The Talmud is one of the richest and most complicated works of literature the world has ever known. Since being composed around 1500 years ago it has inspired not only religious reverence but significant intellectual engagement. In this course learners will be introduced to the unique characteristics of this text and the challenges that inhere in studying it while studying a chapter of the Talmud. Students of the course can expect to develop an appreciation for how the Talmud works and why it continues to inspire religious and intellectual devotion. They will be challenged to employ critical reading skills and to analyze legal and historical concepts.
The Talmud: A Methodological Introduction
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Universidade Northwestern
Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
Semana
1Introducing the Talmud
The Talmud is a canonical work of Jewish literature that collects the ideas and arguments of rabbis who lived between the first and eighth centuries CE. This module explains the basics of how the Talmud was composed, why the Talmud matters and how it is accessed today.
5 vídeos (total de (Total 33 mín.) min), 9 leituras, 1 teste
5 videos
Introduction4min
Video 1 Why Study Talmud?5min
Video 2 Where Does the Talmud Come From?5min
Video 3 How the Talmud Works-An Overview6min
Video 4 The Talmud's Interpreters11min
9 leituras
Meet Your Professors10min
Grading & Logistics10min
Additional Resources10min
Special Thanks & Permissions10min
Full Glossary10min
Module 1 Glossary10min
Module 1 Rabbi Genealogy & Maps10min
Video 2 Texts & Translations10min
Video 3 Texts & Translations10min
1 exercício prático
Module 1 Quiz12min
Semana
2False Testimony From Bible to Rabbis
The Talmud relies heavily on the authority and substance of its canonical predecessor, the Hebrew Bible. This module charts a trajectory from the biblical origins of the treatment of false testimony in Deuteronomy through its treatment within the second temple apocryphal book Susannah and the early Rabbinic law code, the Mishnah.
4 vídeos (total de (Total 31 mín.) min), 5 leituras, 1 teste
4 videos
Video 6 Evolution of Testimony Scenarios in Biblical, Second Temple and Rabbinic Literature8min
Video 7 Overview of Mishnah - What it is and how it works6min
Video 8 How Was the Mishnah Organized8min
5 leituras
Module 2 Glossary10min
Video 5 Text & Translations10min
Video 6 Texts & Translations10min
Video 7 Texts & Translations10min
Video 8 Texts & Translations10min
1 exercício prático
Module 2 Quiz12min
Semana
3Reading the Bible & Rabbinic Logic
Interpretation is a major component of Rabbinic literature and the Talmud. This module introduces the specific features of Rabbinic interpretation of the Hebrew Bible—its assumptions and its reading tools.
3 vídeos (total de (Total 28 mín.) min), 4 leituras, 1 teste
3 videos
Video 10 Using Logic in Reading Critically7min
Video 11 Reading the Bible Like a Rabbi9min
4 leituras
Video 9 Texts & Translations10min
Module 3 Glossary10min
Video 10 Texts & Translations10min
Video 11 Texts & Translations10min
1 exercício prático
Module 3 Quiz10min
Semana
4Redaction & Textual Witnesses
Textual Criticism is a form of reading that looks to explain the meaning of a text by figuring out aspects of its composition history. This module will show how Talmudic passages are typically constructed and what scholars can do to figure out the original meaning of a text.
3 vídeos (total de (Total 26 mín.) min), 4 leituras, 1 teste
3 videos
Video 13 How Loyally Were Materials Transmitted7min
Video 14 How Redactors Built a Talmudic Passage7min
4 leituras
Video12 Texts & Translations10min
Module 4 Glossary10min
Video 13 Texts & Translations10min
Video 14 Texts & Translations10min
1 exercício prático
Module 4 Quiz8min
Melhores avaliações
por AP•Feb 18th 2019
Great way of introducing a topic as complex as the Talmud. It was surely amazing to have such course instructors who can rarely be matched both in eloquence and erudition. Overall it was fun!
por KR•Jan 20th 2017
Best course I've experienced on Coursera so far! Really engaging and not 'dumbed down'. Fantastic and charismatic professor and assistant. Already recommended the course to many friends.
Instrutores
Barry Scott Wimpfheimer
Associate ProfessorReligious Studies
Sobre Universidade Northwestern
Northwestern University is a private research and teaching university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, and Doha, Qatar. Northwestern combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries.
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