Hist 282/JWST 234
History of the Jewish People I:
From the Bible to the end of the Middle Ages
Fall
2004
T/Th 9:30-10:20 AM
Instructors:
Hayim Lapin (Associate Professor), 2102Q FSK,
x54296; hl49@umail.umd.edu
Office Hours: Th 10:30-11:30
Elizabeth Connor (Graduate instructor, elizabethm32@yahoo.com):
Sections:
0104 (W. 11-11:50), 0105 (W. 10-10:50), 0106 (F. 1-1:50), and 0107 (F.
12-12:50)
Daniel Stotland (Graduate instructor, dstot@hotmail.com): Sections: 0101
(M.
11-11:50), 0102 (M. 10-10:50), 0103 (T. 2-2:50), and 0108 (Th.
2-2:50)
Requirements:
Quizzes:
On weeks
where there is no other assignment due you may expect a brief (5-10
minute)
quiz in section covering the readings due both in lecture and in
section.
Cumulatively, these will be worth 10% of the semester grade.
Writing Assignments: Two
written assignments, to be submitted for grading. These are described
at the
end of the syllabus. These are due in section during the week of September 13 and the week of
November
16. 15% each, 30% total.
Maps: Three
maps on the "Biblical," "Ancient," and "Medieval"
worlds. These will be worth 3% of the semester grade each. (Week of Sept. 21, Oct. 12, Nov. 9,
respectively.)
Midterm Exam:
Largely short answer, taken in class. 20% of the Semester grade.
Final Exam: Take-Home.
Final will include (1) information-based questions covering the period
after
the midterm; and (2) broad thematic essays that ask you to discuss a
topic,
theme, or problem over the course of the semester as a whole. 31% of
the
Semester Grade
Books ordered at the Bookstore:
Judith Baskin, ed., Jewish Women in
Historical
Perspective (=Jewish Women)
Adele Berlin, ed., Oxford Jewish Study Bible (=JSB)
David Biale, ed., Cultures of The Jews: A New History (=Cultures)
Barry
Holtz,
ed., Back to the Sources (=Back)
Link to
Lecture Notes on line.
Review Sheet/Study Guide
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Date |
Lecture |
Week's discussion and assignment |
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Aug. 31 |
Introduction to the Course |
Introduction to course,
chronology. Books of the Bible (Tanakh,
LXX): JSB
2076 (Table) Note chronological tables, JSB 2106-2113 |
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The Bible and the Origins of the Jewish People |
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Sept 2 |
1. What is Biblical Israel? JSB
2048-2062 Pardes, in Cultures, 9-43 Rosenberg, in Back, 31-82 |
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Sept. 7 |
2. Israelite Origins: Archaeology and Texts |
Callaway, Miller, "The Settlement in Canaan," in H. Shanks, Ancient Israel, 55-89. (Electronic Reserves) |
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Sept. 9 |
3. Kingdoms of Israel and Judah 1 Samuel 6-12 [pp. 571-583] 2 Samuel 1-5:3 [pp. 619-27] 1 Kings 11:25-14:31 [pp. 699-707] 2 Kings 17-19 [pp. 758-767] Psalm 89 [pp. 1381-1384] Psalm 132 [pp. 143-2] |
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Sept. 13 Makeup session |
4. Exile, Restoration 2 Kings 23:36-25:30 [pp. 775-779] Jeremiah 39-44 pp. [pp. 1005-1015] Ezra 1; 7; Nehemiah 10 [pp. 1671-1672,
1680-1682, 1704-1705] (10:1 is verse 9:38 in Christian Bibles) Zechariah 1-8 [pp. 1250-1258] |
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Sept. 14 |
5. Israel in the context of the Ancient Near East Hendel, in Cultures, 43-76 |
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Sept. 16 |
Rosh Hashanah-Class re-scheduled |
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Sept. 21 |
6. Religion of Israel, Religion of the Bible Nidich, in Jewish Women, 25-45 Greenstein, in Back, 83-103 |
Ezra 1 and Proclamation of Cyrus Ezra 1 [p. 1671-1672] Map 1 (handout) due in section |
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The Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods |
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Sept. 23 |
1. Conquest of Alexander and "Hellenization" Meyers, in Cultures, 135-180 |
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Sept. 27 Makeup session |
2. Hasmonean Revolt, the Herodian Era 1
Maccabees 1-5 2
Maccabees 3-5, 7 |
Jewish, Judaean Temples in
other places "Schism" of Jeroboam (1Kgs
