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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:
Avigail Manekin
Coordinator Office Hours:
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Avigail Manekin
Course/Module description:
This course will examine aspects of the social history of Jews who lived in the late antique period (ca. 3rd-7th century CE). It will concentrate on the study of subjects that have often been overlooked in scholarship, such as women and children, people with disabilities, slaves, as well as animals and demons. We will also survey aspects of daily life such as law, medicine and economics. Each lesson will be devoted to a different subject, and we will emphasize in-depth readings of the primary texts, and discussion of scholarship and methodology.
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The students will aquire knowledge regarding the various sources for the study of social history of Jews in late antiquity. In addition they will aquire tools for analyzing primary and secondary sources.
Attendance requirements(%):
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Course/Module Content:
1. Social History - Definitions
2. The patriarchal family
3. Slaves
4. Women
5. Disabilities
6. Androgynous people
7. Children and the Elderly
8. Animals
9. Demons
10.Medicine
11. Poverty
12. Sustainability
13. Time
Required Reading:
Reading requirement will be given in the first lesson.
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 80 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 10 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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