CODE 80367 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA 9 cfu anno 2 STORIA 8459 (L-42) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-OR/08 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course aims to provide an overview of Jewish culture both through the aspect of the history of the Jewish people from the origins to the birth of the State of Israel, and through the diachronic study of the Hebrew language. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to provide the most significant linguistic and literary concepts for understanding the complexity of Jewish history, even in its cultural manifestation, making particular reference to the elements that more than others allow us to reconstruct the long path of national identity formation AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, the student will be able to: • use the elementary grammar of biblical Hebrew to be able to read simple narrative passages from the Pentateuch (Torah) or from historical books (earlier prophets); • evaluate the importance of the history of the Jewish people in the context of the history of the Ancient Near East and, more recently, of the history of the Jewish people in Europe; • understand the peculiarity of the Hebrew language compared to other Semitic languages; • distinguish in the biblical narrative a historical source or a theological rereading of the history of Israel. PREREQUISITES No prerequisites are required TEACHING METHODS Frontal lesson; practice of writing and reading texts, distribution of material and slide projection. Lessons will be held in presence. Attendance, although not compulsory, is recommended. Only those who attend lessons in presence will be deemed attending students. The teacher, upon specific request by single students, could allow them to attend lessons remotely and to access the recordings of the lessons via Teams. Any non-attending students are requested to contact the teacher. All students are required to register on Aulaweb. SYLLABUS/CONTENT For 9 credits: Prehistory: Geographical framework; the ancient sources up to the "slavery" of Egypt The Semitic languages From the Exodus to the Exile: Highlights of Ancient Jewish History from the Judges to the Fall of Jerusalem Fundamentals of Biblical Hebrew Grammar From Exile to the Diaspora: Highlights of the History of the People of Israel from Exile to 70 AD Aramaisms and Targumic literature Diaspora: Judaism in Western culture Yiddish and Ladino The return: Zionism and the birth of the State of Israel Modern and contemporary Hebrew; Eliezer Ben Yehuda For 6 credits: priority will be given to the linguistic part, with a reduction of the part of the program relating to history, in particular as regards the first two topics (prehistory and from exodus to exile); this reduction can in any case be agreed with the teacher on the basis of personal interests. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY F. Serafini, Corso di Ebraico biblico, San Paolo, 2006 (2 voll). L. Mazzinghi, Storia d’Israele dalle origini al periodo romano, EDB, 2007 L. e D. Cohn-Sherbok, Breve storia dell'ebraismo, il Mulino, 2001 TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ANDREA RAVASCO Ricevimento: By appointment by writing to the email address: andrea.ravasco@edu.unige.it Exam Board ANDREA RAVASCO (President) GUIDO GIOVANNI BORGHI SIMONE TURCO (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START Tuesday, September 20th, 4 pm. Room P (Balbi 4) Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral examination. For the exam, in addition to the part on the history of the Jewish people, it is necessary to study a short passage in the language, analyzed and prepared in class, which helps the student to carry out the interview on both the historical and linguistic parts. ASSESSMENT METHODS To facilitate students, it will be possible to divide the exam into two parts: the historical part and the linguistic part; the linguistic part can be replaced by ongoing checks only for attending students. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 18/01/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale 09/02/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale 11/05/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale 25/05/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale 08/06/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale 06/07/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale 07/09/2023 15:00 GENOVA Orale