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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Arabic Language & Literature
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Miriam Goldstein
Coordinator Office Hours:
arrange with instructor
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Miriam Goldstein
Course/Module description:
We will read from the varied oeuvre of the wide-ranging intellectual Saadya Gaon (882-942) along with relevant secondary literature, in order to gain a picture of the world in which he lived and his influence on the Jewish world in his time and beyond.
Course/Module aims:
We will read from the varied oeuvre of the wide-ranging intellectual Saadya Gaon (882-942) along with relevant secondary literature, in order to gain a picture of the world in which he lived and his influence on the Jewish world in his time and beyond.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. To analyze a medieval text and to identify its genre
2. To disgintuish between the Jewish and the Arab-Islamic elements of texts read
3. To critique secondary sources
Attendance requirements(%):
90
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
guided reading, lectures
Course/Module Content:
Tafsir, poetry, theology, poets' dictionary, exegetical principles
Required Reading:
primary texts as found on the course website.
י' ברודי, רב סעדיה גאון, שזר, 2006.
ד' לסקר, "נגד מי התפלמס רב סעדיה גאון בדיונו בביטול התורה?" דעת 32-33, עמ' 5-11.
ש' סטרומזה, סעדיה גון: הוגה יהודי בחברה ים-תיכונית, תל אביב תשס"ב.
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 30 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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