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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
History of Jewish People & Contemporary Jewry
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Yaron Ben-Naeh
Coordinator Office Hours:
on appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof. Yaron Ben-Naeh
Course/Module description:
Holy Safed?
Sixteenth century Safed still enjoys an almost mythic image: a holy community, the city of the kabbalists, the cradle of some of the canonic Jewish works etc. We will try to describe this community, compare it to other Ottoman-Jewish communities, follow its rise and decline, and understand as much as possible what was life in Safed like.
Course/Module aims:
see Heb
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
an acquaintance with the research literature and primary sources;
a critical reading of the sources and modern literature.
a better understanding the dynamic realities of life in 16th c. Safed.
Attendance requirements(%):
90%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
reading primary sources and discussion
Course/Module Content:
see Heb
Required Reading:
see Heb
english reading might be suggested if requested by students
Additional Reading Material:
on request
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 40 %
Active Participation / Team Assignment 20 %
Attendance / Participation in Field Excursion 40 %
Additional information:
none
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