Post-biblical Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture

Course objectives

The course - provides students with knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical-problematic, and practical aspects of the discipline; it offers regional and thematic perspectives in which research projects relevant to the discipline are active or may be developed; it highlights the diversity of fields in which disciplinary skills can be applied (descriptor 1); - develops the student’s independent ability to relate what has been learned to other academic fields (SSDs): historical, literary, artistic, cultural heritage, economic, political, historical-religious, etc. (descriptor 2); - enables students to apply the acquired knowledge and specific terminology in the context of so-called “transferable skills” (independent judgment, communication skills, descriptors 3–5).

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FABRIZIO LELLI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Introduction to Post-Biblical Judaism. History of Judaism in the First Centuries of the Common Era. The Languages ​​of the Jews in the First Centuries of the Common Era. Literary Genres. Reading and Translation of Selected Midrashic Texts. Post-Biblical Judaism and its Influence of/on Other Cultures.
Prerequisites
No prerequisite
Books
Boccaccini, G. 1991. Middle Judaism: Jewish Thought, 300 B.C.E. to 200 C.E., Minneapolis, Fortress Press. McNamara, M. 1972. Targum and Testament, Shannon, Irish University Press. Neusner, J. - Avery Peck A.J. (eds.) 2004. The Routledge Dictionary of Judaism, New York - London, Routledge. Saenz-Badillos, A. 1993. A History of the Hebrew Language, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Additional materials will be handed out in class or uploaded on Classroom.
Frequency
Class attendance
Exam mode
Oral Exam
Lesson mode
Class lessons with use of audiovisual materials. Class discussions on materials handed out. Possible interaction with Hebrew native guest teachers.
  • Lesson code10621563
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseCultures and Religions
  • CurriculumCurriculum unico
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDL-OR/08
  • CFU6