RLB305 Proseminar for Judaism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Dalibor Papoušek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Barbora Polifková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
RLB305/P1: each even Thursday 11:40–13:15 zruseno C21, D. Papoušek, B. Polifková
RLB305/P2: each odd Thursday 11:40–13:15 zruseno C21, D. Papoušek, B. Polifková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( RLA05 Judaism )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course expands the contents of the basic course on Judaism (RLA05). The seminars are focused on key problems that are mentioned in the basic course but cannot be (due to the limited time) exhaustively discussed. Discussions in seminars, scheduled according to the basic course, are concentrated on representative sources.
Main objectives of the course:
At the end of this course, the students should:
- be familiar with the basic terminology used in study of Judaism;
- have the capacity of critical analyzing of main sources connected with the topic.
Syllabus
  • (0) Introduction to the course. (1) The cult of ancestors in ancient Israel (structure of Biblical texts concerning the patriarchs, the cult of ancestors in general, transformations of the cult of ancestors in Israel, akedah –polemics against child sacrifices). (2) Cosmogony (two versions of Biblical cosmogony, cosmos and chaos in Hebrew cosmogony, Greek and Hebrew conception of cosmogony, Greek and Hebrew conception of body and soul). (3) Guided visit to the Brno Synagogue. (4) Yehuda Loew ben Bezalel (the rise of the Prague Jewish community during the 17th century, Maharal of Prague, Maharal and the legend about the Golem, Maharal's conception of mitzvot). (5) Hasidic legends (Eastern European context of Hasidism, Hasidism in the conception of Martin Buber, Hasidism in the conception of Jiří Langer, Hasidism in the conception of Elie Wiesel). (6) Martin Buber (life and work of Martin Buber, Buber's Prague lectures about Judaism, Buber's collaboration with Franz Rosenzweig, Buber as a philosopher of interreligious dialogue).
Literature
  • Hebrejská bible a dějiny : úvod do starozákonní literatury. Edited by Rolf Rendtorff, Translated by Jiří Hoblík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1996, 375 s. ISBN 8070211903. info
  • FINKELSTEIN, Israel and Neil Asher SILBERMAN. Objevování Bible : svatá Písma Izraele ve světle moderní archeologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2007, 329 s. ISBN 9788070218693. info
  • NEHER, André. Studna exilu :tradice a modernost : myšlenkový svět Jehudy ben Becalel - rabi Löwa, pražského MaHaRaLa : (1512-1609). Translated by Alena Bláhová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sefer, 1993, 173 s. ISBN 80-900895-6-9. info
  • HAUMANN, Heiko. Dějiny východních Židů. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 224 s. ISBN 80-7198-181-8. info
  • WEHR, Gerhard. Buber. Translated by Mária Schwingerová. Olomouc: Votobia, 1995, 149 s. ISBN 808588531X. info
Assessment methods
Contents of the semester:
Class discussions.
Requirements for the colloquium:
(a) active participation in class discussions;
(b) written commentaries in given sources;
(c) written seminar paper defenced in a class discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012.
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