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Syllabus The Temple Between Mishah and Tosefta - 7911
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Last update 09-09-2018
HU Credits: 4

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Talmud & Halacha

Semester: Yearly

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Yair Furstenberg


Coordinator Office Hours: Wednesday 11:00-12:00

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Yair Furstenberg

Course/Module description:
IN this course we will examine tractates from the Mishnah and the Tosefta that include Temple Traditions. We will trace the role of these traditions in the development of the Mishnah, against the backdrop of current scholarship concerning the nature and meaning of temple descriptions in Rabbinic Literature. We will offer a source criticism approach to this question.

Course/Module aims:
(1) Examine and critique scholarly approaches concerning Temple traditions
(2) Deepen the study of Mishnaic source criticism, and the development of Rabbinic Literature from its Second Temple roots.
(3) Identify ideological trends of tannatic revisions
(4) exposure to parallel Second Temple sources on the Temple activities.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
[1] Characterize the earliest materials used by the rabbis
[2] Identify early redactions of the Mishnah
[3] distinguish between the appraoches of the Mishnah and the Tosefta
[4] discuss scholarly approaches.

Attendance requirements(%):
85

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: reading and analyzing sources and discussing scholarship. Students will lead the study of select units.

Course/Module Content:
[1] Survey of Scholarship
* Study of early Mishnayot
* Current Scholarhip
* contribution of Tosefta to the study of Mishnah redaction
[2] Features of "Temple Traditions"
* Testimonies and cases
Non-Halakhic traditions
[3] Tractate Sheqalim
* Historical background
* Temple administration
* Genres and sources
* Rabbinic Traditions and Second Temple literature
[4] Tractate Yoma
* From Tamid to Yoma
* Stories on Priests
* Presence of destruction in the Mishnah and Tosefta

Required Reading:
ט' אילן וו' נעם, בין יוספוס לחז"ל, ירושלים תשע"ז
י"נ אפשטיין מבואות לספרות התנאים, תל אביב תשי"ח
א' ביכלר, הכהנים ועבודתם: במקדש ירושלים בעשור השנים האחרון שלפני חורבן בית שני, ירושלים תשכ"ו
א' גולדברג, 'תוספתא למסכת תמיד', צורה ועריכה בספרות חז"ל, עמ' 63-87.
ד"צ הופמן, המשנה הראשונה ופלוגתא דתנאי, ברלין תרע"ד
ה' מאלי, 'ממקדש למדרש: תיאורי המקדש במשנה: היסטוריה עריכה ומשמעות', עבודת דוקטור, בר אילן, תשע"ח
ז' ספראי, משנת ארץ ישראל: עם מבוא ופירוש הסטורי חברתי, ירושלים [מסכת שקלים, תש"ע; מסכת יומא, תש"ע]
א' פינצ'ובר, 'משנה מסכת שקלים: בעיות נוסח ומהדורה ביקורתית', עבודת דוקטור, ירושלים תשנ"ח
י' רוזן צבי, הטקס שלא היה: מקדש מדרש ומגדר במשנה, ירושלים תשס"ח
י' רוזן צבי, 'הגוף והמקדש: רשימת מומי הכהנים במשנה ומקומו של המקדש בבית המדרש התנאי', מדעי היהדות 43 (תשס"ה-תשס"ו), עמ' 49-87
ר' רייך, 'משנה שקלים פ"ח מ"ב והממצא הארכיאולוגי', בתוך: פרקים בתולדות ירושלים בימי בית שני, ירושלים תשמ"א, עמ' 225-256
M. Belberg, Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature, Stanford 2017
N. Cohn, The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis, Philadelphia 2013
J. Neusner, ‘Map Without Territory: The Mishnah's System of Sacrifice and Sanctuary’, History of Religions 19 (1979), 103-127
D. Stökel Ben Ezra, The Impact of Yom Kippur on Early Christianity: The Day of Atonement from Second Temple Judaism to the Fifth Century, Tübingen 2003

Additional Reading Material:

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 20 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

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