Syllabus - The Religious Landscape of Contemporary Jerusalem (24434)

Syllabus The Religious Landscape of Contemporary Jerusalem - 24434
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HU Credits: 4 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: comparative religion Semester: 2nd Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Merav Mack Coordinator Email: merav.mack@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Wednesdays 14:00-16:00 Teaching Staff: Dr. merav mack Course/Module description: The mosaic of religious communities in Jerusalem stands at the centre of the course. The objective is to use Jerusalem, one of the world’s most interesting religious cities, as a lab through which we can study the different religious groups, the interaction between them, their struggles and various other religious phenomena. The course includes tours and meetings with representatives of religious communities. Course/Module aims: Studying Jerusalem’s as a unique holy city for all three monotheistic religions will be carried out through the history of the religious communities in the city since the end of the 19th century, with an emphasis on the current state of affairs. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Students will be able to write an essay on one of the religious communities or a holy site. Attendance requirements(%): 80 Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Course/Module Content: 1. Introduction 2. The history of the religious communities in the late Ottoman period and the British Mandate 3. Historical, national and religious narratives through the ages. 4.Christian denominations in Jerusalem 5. Status Quo solutions: from the Christian communities to Jerusalem as a whole 6. The Christian communities in Jerusalem since the first Intifada 7. Liberation theology and Kairos Palestine 8. Mosques, awqaf, sheikhs and mukhtars: Muslims in Jerusalem 9. Muslims in Jerusalem - continues 10. Courts, yeshivas, kollels and rabbies: ultr-Orthodox Jerusalem. 11. Eschatology in Jerusalem: comparative view 12. The legal status of religious sites and communities. 13. Conclusions Required Reading: • Wasif Jawhariyyeh, Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948 (Northampton MA: Olive Branch Pr, 2013), 44-65. • Michelle U. Campos, Ottoman Brothers: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Early Twentieth-Century Palestine (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010). • יסכה הרני, "העדות הנוצריות: הכנסיות המזרחיות", י. ברטל, ח' גורן (עורכים), ספר ירושלים בשלהי התקופה העות'מאנית (1917-1800), יד יצחק בן-צבי, ירושלים 2010, עמ' 154-147. • Raymond Cohen, Saving the Holy Sepulchre: How Rival Christians Came Together to Rescue Their Holiest Shrine (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008). • מסמך קאירוס • Naim Stifan Ateek, A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008). • יצחק רייטר, "השלישי בקדושה, הראשון בפוליטיקה: אל-חרם אל-שריף בעיני מוסלמים", בתוך: יצחק רייטר (עורך), ריבונות האל והאדם, קדושה ומרכזיות פוליטית בהר הבית, מכון ירושלים לחקר ישראל 2001, עמ' 180-155. • עמנואל סיוון, מיתוסים פוליטיים ערביים, עם עובד תל-אביב 1997, עמ' 120-85. • הלל כהן, כיכר השוק ריקה, עלייתה ונפילתה של ירושלים הערבית 2007-1967, מכון ירושלים לחקר ישראל והוצאת האוניברסיטה העברית 2007. • יצחק רייטר, ארגון ענייני הדת של המוסלמים בירושלים (2001-1967 ), בתוך: ר' לפידות (עורכת), העיר העתיקה , סיכום בעקבות דיוני צוות חשיבה, ירושלים 2002, עמ' 191-173. • בנימין בראון, "ואין שיור רק התורה הזאת", ארץ אחרת 41 (תשס"ז), עמ' 65-56. • יעקב לופו, "ש"ס דליטא, ההשתלטות הליטאית על בני תורה ממרוקו", קו אדום, הוצאת הקיבוץ המאוחד 2004, עמ' 218-170. • יעקב לופו וניצן חן, האוכלוסייה החרדית בירושלים וסביבותיה, בתוך: א' אחימאיר וי' בר-סימן-טוב (עורכים), 40 שנה בירושלים, מכון ירושלים לחקר ישראל 2008, עמ' 95-65. • קימי קפלן, בסוד השיח החרדי, מרכז זלמן שז"ר, ירושלים 2007 • ע' סיוון, ק' קפלן, חרדים ישראלים, השתלבות בלא טמיעה?, מכון ון ליר 2003. Mustafa Abu Sway, The Holy Land, Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Qur’an, Sunnah and Other Islamic Literary Sources • דפנה צמחוני, "ממשלת המנדט ומעמד העדות הדתיות בארץ-ישראל", קתדרה 80 (יוני 1996), עמ' 174-150. • אביעד הכהן, "'מה נורא המקום הזה': על מקומות קדושים - בין דת, משפט וקדושה" ‬ ‫ שערי משפט ג, 2 (תשסד) 341 – 373 • Eliav Taub and Yehiel Hollander, “The Place of Religious Aspirations for Sovereignty over the Temple Mount in Religious-Zionist Rulings”, Sacred Space in Israel and Palestine: Religion and Politics, ed. Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter, and Leonard Hammer (Routledge, 2012), 139-167 Additional Reading Material: Hanna Kildani, Modern Christianity in the Holy Land (Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2010). Robert D. Lee, Religion and Politics in the Middle East: Identity, Ideology, Institutions, and Attitudes (Westview Press, 2013). Ch. 1 Bernard Lewis, Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2010). Ch. 1; 13. Merav Mack, “Christian Palestinian Communities in Israel: Tensions between Laity, Clergy, and State,” in Sacred Space in Israel and Palestine: Religion and Politics, ed. Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter, and Leonard Hammer (Routledge, 2012), 284–309. Fiona McCallum, “Religious Institutions and Authoritarian States: church–state relations in the Middle East”, Third World Quarterly, 33:1 (2012), 109-124. Una McGahern, Christian Palestinians in the Israeli State (London: Routledge, 2011). Michael P. Prior, Christians in the Holy Land (World of Islam Festival Trust, 1994). Mitri Raheb, I Am a Palestinian Christian (Fortress Press, 1995). Daphne Tsimhoni, Christian Communities in Jerusalem and the West Bank Since 1948: An Historical, Social and Political Study (Westport: Praeger, 1993). Sami Zubaida, “Political Modernity in the Middle East,” in Beyond Islam: A New Understanding of the Middle East (London: I.B. Tauris, 2011). Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 0 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 20 % Project work 60 % Assignments 20 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % Additional information: Lessons take place every Wednesday in the second semester. In addition, tours will take place on the following dates: 9 March (2:30-6:00pm) 23 March (2:30-6:00) 30 April SUNDAY 07:30-12:00 11 May (2:30-6:00) 8 June (2:30-6:00) 22 June (2:30-6:00)

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