Universität Wien

060060 SE Women in the time of the rabbis: Legal situation, daly life, stereotypes (2008W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 6 - Ägyptologie, Judaistik, Urgeschichte und Historische Archäologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 07.10. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
  • Tuesday 28.10. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
  • Tuesday 04.11. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
  • Tuesday 11.11. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
  • Tuesday 18.11. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
  • Tuesday 25.11. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
  • Tuesday 02.12. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
  • Tuesday 09.12. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
  • Tuesday 16.12. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
  • Tuesday 13.01. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
  • Tuesday 20.01. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
  • Tuesday 27.01. 14:45 - 16:15 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The legal position of women in the rabbinic period on the basis of Mishnah and Tosefta, the documents from the Dead Sea and inscriptions of the period. The daily life of Jewish women and stereotypes about them in rabbinic texts.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance. Oral presentation and written seminar paper or oral exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Introduction to some legal and social aspects of Jewish life in late antiquity and to an adequate use of literary and documentary sources for this purpose.

Examination topics

Analysis and discussion of essential texts; oral presentations and written papers of the participants.

Reading list

Judith R. Baskin, Midrashic Women: Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature, Hanover, N.H., 2002; Galit Hasan-Rokem, Tales of the neighborhood: Jewish narrative dialogues in late antiquity, Berkeley, Calif., 2003; Bernadette J. Brooten, Women leaders in the ancient synagogue: inscriptional evidence and background issues, Chico, Calif., 1982; Tal Ilan, ed., A feminist commentary on the Babylonian Talmud: Introduction and Studies, Tübingen 2007; J. Neusner, A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women, 5 vols., Leiden 1982; Judith R. Wegner, Chattel or person? The status of women in the Mishnah, New York 1988.

Association in the course directory

neu BA, MA: U1-423, U1-423-1/U1-423-2, U2-423; alt Bakk, Mag: U1-325, U2-220, U2-320, U45 (Dipl: U264, U45, U29)

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