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katedra |
katedra Starého zákona |
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typ kuzu |
přednáška |
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titul (obecný) |
Dějiny náboženství starověkého Izraele a teologie SZ |
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anglický titul |
The History of Ancient Israel Religion & Old Testament Theology |
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podtitul (spec.) |
The Emergence of Monotheism in Ancient Israel: The Textual and Archeological Evidence |
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zkratka názvu pro rozvrh (10-15 znaků) |
Monotheism |
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anotace |
Course Goals: Israel’s monotheism became a major influence on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and has permanently affected Western Culture’s understanding of divinity. This course will examine evidence to attempt to understand the evolution of monotheism in Israelite Religion. The course will begin with an attempt to define and clarify relevant (but controversial) terms such as monotheism, monolatry, polytheism, henotheism. The course is also interested in the impact of monotheism on such issues as religious tolerance. Methodology: In our investigation, we shall use both texts (biblical texts and non-biblical inscriptions) and archaeological data. The course will use such exegetical tools as Historical Criticism, Text Criticism, and Form Criticism. We shall also make frequent use of comparative materials (texts and artifacts) from the ancient Near East (Egypt, Syria, and Mesopotamia). Whenever possible we shall work with these texts in their original languages, and in the case of inscriptions from recent photographs. We shall use modern scholarly literature (in German, English, and some in French) to help us interpret these data. Format of the Class: Lecture and student discussion of the texts being discussed. The professor will use PowerPoint presentations both to show artifacts and to provide a detailed outline of each class so that students with various skills in English can follow the class. Every effort will be taken to help students with different competency in English to follow the class. The class culture will be relaxed so that students can easily ask a classmate to explain a point in Czech. Before each class there will be an assignment in modern scholarly literature and biblical passages which should be completed before class. Grading will be based on two exams, which can be answered in Czech. |
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Books and articles with a * are required reading. We shall also use the Hebrew Bible (BHS) and where helpful a Septuagint Bible. *Ahn, G. “‘Monotheismus’-----, ‘Polytheismus.’ Grenzen und Möglichkeiten einer Klassifikation von Gottesvorstellungen.” In Mesopotamia-- Ugaritica-- Biblica. Festschrift Kurt Bergerhof, 1-24. Alter Orient und Altes Testament, vol. 232. Neukirchen-Vluyn 1993. *Becking, Bob, Meindert Dijkstra, Marjo C. A. Korpel and Karel J. H. Vriezen, editors. Only One God? Monotheism in Ancient Israel and the Veneration of the Goddess Asherah. The Biblical Seminar, vol. 77. London: Sheffield Press 2001. *Day, John. Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, vol. 265. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press 2000. Edelman, Diana Vikander, Editor. The Triumph of Elohim: From Yahwisms to Judaisms. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdman’s 1995. Gnuse, Robert. No Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel. London: Sheffield 1997. Hadley, Judith M. The Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah: Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess. Oriental Publications, vol. 57. Cambridge: University of Cambridge 2000. Krebernik, Manfred and Jürgen van Oorschot, editors. Polytheismus und Monotheismus in den Religionen des vorderen Orients. Ed. by Manfred Dietrich and Oswald Loretz. Alter Orient und Altes Testament, vol. 298. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag 2002. Lang, B., editor.* Der einzige Gott: Die Geburt des biblischen Monotheismus. Munich: Kösel 1981. Monotheism and the Prophetic Movement. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press 1983. Lang, B. “Zur Entstehung des biblischen Monotheismus.” Theologische Quartalschrift, 166: 135-42, 1986. * “Monotheismus.” Handbuch religionswissenschaftlicher Grundbegriffe, 4: 148-65, 1998. Porter, Barbara Nevling, editors. One God or Many: Concepts of Divinity in the Ancient World. Transactions of the Casco Bay Assyriological Institute, vol. 1, 2000. Smith, Mark S. The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel’s Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2001. *The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel. Second Edition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdman’s 2002. The Memoirs of God: History, Memory, and the Experience of the Divine in Ancient Israel. Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2004. *Stark, Rodney. One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism. Princeton: Princeton University Press 2001. Zevit, Ziony. The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches. London: Continuum 2001. |
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vyučující |
Michael Dick |
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kategorie |
F |
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semestr |
ZS |
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počet hodin týdně (příp. jinak) |
2 |
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jazyk (u cizojaz.) |
English |
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numerus clausus |
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podmínka zápisu (kontrola či informace) |
Basic knowledge of Ancient Hebrew (and Greek) Language |
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podmínka započtení / udělení kreditů |
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doba a místo konání |
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http://www.etf.cuni.cz/kat-sz/ |
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katedra |
katedra Starého zákona |
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typ kuzu |
přednáška |
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titul (obecný) |
Dějiny náboženství starověkého Izraele a teologie SZ |
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anglický titul |
The History of Ancient Israel Religion & Old Testament Theology |
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podtitul (spec.) |
