Universität Wien

010106 SE Martin Luther and the Jews (2017S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 1 - Theologien und Religionswiss.
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 06.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 20.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 27.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 03.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 24.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 08.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 15.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 22.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 29.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 12.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 19.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Monday 26.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Luther’s hatred against Jews will be analyzed by reading one of his last writings, “Von den Juden und ihren Lügen”. By reading it and facing it with the main ideas of his theology one should come to know about the immediate connection between Luther’s theology and his hatred against Jews. This connection will also prove that anti-Semitism has been never in need of real Jews, but only of religious and cultural ideologies – a result research of anti-Semitism has been yielding.
TOPICS:
- Reading Luther’s late work “Von den Juden und ihren Lügen”
- Connections between this work and Luther’s life and theology
- Religious ideas and their political effects
- Luther’s hatred against Jews and its legacy
METHOD: Reading together “Von den Juden und ihren Lügen”; short theological inputs suitable to the reading; discussion.

Assessment and permitted materials

Seminar paper (25.000 letters); cooperation; preparation of one seminar unit

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 75% presence; preparation and implementation of one unit; written seminar paper (deadline Sept. 30th, 2017).
STANDARD FO EXAM: Textually correct and substantial seminar or bachelor paper (40%), regular presence (30%) and active preparation and implementation of a seminar unit (30%).

Examination topics

Topics of the seminar; focus on the topic one has chosen.

Reading list

Beutel Albrecht (Hg.), Luther-Handbuch, Tübingen 22010.
Brumlik Micha, Messianisches Licht und Menschenwürde. Politische Theorie aus den Quellen jüdischer Tradition, Baden-Baden 2013, 133-165.
Kasper Walter Kardinal, Martin Luther. Eine ökumenische Perspektive, Düsseldorf 22016.
Kaufmann Thomas, Luthers Juden, Stuttgart 2014.
Luther Martin, Von den Juden und ihren Lügen. Neu bearbeitet und kommentiert von Matthias Morgenstern, Berlin 2016.
Nirenberg David, Anti-Judaism. The Western Tradition, New-York-London 2013.
Wengst Klaus, Christsein mit Tora und Evangelium. Beiträge zum Umbau christlicher Theologie im Angesicht Israels, Stuttgart 2014, 35-52.

Association in the course directory

für 011 (15W) FTH 17 oder FTH 26, 193 055 BA UF RK 16, 196 055 MA UF RK 02 oder RK 05, 033 195 (15W) BAM 13, 066 796 MRP; auslaufende Studienpläne: für Wahlmodul I/II für 011 oder DAM (08W, 11W) oder D31, für 033 193 ( 11W) BAM; 066 793 MAM; Pflichtseminar Fächerkontingent 2 oder (freies) Wahlfach für 011 (02W) und 020,
für 066 800 M21

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