Judaism

lreli1310  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Judaism
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Luciani Didier;
Language
French
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.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 understand the main articulations and particular accents of Judaism, the background of its history and its present evolution.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Evaluation methods
Written examination
Other information
Bibliography: class lectures
Bibliography
Un syllabus (avec bibliographie) est disponible.
La consultation des ouvrages suivants peut être une aide utile à l'assimilation du cours :
- G. WIGODER et al. (éd.), Dictionnaire encyclopédique du judaïsme, Le Cerf, Paris, 1993 [ou tout autre dictionnaire du même type].
- F. CICUREL (éd.), Anthologie du judaïsme : 3000 ans de culture juive, Nathan, Paris, 2007.
 
Faculty or entity
TEBI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in religious studies

Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies

Master [120] in Sciences of Religions

Certificat universitaire en sciences des religions

Minor in Sciences of Religions (openness)