060024 VO Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls (2016W)
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The typical approach of a lecture class will be combined with elements of classroom discussion and small team works
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Language: English
Examination dates
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 06.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 13.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 20.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 27.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 03.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 10.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 17.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 24.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 01.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 15.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 12.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 19.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
- Thursday 26.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-25
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
At different sites in the Judean Desert, fragments of ca.1500 manuscripts were found which provide information about the history of Second Temple Judaism from the 4th cent. BCE to the early 2nd cent. CE. Most important are the ca. 1000 manuscripts found in the caves in the vicinity of Khirbet Qumran. They date paleographically from the 3rd cent. BCE to the 1st cent. CE. The biblical manuscripts from Qumran attest to a plurality of text-forms of the different books of the Hebrew Bible and provide new insights to their redactional history. The non-biblical manuscripts from Qumran attest to a medley of Essene and non-Essene literature, which was mostly unknown before the finds of Qumran. These manuscripts provide new insights into the religious history of Second Temple Judaism and are of crucial importance to understand how both Christianity and post Second Temple Judaism developed. The Dead Sea Scrolls can be described as a crossroads leading to both Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity.
Assessment and permitted materials
Oral or written exam
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
This course will communicate you a comprehensive knowledge about the library of Qumran and the other manuscript finds from the Judean Desert. Furthermore you will be informed about the history and religious thought of the groups connected with the different sites at the Dead Sea and in the Judean Desert.
Examination topics
Reading list
D.W. Parry/E. Tov, The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, vol 1-6, Leiden and Boston, Mass.: Brill, 2004-2005
L.H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls: the History of Judaism, the Background of Christianity, the Lost Library of Qumran, Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1994
J.C. VanderKam, The Dead Sea Scrolls Today, 2nd ed., Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2010.
J.C.VanderKam and P. Flint, The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls, San Francisco, Calif.: HarperSanFrancisco, 2002
L.H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls: the History of Judaism, the Background of Christianity, the Lost Library of Qumran, Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1994
J.C. VanderKam, The Dead Sea Scrolls Today, 2nd ed., Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2010.
J.C.VanderKam and P. Flint, The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls, San Francisco, Calif.: HarperSanFrancisco, 2002
Association in the course directory
BA: U1-411/ U1-412
MA: U2-411/ U2-412, U2-311
MA: U2-411/ U2-412, U2-311
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