The major problems of Jewish history and culture. Wrestling with tradition in Jewish though and literature

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Course ID:	3104-MJS-WPHIKZ-MZAW
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:	The major problems of Jewish history and culture. Wrestling with tradition in Jewish though and literature
Name in Polish:	Węzłowe problemy historii i kultury żydowskiej. Zmagania z tradycją w myśli i literaturze żydowskiej
Organizational unit:	Faculty of History
Course groups:
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:	elective courses
Short description:	The aim of the course is to present key concepts, ideas and terms typical of Jewish thought, as well as to discuss their reception in literature.
Full description:	During the course the following topics will be discussed in detail: 1) Concepts such as: Oral Torah, written Torah, creation, revelation, salvation; 2) Ideas: "classic" rabbinic, messianic, kabbalistic; 3) Fragments of the writings of Jewish thinkers such as: Martin Buber, Emmanuel Levinas, Abraham Heschel, Jeshayahu Leibovic, etc .; 4) Fragments of literary works by authors such as Franz Kafka, Chaim Nachman Bialik;
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Zob. sylabus szczegółowy w danym cyklu dydaktycznym.
Learning outcomes:	After completing the course the student will: 1. Know the most important concepts and the main representatives of Jewish thought; 2. Be able to correctly use appropriate terms related to the discussed topics; 3. Be able to Independently find and use the literature on the subject.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) Zob. sylabus szczegółowy w danym cyklu dydaktycznym.

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