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Syllabus emissaries of the holy land - 13724
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Last update 29-09-2020
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: History of Jewish People & Contemporary Jewry

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Prof Yaron Ben-Naeh

Coordinator Email: yaronbn@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: by phone or zoom

Teaching Staff:
Prof Yaron Ben-Naeh

Course/Module description:
The shadarim – the emissaries sent in order to collect money for the four holy cities – became one of the typical institutions of early modern Jewry. Taking off from Avraham Ya’ari’s work, lately revisited and upgraded by Matthias Lehmann, we shall walk in their footsteps, mostly around the Mediterranean. We shall read some of the letters they carried, and learn about relations, communications and transfer of knowledge between Jewish communities and the often problematic encounter between Jews from Palestine and their brethren from other communities.

Course/Module aims:
see Hebrew

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
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Attendance requirements(%):
80

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: see Hebrew

Course/Module Content:
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Required Reading:
see Hebrew

Additional Reading Material:
see Hebrew

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 25 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 25 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 50 %
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Additional information:
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