UCL - Judaism

[THEO1311]

[30h] 3 credits

This two-yearly course is taught in 2007-2008, 2009-2010,...

Teacher(s):

Language: French

Level: First

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

By the end of this course, the student should be able to understand the main articulations and particular accents of Judaism, the background of its history and its present evolution.

Main themes

To meet these objectives, the course deals with the following: introduction to religious thought, rites, practices and institutions of Judaism. Special attention is paid to the various streams of Judaism, their sources and their specific contributions.

Content and teaching methods

We begin with a summary of Jewish history (from 589 BC to 135 AD), and go on presenting old Jewish literature from a biblical point of view (...)
Special attention will be drawn towards rabbinic text interpretation methods.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

without object