DSBcB033 History of the Jewish People in Antiquity

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Kvasničková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 16:00–17:40 A21
Prerequisites
General knowledge of the Bible. The lecture is designed as a basic course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will learn to work with the religious text and use it as a source for the study of history and confront it with other sources.
Syllabus
  • 1. The origins of Jews, written and archaeological sources - Palestine before Israel, the ethnogenesis of the Jewish nation, the rise of Judaism (about 1200 BC, 2. The Law and Rituals, the Society of Old Israel - the Hebrew Bible, the differences between the Christian and the Jewish versions, the analysis of Torah's basic themes, the calendar and the associated holidays 3. Royal Age I: Israel and Judea - David, Solomon, Biblical Archeology, Northern Israel, Dynasty of the Omrians, Prophets (after 722 BC - Assassins' Inquisition) 4. Royal Age II: Kingdom of Judea after 586 BC - Hezekiah, Josiah, religious reform of Judaism, conflicts with Egypt and Babylonia, the birth of Messianism 5. Under the domination of Babylonia and Persia - from Nebukadnesar II. through the Great Cyrus to the construction of the second temple, Daniel's prophecy, Ester, Ezekiel (587 BC - 323 BC) 6. Jews and Hellenism I: from Alexander the Great to the the Maccabees (323 BC - 161 BC) - the War of the Diadochs, Alexandria, the Hellenization of Jewish Society and the Resistance against it 7. Jews and Hellenism II: The Hasmoneans after 63 BC, including the differentiation of Judaism in Hellenistic times (the rise of Sadducees, Pharisees, Essenes) 8. The Jews and the Roman Empire I: The Herods - After the First Jewish War 9. The Jews and the Roman Empire II: The Jewish Wars, Flavius ​​Josephus, The Uprising of Bar Kokhba (66 AD - 135 AD) 10. Jews and the Roman Empire III: Diaspora, rabbinical reform of Judaism 11. Jews and Christians I: Judeo-Christians and Paul of Tarsus 12. Jews and Christians II: Jews after 313 n.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Judaismus, křesťanství, islám : slovník (Variant.) : Slovník : judaismus, křesťanství, islám. info
  • RENDTORFF, Rolf. Hebrejská bible a dějiny : úvod do starozákonní literatury. Vydání čtvrté. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2015, 375 stran. ISBN 9788074295416. info
  • FINKELSTEIN, Israel and Neil Asher SILBERMAN. Objevování Bible : svatá Písma Izraele ve světle moderní archeologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2007, 329 s. ISBN 9788070218693. info
  • SCHÄFER, Peter. Dějiny Židů v antice : od Alexandra Velikého po arabskou nadvládu. Translated by Štěpán Zbytovský. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 263 s. ISBN 8070216336. info
  • GRANT, Michael. Židé v římském světě. Translated by Gerik Císař. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha: Jiří Buchal - BB art, 2003, 327 s. ISBN 8072579533. info
  • STERN, Marc. Svátky v životě Židů : vzpomínání, slavení, vyprávění. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2002, 247 s. ISBN 8070215518. info
  • DOLEŽELOVÁ, Jana, Alexandr PUTÍK and Jiřina ŠEDINOVÁ. Židovské tradice a zvyky. Photo by Dana Cabanová. V Praze: Státní židovské muzeum, 1992, 84 s. ISBN 80-900750-9-6. info
  • BIČ, Miloš. Stopami dávných věků : mezi Nilem a Tigridem. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1979, 274 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lecture, reading and analysis of biblical and other historical sources
Assessment methods
a test of biblical and historical knowledge
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
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