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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Hebrew Literature
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Menahem Eisenberg
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appoitment via email
Teaching Staff:
Prof Avigdor Shinan,
Prof Yair Zakovitch
Course/Module description:
One was Moses but many are his faces. Starting with the Hebrew Bible, continuing with Jewish literatures throughout history (Second Temple literature, rabbinic literature, medieval commentaries, modern literature, thought and art.) the character of Moses keeps changing and developing through the eyes of the beholder, it's time, tendency and the nature of the genre. The course will follow the different phases of Moses' character and try to understand what motives are behind them.
Course/Module aims:
see: learining outcomes
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To be able to understand a literary text in the context of its time and tendencies. To learn about the life of Moses as reflected in the Hebrew literatures.
Attendance requirements(%):
online course
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
online lecture
Course/Module Content:
1] Introduction
2] Pre-natal traditions
3] Mosesw birth and first steps in the world
4] Childhood
5] Moses the shepherd and the burning bush scene
6] Moses' wives and decedents
7] Moses'life from the return to Egypt up till the Exodus
8] The parting of the waters of the Red Sea
9] In the desert
10] In the desert: Law and Worship
11] Moses - ptophry
12] Moses the warrior and his last days
[13] Imitatiog Moses
14] Summary and conclusion
Required Reading:
see the hebrew
Additional Reading Material:
none
Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam 100 %
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