Course Exam
060032 VO Italian Jewry on its way to modernity (2022W)
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- Registration is open from Th 27.10.2022 16:30 to We 03.05.2023 09:00
- Deregistration possible until We 03.05.2023 09:00
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All content covered in the course and the following book chapters:1. Caffiero, Marina: The History of the Jews in Early Modern Italy From the Renaissance to the Restoration (Routledge: London, 2022): S. 1–133.
2. Bonfil, Robert: Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy (University of California: Berkeley, 1994): S. 79-98. und 145-177.
3. Pflaum, Heinz: Die Idee der Liebe. Zwei Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Philosophie in der Renaissance (Tübingen: J.C.B: Mohr, 1926)
4. A Valley of Vision. The Heavenly Journey of Abraham ben Hananiah Yagel. Translated from the Hebrew, with an Introduction and Commentary, by David B. Ruderman (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990): S. 1-70.
5. The Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century Venetian Rabbi – Leon Modena’s Life of Judah. Translated and Edited by Mark R. Cohen with Introductory Essays by Mark R. Cohen and Theodore Rabb, Howard E. Adelmann, and Natalie Zemon Davies (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989): S. 3-70.
6. Modena, Leon: Jüdische Riten, Sitten und Gebräuche. Herausgegeben, übersetzt und kommentiert von Rafael Arnold (Wiesbaden: Marix, 2007): S. 9-43.
7. Fishman, Talya: Shaking the Pillars of Exile. ’Voice of a Fool’an Early Modern Jewish Critique of Rabbinic Culture (Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1997): S. 3-66.
8. Grözinger, Karl Erich: Jüdisches Denken. Theologie – Philosophie – Mystik. 5. Bände (Frankfurt: Campus, 2004-2019): Band 3. (Von der Religionskritik der Renaissance zu Orthodoxie und Reform im 19. Jahrhundert): S. 47-58. und 93-135.
2. Bonfil, Robert: Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy (University of California: Berkeley, 1994): S. 79-98. und 145-177.
3. Pflaum, Heinz: Die Idee der Liebe. Zwei Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Philosophie in der Renaissance (Tübingen: J.C.B: Mohr, 1926)
4. A Valley of Vision. The Heavenly Journey of Abraham ben Hananiah Yagel. Translated from the Hebrew, with an Introduction and Commentary, by David B. Ruderman (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990): S. 1-70.
5. The Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century Venetian Rabbi – Leon Modena’s Life of Judah. Translated and Edited by Mark R. Cohen with Introductory Essays by Mark R. Cohen and Theodore Rabb, Howard E. Adelmann, and Natalie Zemon Davies (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989): S. 3-70.
6. Modena, Leon: Jüdische Riten, Sitten und Gebräuche. Herausgegeben, übersetzt und kommentiert von Rafael Arnold (Wiesbaden: Marix, 2007): S. 9-43.
7. Fishman, Talya: Shaking the Pillars of Exile. ’Voice of a Fool’an Early Modern Jewish Critique of Rabbinic Culture (Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1997): S. 3-66.
8. Grözinger, Karl Erich: Jüdisches Denken. Theologie – Philosophie – Mystik. 5. Bände (Frankfurt: Campus, 2004-2019): Band 3. (Von der Religionskritik der Renaissance zu Orthodoxie und Reform im 19. Jahrhundert): S. 47-58. und 93-135.
Assessment and permitted materials
Presence in the SE, engagement in discussions, and oral exam at the end of the semester
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The oral exam takes about 15-20 minutes. Two overarching questions and two specific questions will be asked. If someone fails, an alternative question is raised.
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