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Syllabus Al-Yahudu The Research Seminar - 42771
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Last update 13-09-2023
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: Wayne Horowitz

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

Coordinator Office Hours: Monday 11-12

Teaching Staff:
Prof Wayne Horowitz

Course/Module description:
Introduction to the Al-Yahudu Tablets

Course/Module aims:
To meet the Al-Yahudu corpus and survey the sources

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Understand and discuss the Al-Yahudu corpus

Attendance requirements(%):
none

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lectures and Seminars

Course/Module Content:
1)Introduction
2) Sources
3)Seminar Presentations

Required Reading:
Pearce, Laurie, and Cornelia Wunsch. 2014. Documents of Judean Exiles and West Semites in Babylonia in the Collection of David Sofer. CUSAS 28. Bethesda: CDL Press.
Wunsch, Cornelia 2022. Judeans by the Waters of Babylon. New Historical Evidence in Cuneiform Sources from Rural Babylonia in the Schoyen Collection. BaAr 6. Dresden: ISLET. With collaboration of Laurie Pearce
Horowitz W., Y. Greenberg Y., and P. Zilberg 2015: By the Waters of Babylon (על נהרות בבל) , Cuneiform Documents from the Beginning of the Babylonian Diaspora, The Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem and Israel Exploration Society, Jerusalem (Hebrew)

Additional Reading Material:

Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 90 %
Presentation / Poster Presentation / Lecture/ Seminar / Pro-seminar / Research proposal 10 %

Additional information:
 
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