Emergence of Israelite Religions |
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zkratka názvu pro rozvrh (10-15 znaků) |
Isr. Religions |
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anotace |
COURSE GOALS AND DESCRIPTION: Although even the Hebrew Bible refers to multiple expressions of Yahwism within its territory, the picture becomes even more complex when we study the Bible against the background of both archaeological and epigraphic data. Our study will focus on a close reading of a recent major scholarly contribution to this field: Ziony Zevit, The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches (London: Continuum, 2001). An entire session of the most recent Society of Biblical Literature Meeting in San Antonio (USA) was devoted to Zevit’s book, which has the rare advantage of a responsible treatment of archaeological data. In most cases Zevit sent his treatment to the main excavators of a site for their corrections and responses. So this text is a paradigm of combining literary data (including inscriptions and the Bible) with archaeological excavations. He calls this interaction of sources “a synthesis of parallactic approaches”. Since Zevit’s book has one slight weakness—its treatment of the Late Bronze and Iron Age I periods—these periods will be supplemented by use of recent excavations, inscriptions, and M. S. Smith, The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel (Second Edition; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdman's, 2002). All ancient texts (Bible and inscriptions) will be read in their original languages. In short this course will seek to convey the breadth of religiosity in ancient Israel and the impact of other Near Eastern religions. We shall also gain experience in a methodology which uses the text of the Hebrew Bible together with epigraphy and archaeology. Many of these Israelite religions have their counterpart in modern Christianity and Judaism. METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: We shall go systematically through Zevit’s book, reading and commenting on each section or chapter. Where appropriate, we shall augment the book with PowerPoint slides of excavations and of inscriptions referred to in the book. After beginning with Zevit’s methodology, we shall then go to M. Smith’s The Early History of God for his treatment of the early phases: Late Bronze Age and Iron Age I (pre-monarchical). The class will use both lecture and seminar format, which allows students to participate and to prepare and present various sections of the book. All classes will be informal enough that anybody can feel free to stop and ask questions or to ask a colleague for clarification in Czech. Grading will be based on a research paper (written in Czech) and presentations and participation in class. |
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G. I. Davies, Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions: Corpus and Concordance (Cambridge, 1991). J. Day, Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 265; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000). F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp, Hebrew inscriptions : texts from the biblical period of the monarchy with concordance / F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp, J. J. M. Roberts, C. L. Seow. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004). S. L. Gogel, A Grammar of Epigraphic Hebrew (Society of Biblical Literature: Resources for Biblical Study 23; ed. M. A. Sweeney; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998). J. M. Hadley, The Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah: Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess (Oriental Publications 57; Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 2000). O. Keel and C. Uehlinger, Göttinnen, Götter und Gottessymbole: Neue Erkenntnisse zur Religionsgeschichte Kanaans und Israels aufrund bisland unerschlossener ikonographischer Quellen (Quaestiones disputatae 134; Freiburg: Herder, 1995). Z. Zevit, The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches (London: Continuum, 2001). |
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vyučující |
Michael Dick |
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kategorie |
F |
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semestr |
LS |
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počet hodin týdně (příp. jinak) |
2 |
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jazyk (u cizojaz.) |
English |
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numerus clausus |
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podmínka zápisu (kontrola či informace) |
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podmínka započtení / udělení kreditů |
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doba a místo konání |
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http://www.etf.cuni.cz/kat-sz/ |
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katedra |
katedra Starého zákona |
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typ kuzu |
seminář doktorandů |
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titul (obecný) |
doktorandský seminář SZ |
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anglický titul |
postgraduate seminar in Old Testament Studies |
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podtitul (spec.) |
Theology of Nineveh, the Imperial Fallen City |
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zkratka názvu pro rozvrh (10-15 znaků) |
Nineveh |
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anotace |
Description: It is well known that Babylon became the paradigm of the “wicked city” in ancient literature, the Bible, and even in art. What is less well-known is that neo-Assyrian Nineveh also held such a role. Its sudden collapse in 612 BC, after centuries of imperial rule over the ancient Near East, was widely seen as punishment for its arrogance against the gods. Not only was Nineveh conquered but, unlike Babylon, Jerusalem, Rome, etc., it was not re-inhabited. It is a rarity that we have such a breadth of material explaining the fall of an ancient city. In Nineveh’s case we have explanations in Babylonian, in classical Greek and Latin, and in biblical literatures. This course will examine the fall of Nineveh, as known from recent archaeological excavations, and its theological justifications in ancient writings, both biblical and non-biblical. We shall also study Nineveh as symbol in such later writings as Tobit, Judith, and the New Testament. Excavations: We shall review the 1980-90s exactions at Nineveh which tell us