55-02.201.302 Asceticism in Post-Biblical and Rabbinic Judaism

Course offering details

Instructors: Dr. Ilaria Briata

Event type: Advanced seminar

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Hours per week: 2

Credits: 4,0

Language of instruction: English

Min. | Max. participants: 1 | 12

Comments/contents:
The course aims at providing a general but extensive perspective on the thorny question of asceticism in Jewish religion and culture, with particular reference to the Second Temple period (5th century BCE - 1st century CE) and the rabbinic era (1st century CE - 8th century CE).

The course will focus on the following major themes:


  • What is asceticism? A theoretical outline.
  • Brief history of Second Temple and Late Antique Judaism
  • Ascetic trends in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
  • The Qumran community and its literature
  • Ascetic trends in rabbinic literature
  • Continuity and discontinuity before and after the destruction of the Temple


During each class excerpts from primary sources will be read, discussed, and integrated with secondary academic literature. The texts under exam include examples from the large literary corpora produced in this crucial period of Jewish history, with works such as 4Ezra, 2Baruch, Book of Jubilees, 1Enoch, Qumran Community Rule, Palestinian Talmud, Babylonian Talmud, Midrash Rabbah.

Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Wed, 16. Oct. 2019 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
2 Wed, 23. Oct. 2019 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
3 Wed, 30. Oct. 2019 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
4 Wed, 6. Nov. 2019 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
5 Wed, 13. Nov. 2019 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
6 Wed, 20. Nov. 2019 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
7 Wed, 27. Nov. 2019 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
8 Wed, 4. Dec. 2019 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
9 Wed, 11. Dec. 2019 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
10 Wed, 18. Dec. 2019 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
11 Wed, 8. Jan. 2020 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
12 Wed, 15. Jan. 2020 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
13 Wed, 22. Jan. 2020 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
14 Wed, 29. Jan. 2020 10:15 11:45 Seminarraum, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, linke Treppe - Souterrain Dr. Ilaria Briata
Course specific exams
Description Date Instructors Mandatory
1. Completed coursework Time tbd Yes
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Instructors
Dr. Ilaria Briata