Ethnicity and religions: from the ethnogenesis of Israel till the Maccabean Revolt

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Course ID:	3104-LJS-ERETZ-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.3 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Ethnicity and religions: from the ethnogenesis of Israel till the Maccabean Revolt
Name in Polish:	Etniczność i religie: od etnogenezy Izraela do powstania Machabeuszy
Organizational unit:	Faculty of History
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	general courses obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) Uczestnictwo w wykładzie nie wymaga na wstępie żadnych specyficznych umiejętności.
Short description:	The lecture focuses on the history, culture, and religion of the Hebrews, the Israelites, and the Judeans, from the Late Bronze Age, till the mid-2nd century BCE.
Full description:	The lecture focuses on the history, culture, and religion of the Hebrews, the Israelites, and the Judeans, from the Late Bronze Age, till the mid-2nd century BCE.
Bibliography:	M. Liverani, Israel's History and the History of Israel, 2014 I Finkelstein, N.A. Silberman, In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition, 2007 Lester L. Grabbe, A history of the Jews and Judaism in the second temple period. Vol. 1, Yehud - a history of the Persian province of Judah, London 2004 Lester L. Grabbe, A history of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period. vol. 2, The Early Hellenistic Period (335-175 BCE), London 2008
Learning outcomes:	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 methods and assessment criteria:	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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