much about the fall of that city. Non-Biblical Texts: Such cuneiform sources as “A Declaration of War (against Nineveh),” the Babylonian Chronicles, Nabonidus’ s justification for the sack of Nineveh (basalt stele), and Babylonian dynastic prophecies. (Although these texts will be read in translation, I am willing to work with the Akkadian with any students with the background.). We shall also read such classical sources as Berossus, Ktesias, Xenophon, Diodorus Siculus, etc. Wherever possible, we shall read sources in their original languages. Biblical Texts: Nineveh receives considerable attention in the prophets of the Hebrew Bible, in both Isaiah and in the Book of the Twelve. We shall read passages in Isaiah, and the books of Zephaniah, Nahum, and Jonah. We shall read these books carefully using all of the tools of the biblical exegete: textual criticism (Old Greek, Dead Sea manuscripts, Vulgate, Old Latin, Targumim), form criticism, literary or rhetorical criticism, form criticism (especially of Jonah), and historical criticism. As part of our historical-critical study of these texts we shall review the neo-Assyrian conquest and control of Syro-Palestine to help us understand the background of these texts. Since many of these texts are poetical, we shall also look at some modern theories of metrics and apply them to assorted passages. Goal: The goals of the course are to sharpen student abilities to work in comparative materials, especially ancient Near Eastern religious texts. The course will also develop student linguistic abilities in Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Aramaic and their use in biblical exegesis. Students will also be introduced to the use of the Rabbinic Masorah of the Codex Leningradensis. We shall often work from photographs of original biblical manuscripts. The course will also consider the controversial issue of the impact of Assyrian rule on Israelite religion, more specifically on King Manasseh of Judah. Method: The class will be in seminar form with students preparing various assigned texts and presenting them to the class. Although, the class will be conducted in English, the culture will be quite informal so that students will have opportunities to ask fellow students for help in understanding. I will also make use of PowerPoint presentations to help with and language difficulties. Grading will depend on both participation/ preparedness (40%) and a research paper (60%), which can be written (typed) in Czech. |
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Bibliography: (Plus good modern scholarly commentaries on Isaiah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Jonah, Tobit, and Judith; and access to the Old Greek [LXX], Vulgate, Targumim, and Dead Sea Scrolls. I am writing a book on this topic and will have my manuscript printed and available for student use.)
Beaulieu, Paul-Alain. The reign of Nabonidus, King of Babylon, 556-539 B.C. New Haven: Yale University Press 1989. Cogan, Morton. Imperialism and Religion: Assyria, Judah, and Israel in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C.E. Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series, vol. 19. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press 1974. Gadd, C. J. The Fall of Nineveh: The Newly Discovered Babylonian Chronicle, No. 21,901, In the British Museum. London: British Museum 1923. Gallagher, William R. Sennacherib’s Campaign to Judah. Ed. by B. Halpern and M. H. E. Weippert. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, vol. XVIII. Leiden: Brill 1999. Gitin, Seymour. “The Neo-Assyrian Empire with its Western Periphery: The Levant, with a focus on Philistine Ekron.” In Assyria 1995, 77-103. Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project 1997. Grayson, Albert Kirk. Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles. Texts from cuneiform sources v. 5. Locust Valley, N.Y.: J. J. Augustin 1997. MacGinnis, J. D. A. “Ctesias and the Fall of Nineveh.” Sumer, 45: 40-43, 1987-1988. Machinist, Peter. “Assyria and Its Image in the First Isaiah.” Journal of the American Oriental Society, 103: 720-37, 1983. “The Fall of Assyria in Comparative Ancient Perspective.” In Assyria 1995, 179-95. Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project 1997. Parpola, S. and R. M. Whiting, editors. Assyria 1995: Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary Symposium of the Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, Helsinki September 7-11, 1995. Ed. by Simo Parpola. The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project. Reade, J. E. “Ninive (Niniveh),” 388-433. Reallexikon der Assyriologie, Bd 9, Lfg 5/6: Nimrud, Tal - Ninlil. Berlin: De Gruyter 2000. Schaudig, Hanspeter. Die Inschriften Nabonids von Babylon und Kyros’ des Grossen: Textausgabe und Grammatik. Alter Orient und Altes Testament, vol. 256. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag 2001. Scott, M. Louise and John MacGinnis. “Notes on Nineveh.” Iraq, 52: 63-73, 1990. Scurlock, J. A. “The Euphrates Flood and the Ashes of Nineveh.” Historia: Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte, 39: 382-84, 1990. Spieckermann, Hermann. Juda unter Assur in der Sargonidenzeit. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1982. Streck, Maximilian. Assurbanipal und die letzten assyrischen Könige bis zum Untergange Niniveh’s. Vorderasiatische Bibliothek 7. Stück. Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat 1916. Tetley, M. Christine. “The Date for Samaria’s Fall as a Reason for Rejecting the Hypothesis of Two Conquests.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 64: 59-77, 2002. Xenophon. Anabasis I-III. Trans. by Carleton Brownson and ed. by T. E. Page. The Loeb Classical Library, vol. 1. London: William Heinemann 1944. |
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syllabus |
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vyučující |
Michael Dick |
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kategorie |
dr, F |
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semestr |
ZS |
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počet hodin týdně (příp. jinak) |
2 |
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jazyk (u cizojaz.) |
English |
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numerus clausus |
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podmínka zápisu (kontrola či informace) |
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podmínka započtení / udělení kreditů |
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doba a místo konání |
Tuesday, 15:10–16:40, Room # 403 |
| URL předmětu |
http://www.etf.cuni.cz/kat-sz/ |