Course
Course 10 credits • TRVN09
The course TRVN09 is currently not being offered
The course gives basic skills in rabbinic Hebrew while at the same time providing insights into the culture of rabbinic Judaism and the scope, style and characteristics of rabbinic literature. Students will study a selection of early Jewish texts with a special focus on the main works of classical rabbinic literature: The Mishnah, Mekhilta, Genesis and Leviticus Rabbah, and the Babylonian Talmud. In addition to convoluted legal reasoning (the Talmud in particular), these texts include legends, folk tales, scriptural interpretations, parables, theology, and magical incantations. To the religious, the non-religious and scholars alike, they open a window to Jewish culture in antiquity. Brief selections from the rabbinic sources will be read in Hebrew along with an English translation. Longer passages will be read in English translation only.
Study period:
spring semester 2017
Type of studies:
part time, 33 %,
day
Study period:
2017-01-16 – 2017-06-04
Language of instruction:
English
Eligibility:
90 ECTS credits in theology, religious studies, classical philology, classical archeology, history or the equivalent, and a minimum of 10 ECTS credits in classical Hebrew.
Application code:
LU-E5831
Application code:
LU-79451