General information

• Study points: 4.00
• Language: English
• Category: Lectures
• Duration: 26.0 hours 
• Periodicity: Taught next academic year in the second semester
• POC: Facultaire onderwijscel Godgeleerdheid

Taught by

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Content

The course will discuss the different so-called “Rule-texts” found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, and explore what light they shed on the nature of the community behind the scrolls. In the course we will read these Rule Texts, notably the Rule of the Community (in its various versions), the Damascus Document, and the Rule of the Congregation. We will also look at the classical scholarly views on the relation between those rules, the connection to the Qumran-Essene hypothesis, as well as recent revisions of those theories.

Course Material

All material for the course will be available in the library or made accessible in the Course Library of the course in Toledo. 

Course activities

Students are expected to read the assigned readings, to work on small assignments related to the reading, to attend the seminars, and to actively participate in discussions.

Evaluation description

Examination type:
    oral with written preparation
When?: final examination during examination period
Evaluation type:
    Paper

Explanation

Students are required to write a short research paper, which will be discussed orally during examination week. This oral discussion will consist of a brief examination of the course material as well as feedback on the paper.
The evaluation is based on (a) the research paper; (b) the oral examination; (c) the student’s participation during the course.