060027 SE The Babylonian Exile (2015W)
The Jews of Mesopotamia in Light of Biblical and New Cuneiform Sources
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Tu 01.09.2015 08:00 to Mo 05.10.2015 08:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2015 08:00
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Language: German
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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 08.10. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 15.10. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 22.10. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 29.10. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 05.11. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 12.11. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 12.11. 17:30 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 26.11. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 03.12. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 10.12. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 17.12. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 07.01. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 14.01. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 21.01. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 28.01. 10:00 - 11:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
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Aims, contents and method of the course
At the end of 2014, 103 Cuneiform tablets were published, which document Jewish life in Mesopotamia in 6th and early 5th centuries BCE. The tablets are legal documents out of three small cities into which Nebukadnezzar exiled Jews after he conquered Jerusalem two times. The evidence of the new published cuneiform tablets will be supplemented by the Murashu archive and several smaller sources. Taken together these documents allow for the first time to draw a picture of Jewish life in Mesopotamia. The cuneiform sources will be studied in the context of biblical sources which they will help to understand from a new perspective in turn. Biblical texts will be read in Hebrew but cuneiform texts in English translation.
Assessment and permitted materials
Presentation and final term paper
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Introduction to the history, culture, religon, and literature of Second Temple Judaism
Examination topics
Reading list
L.E. Pearce/C. Wunsch, Documents of Judean Exiles and West Semites in Babylonia in the Collection of David Sofer, Bethesda 2014.
M.W. Stolper, Entrepreneurs and Empire: The Murasu Archive, the Murasu Firm, and Persian Rule in Babylonia, Leiden 1985.
M.W. Stolper, Entrepreneurs and Empire: The Murasu Archive, the Murasu Firm, and Persian Rule in Babylonia, Leiden 1985.
Association in the course directory
BA: U1-255, U1-256, U1-413, U1-413-1 oder 413-2 (als BA-Seminar), U1-413-BA
MA: U1-213, U1-413
MA: U1-213, U1-413
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