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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Archaeology & Ancient near East
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Nathan Wasserman
Coordinator Office Hours:
by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Nathan Wasserman
Course/Module description:
Survey of the wide and fluid genre of Wisdom Literature. Reading different WL compositions, the Old Babylonian Period to the 1st mill. BCE.
Course/Module aims:
Getting to know the typical religious, cultural and literary features of Mesopotamian Wisdom Literature.
Gaining experience in reading literary texts in the Standard Babylonian register of Akkadian.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Know the sapiential world of ancient Mesopotamia.
Have experience in reading literary Akkadian texts.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Preparing the text at home and reading it in the seminar, using different philological and grammatical tools.
Course/Module Content:
Arad mitanguranni: Dialogue between the master and his slave.
I will Praise the Lord of Wisdom
(Ludlul bēl nēmeqi).
Dialogue between father and son.
Proverbs.
Required Reading:
Arad mitanguranni: Dialogue between the master and his slave.
I will Praise the Lord of Wisdom
(Ludlul bēl nēmeqi).
Proverbs.
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 20 %
Project work 80 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Inst. of Archaeology, Mt. Scopus
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