RLB81 Jerusalem in Religious Confrontation

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Dalibor Papoušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable
Tue 13:20–14:55 J21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • (1) Jerusalem under David and Salomon. The Jebusite city of Urusalim and its capture by David, the City of David (archaeological and textual evidence of the conquest; the original city god Salim in biblical names). The transfer of the ark to Jerusalem as a part of the ideological program of the Davidic dynasty. Salomon's building activities in Jerusalem and in other Canaanite places (the description and typological classification of the Temple of Jerusalem; a comparison with the Salomonic temple in Arad).

  • (2) The Growing Centrality of Jerusalem and Its Collapse in 587/586 B.C.E. The role of Jerusalem and its sanctuary within the cultic reformations of Hezekiah (715-685 B.C.E.) and Josiah (640-609 B.C.E.). The fall of Jerusalem in 587/586 B.C.E. and its consequences during the Exile. Re-establishing religious identity (monotheistic proclamations, protosynagogal rituals). Locative and utopian approaches to the restoration of the Temple (Ezekiel's Temple vision, rebuilding the Temple under Zerubabel).

  • (3) Seleucids Attack against the Temple and the Maccabean Revolt. Religious policy of the Seleucids within the process of Hellenization. The attack against the Temple by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (168/167 B.C.E.). The Maccabean revolt and cleansing the Temple (165/164 B.C.E.). Religious position of the Hasmonean dynasty (religious opponents against the confusion of the roles of king and high priest). Ideal projections of the Temple (The Temple Scroll).

  • (4) The Fall of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. and Its Religious Consequences. The Herodian reconstruction of the Temple area and its religious criticism. The fall of Jerusalem and its influence on the formation of the gospel myth (the passion story and its localization to Jerusalem, mythic and historical role of the Church of Jerusalem). Religious strategies of continuity and discontinuity Jewish and Christian apocalypses (4 Ezra; 2 Baruch; Mark 13par.; John's Revelation), legends of foundation (Jewish and Christian escapes from the besieged Jerusalem, Yohannan ben Zakkai, the Pella tradition).

  • (5) Christian Stress on Jerusalem under Constantine. Constantine's support of Jerusalem as a place legitimizing his imperial power. Creation of the topography of Jesus passion story (finding Jesus' grave and cross by Constantine's mother Helena). The ritual relationship (Itinerarium Egeriae) between the particular locality (locus) and the corresponding topic in gospel stories (topos). Translatio of the passion liturgy out of Palestine (cult of relics) and its stabilization within the liturgical year.

Literature
  • LEVINE, Lee I. Jerusalem : portrait of the city in the second Temple period (538 B.C.E.-70 C.E.). 1st ed. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2002, xviii, 486. ISBN 0827607504. info
  • ARMSTRONG, Karen. Jeruzalém : Jerusalem - one city three faiths (Orig.). Translated by Michael Makovec. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1999, 469 s., [1. ISBN 80-7106-349-5. info
  • SMITH, Jonathan Z. To take place : toward theory in ritual. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987, xvii, 183. ISBN 0226763617. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Autumn 2015.
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