Ethnicity and Religion: Jews in the Greco-Roman Period

General data

Course ID:	3104-LJS-ERZHEL-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.3 The subject classification code consists of three to five digits, where the first three represent the classification of the discipline according to the Discipline code list applicable to the Socrates/Erasmus program, the fourth (usually 0) - possible further specification of discipline information, the fifth - the degree of subject determined based on the year of study for which the subject is intended. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Ethnicity and Religion: Jews in the Greco-Roman Period
Name in Polish:	Etniczność i religie: Żydzi w epoce hellenistycznej i rzymskiej
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
Short description:	The lecture will focus on political history, culture and Jewish religion from the Maccabean revolt till the Arabian conquest. The students will get acquainted with various aspects of Jewish life in the diaspora and Palestine during the Hasmonean period, in the state of Herod the Great, in the Roman province, and in the Byzantine Empire ruled by Christian Emperors.
Full description:	The topic of the lecture is Jewish history from the Maccabean revolt until the 7th century CE. During this period, the Jews lived in an independent state ruled by the Hasmoneans, and later remained within the Roman sphere of influence. The aim of the lecture is to familiarize the students with the political history of Jews within the context of a changing outside world, revolts against the Roman authorities, the Jewish world after the destruction of the second temple, the Christianization of Palestine in late antiquity, and the policy of the Christian authorities with regards to Jews. The lecture will also cover the different Jewish religious groups before the emergence of rabbinical Judaism, the rabbinic movement from the 2nd century CE until the 4th century CE, and Jewish institutions in the diaspora and Palestine in late antiquity.
Bibliography:	As above.
Learning outcomes:	- The student can identify the most important sources from the Greco-Roman period. - The student can explain the political process in Jewish history. - The student can point out the most important locations on a map - The student understands cultural changes in the Jewish world in the Greco-Roman period
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Final test.

This course is not currently offered.

Course descriptions are protected by copyright.
Copyright by University of Warsaw.