(in Polish) History and Religion in Ancient Israel 2900-HAMC-ANHIS-ŁNS
The lecture focuses on the history, culture, and religion of the Hebrews, the Israelites, and the Judeans, from the Late Bronze Age, till the 1st century BCE.
Type of course
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Learning outcomes
This lecture allows students:
Knowledge
- To identify the chronology of the history of the Israelites/Jews from the Late Bronze Age, until the Hellenistic Period.
- To Identify political history, geography and demography of the Jewish settlement in Levant during Iron Age.
- To know the processes of forming the ethnic and state entities.
- To understand the changes in the Israelites’ / Jewish religion.
- To know historical and cultural factors related to the history of the Jews during I Millennium BCE
Skills
- To characterise the major scholarly issues in the history of the Jews in antiquity.
- To identify the processes of acculturation, assimilation, in the case of the Jews in antiquity.
- To describe adequately the political and cultural institutions related to the Israelites / Jewish in antiquity.
- To understand the impact of non-scholarly (political, religious) factors on the reconstruction of the Jewish past.
Social competences
- To understand the key-role of the ancient history of the Jews in formation of Judaism and Jewish identity.
- To understand the role of the religious diversity within the social groups.
- To understand the interdisciplinary aspects of the study on ancient communities.
- To understand the factors related to the appearance of xenophobia and anti-Semitism.
Assessment criteria
The lecture ends with the on-line test.
Students have to attend the lectures (two absences allowed) and pass the final test, based on the material discussed during the lectures.
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