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Lecturer(s)
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Soukupová Blanka, doc. PhDr. CSc.
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Tydlitátová Věra, Mgr. Th.D.
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Course content
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1. Human position in the Middle Eastern world, Canaan culture, emphasis on fertility, issues of life after death 2. Man, family, tribe and religion in antiquity, tribal unions (amphictyonies) centred around a common shrine 3. Pre-Israel monotheism (Atonism, Henanism of Canaan tribes) 4. The origin of ethical monotheism, holy scriptures and the discovery of man as an individual and his responsibility 5. Ethics in the teaching of prophets 6. The position of man in the world by rabbi authorities, freedom, holiness, solidarity, responsibility, modern interpretation by M. Buber and E. Levinas. 7. Mystics, man as a microcosm, the influence of man on the fate of the world 8. Hasidism and discovery of joy as the principle of holiness, devekut, cadik 9. Holidays: agricultural origin, historical story, ritual, community, commerce 10. Family rituals, transition rituals, identity x assimilation 11. Judaism after the Shoah, searching for meaning, good and evil, theodicy 12. Judaism as a modern world religion and its dialogue with other cultures 13. Jews in modern times: a religious, national minority, or a community of destiny? 14. Relation to Judaism: from the theological point of view to the national point of view 15. A variable and structured relationship to the Jewish homeland (Palestine) and to the Jewish state 16. The role of remembrance in Judaism as a basis for the emergence of modern Jewish history 17. The Jewish family in the concept of traditional Judaism and in modern times. The problem of Christian-Jewish marriages. 18. Traditional and modern Jewish model of upbringing and education 19. Modern Jewish National School 20. Traditional Jewish holiday and its changes in modern and postmodern times 21. Jewish cuisine: tradition, modernization and (in)tolerance 22. The economic potential of Jews in modern times: from traditional occupations to pioneers of economic development
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 38 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to know the history of the Jewish people and Judaism |
| Skills |
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| - to work individually with study materials - to use effectively modern information technology. |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to demonstrate a basic overview of important features of Judaism, its specifics - to interpret the position of man in Judaism from an anthropological perspective - to classify Judaism as a historical, cultural and religious phenomenon in human culture. |
| Skills |
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| - to write professional text, to present a lecture on the relevant topic of the framework. |
| Competences |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Textual studies |
| Skills demonstration |
| Lecture |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar classes |
| Skills |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Students' portfolio |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Individual study |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Oral exam |
| Skills |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Oral exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Lancaster, Brian. Judaismus. Praha : Ikar, 2000. ISBN 80-7202-704-2.
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Newman, Ja'akov; Sivan, Gavri'el; Nosek, Bedřich; Ziss, Daniel; Pavlát, Leo. Judaismus od A do Z : slovník pojmů a termínů. Praha : Sefer, 1992. ISBN 80-900895-3-4.
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Pěkný, Tomáš. Historie Židů : v Čechách a na Moravě. Praha : Sefer, 2001. ISBN 80-85924-33-1.
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Putík, Alexandr; Sixtová, Olga. Dějiny Židů v Čechách a na Moravě. I, Od počátků po emancipaci : [Maiselova synagoga. Praha : Židovské muzeum v Praze, 2005. ISBN 80-86889-00-9.
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Sadek, Vladimír. Židé - dějiny a kultura. Praha : Židovské muzeum, 1997. ISBN 80-85608-17-0.
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Stern, Marc. Svátky v životě židů : vzpomínání, slavení, vyprávění. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2002. ISBN 80-7021-551-8.
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