11:25-14:31 [700-5] Oniad Temple in Egypt
(Josephus, War 1.1.1; 7.10.2-3; Antiquities, 13.3.1-3)
[scroll to the appropriate passage] |
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Sept. 28 |
3. Development and Growth of the Diaspora Gruen, in Cultures, 77-134 |
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Sept. 30 |
Sukkot (first day)-Class re-scheduled |
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Oct. 4 Makeup session |
4. End of the Bible/Birth of the Bible JSB
1829-1835, 1835-1844 Lichtenstein in Back, 105-127 |
Emperor Claudius and Josephus
on the Status of Jews in Alexandria Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 19.278-91 (handout) Claudius, Letter to the
Alexandrians (handout) |
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Oct. 5 |
5. End of the Bible/Birth of the Bible (cont'd) |
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Oct. 7 |
Shemini
Atseret--Class re-scheduled |
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Oct. 12 |
6. Religious and Sectarian Movements JSB
1920-1929 |
Midterm Exam Review |
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Oct. 14 |
7. Revolts against Rome in Palestine and
Diaspora, 66-135 Tacitus Histories
5.1-13 (class handout) Josephus (handout),
Cassius Dio, Eusebius selections
(handout) |
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Oct, 19 |
Midterm Exam--in class |
Tacitus's account of the Jews'
revolt against Rome: Tacitus Histories
5.1-13 |
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Jews and Judaism in Late Antiquity: the
Making of Classical Judaism |
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Oct. 21 |
1. Romanization and Christianization in
Palestine and the Roman Empire Irshai, in Cultures, 182-222. |
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Oct. 26 |
2. Jews in Mesopotamia Gafni, in Cultures 223-266. |
Laws of the Christian emperors.
(1) Some examples
; (2) a summary.
Beware of the editors' bias. |
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Oct. 28 |
3. Principal Texts of the Rabbinic Corpus Holtz, in Back, 177-212 |
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Nov. 2 |
4. Creation of Rabbinic Culture Wegner, in Jewish Women, 73-100. |
B. Bokser, Origins of the
Seder. (Electronic
Reserves) |
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Nov. 4 |
5. The "Other" Jews of Late Antiquity Kramer, in Women, 46-72 |
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Nov. 9 |
6. Synagogues and Liturgy Liturgy handout
(mat'l also in notes) Mintz, in Back, 403-429 |
Inscriptions
regarding women in late antiquity |
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Jews and Judaism in the Middle Ages |
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Nov. 11 |
1. Jews in the Formative Period of Islam Firestone, in Cultures, 267-302 |
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Nov. 16 |
2. A "Golden Age"? Scheindlin, in Cultures, 313-388. |
"Charters" for Jewish Charters
for communities in Christian Europe · Speyer
1084 Paper due in section (Handout) |
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Nov. 18 |
3. Jews in the World of Medieval Christendom Marcus, in Cultures, 449-518. |
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Nov. 23 |
6. Jewish Christian Disputation: Film |
Maimonides, Guide, "Parable of the Castle" Zohar, extract |
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Nov. 25 |
Thanksgiving: No Class |
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Nov. 30 |
4. Gender and Religion in Medieval Jewish Culture Handout
on medieval Jewry |
Greenstein, in Back, 213-260 |
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Dec. 2 |
5. Jewish Mysticism and Philosophy JSB
1948-1990 Samuelson, in Back, 261-304 Fine, in Back, 305-360 |
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Dec. 7 |
7. Christian Spain, Expulsions and New Horizons Gampel, in Cultures, 389-448 |
Final Exam Review |
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Dec. 9 |
Unfinished Business, Review |
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Final Exam Due: Saturday Dec, 18, 8:00 |
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