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Syllabus The Al-Yahudu Tablets An Archive from New Jerus - 42765
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Last update 29-03-2015
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Archaeology and Ancient Near East

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Wayne Horowitz

Coordinator Email: wayne.horowitz@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Sunday 15:00

Teaching Staff:
Prof Wayne Horowitz

Course/Module description:
Reading and discussion of texts from Al-Yahudu (Judah City) in Babylonia

Course/Module aims:
Overview of the tablet corpus and gaining skills in reading late-Babylonian administrative texts

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The Student will be able to read and discuss tablets from the Al-Yahudu collection.

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Seminar

Course/Module Content:
Class 1: Introduction
Classes 2-14: Readings

Required Reading:
W. Horowitz, Y. Greenberg, P. Zilberg, By the Rivers of Babylon, Cuneiform Documents from the Beginning of the Babylonian Diaspora.

Additional Reading Material:

Grading Scheme :

Additional information:
 
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