HU Credits: 4

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Jewish Thought

Semester: Yearly

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

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Teaching Staff:
Dr. Pawel Maciejko

Course/Module description:
This course aims to analyse different aspects of the polemical debate
surrounding the Sabbatian Kabbalist Nehemiah Hayon. We shall undertake a close reading of texts of both Hayon and his opponents
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Course/Module aims:
1to analyze the history of the Hayon polemics
2. to discuss the scholarship on the polemics
3. to read texts generated by the polemics

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
be familiar with one of the most contentious debates in the early modern Jewish history

Attendance requirements(%):
80%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: close reading of primary sources

Course/Module Content:
Kabbalah in the works of Hayon
Political background of the polemics
Reactions of the rabbis to Hayon

Required Reading:
Hayon, Divre Nehemia
Hayon, Oz leElohim
Hagiz, Shever Posheim
Nieto, Esh Dat

Additional Reading Material:
n/a

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 100 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

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