aufl.)
Syllabus -
Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Sylva Ondrejičková, Th.D. (30.11.2018)
1. Judaism (the starting point issue), the role of Babylonian exile, the return from Babylonia (building of a post-exile community), the Jerusalem temple. 
• 2. Issue of the synagogue and its role.
• 3. Birth.
• 4. Circumcision.
• 5. Redemption of the first-born.
• 6. The role of education in Judaism (from cheder to academy), education of women.
• 7. Bar/ Bat micwah.
• 8. Wedding, marriage, widowhood, divorce.
• 9. Death, Hevrah Qadišah.
• 10. Jewish customs and traditions on festive occasions.
• 11. Excursion.
Entry requirements -
Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Sylva Ondrejičková, Th.D. (30.11.2018)

No specific requirements are required.

Course completion requirements -
Last update: Mgr. et Mgr. Sylva Ondrejičková, Th.D. (30.11.2018)

An ungraded classification that will be awarded after passing a written test or an oral interview.

 
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