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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Archaeology & Ancient near East
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Uri Gabbay
Coordinator Office Hours:
upon appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Uri Gabbay
Course/Module description:
Reading Akkadian commentaries, with emphasis on the relationship to the base texts, hermeneutical questions, and implications for the learning and study culture of ancient Mesopotamia
Course/Module aims:
to encounter the genre of commentaries
to learn about larger cultural questions such as canonization and scholasticism through the commentaries
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
to read commentaries, with emphasis on exegetical terminology and identification of the hermeneutical questions
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
reading texts
Course/Module Content:
commentaries on literary texts
commentaries on omens
commentaries on medical texts
Required Reading:
E. Frahm, Babylonian and Assyrian Text Commentaries 2011
Additional Reading Material:
will be given during the course
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 %
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