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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Jewish Thought
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Shakked Meromi Cohen and Benjamin Pollock
Coordinator Office Hours:
by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof. Benjamin Pollock,
Ms. shakked meromi
Course/Module description:
This course will provide a serious introduction to modern Jewish biblical interpretation from the 17th through the 21st centuries. As such, the course is intended to serve students in the department of Jewish Thought, as well as from the Bible and Religious Studies departments. By the end of the course, students will have learned different interpretive practices, the works of different interpreters from Baruch Spinoza, Moses Mendelssohn, and Martin Buber through Nehama Leibowitz and Joseph Soloveitchik. We will examine the approaches of different commentators to the Bible as the source of truth, and will explore themes across the different commentaries like pshat and trash, biblical criticism, and the use of philosophical theories within biblical interpretation. We will focus on central ideas, methods, and sources use by modern Bible exegetes, and trace the development of Jewish interpretation across modernity.
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
By the end of the course, students will be able to identify interpretative problems and their suggested solutions by modern Jewish commentators. Likewise, students will have the ability to discuss different accounts of the Bible as text over Shabbat dinner.
Attendance requirements(%):
75
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
lecture and close reading
Course/Module Content:
סילבוס:
1. מבוא: מהי פרשנות? מהי פרשנות מודרנית?
2. ברוך שפינוזה
3. משה מנדלסון: המקרא כחיבור חינוכי
4. משה מנדלסון: גוף הפרשנות
5. שמואל דוד לוצאטו (שד"ל)
6. אברהם גייגר וראשית הפרשנות הרפורמית
7. "הכתב והקבלה" ליעקב צבי מקלנבורג: התגובה האורתודוכסית / הרמן כהן
8. בובר-רוזנצוויג
9. בובר-רוזנצוויג
10. י.ד סולוביצ'יק
11. אילנה פרדס: פרשנות פמיניסטית למקרא
12. נחמה לייבוביץ'
Required Reading:
will be given on the first day of class
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 50 %
Active Participation / Team Assignment 10 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 30 %
Attendance / Participation in Field Excursion 10 %
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