Intertestamental and Rabbinic Judaism

ltheo2481  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Intertestamental and Rabbinic Judaism
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h
Q2

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
Burnet Régis; SOMEBODY;
Language
French
Main themes
These objectives will be achieved after a presentation of :
- old Jewish literature texts (Qumran, Pseudepigraphs, Targums, Midrash, Mishna, Talmuds);
- the historical context in which this literature was produced;
- rabbinic biblical texts interpretation methods.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 - deal with a question about old Jewish history ;
 
2 - read old Jewish literature ;
 
3 - understand the main hermeneutical process used in this kind of literature.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
We begin with a summary of Jewish history (since the return of exile until the Middel Ages), and go on presenting old Jewish literature from a biblical point of view (...).
Other information
oral examination
Faculty or entity
TEBI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies

Master [120] in Biblical Studies

Master [60] in Ancient Languages and Literatures : Oriental Studies

Master [120] in Theology

Master [120] in Sciences of Religions

Certificat universitaire en sciences des religions