CODE | 80367 |
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ACADEMIC YEAR | 2022/2023 |
CREDITS |
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SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | L-OR/08 |
TEACHING LOCATION |
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SEMESTER | 1° Semester |
TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
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.
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
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.
No prerequisites are required
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.
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.
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
Office hours: By appointment by writing to the email address: andrea.ravasco@edu.unige.it
ANDREA RAVASCO (President)
GUIDO GIOVANNI BORGHI
SIMONE TURCO (Substitute)
Tuesday, September 20th, 4 pm.
Room P (Balbi 4)
All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.
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.
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.
Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes |
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15/12/2022 | 15:00 | GENOVA | Orale | |
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 |