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Identical coursesForeigners and minorities in multicultural Babylonia in the first millennium BCE (B-KUL-F0XZ6A)
Abraham Kathleen | N. Aims
This course is targeted at equipping the student with a thorough knowledge of the multicultural foundations of Babylonian society in the first millennium BCE.
After this course, the students are acquainted with the scholarly literature dealing with multiculturalism and ethnicity in Babylonia, and the original textual material on which this literature is based, and are able to pursue independent research on selected topics in the field.
Is included in these courses of study
- Master in de taal- en letterkunde (Leuven) 60 ects.
- Master in de geschiedenis van de oudheid (Leuven) 60 ects.
- Master in de taal- en letterkunde: verkort programma derde taal (Leuven) (Taalmodule Hebreeuws) 30 ects.
- Educatieve master in de cultuurwetenschappen (Leuven) (Optie geschiedenis van de oudheid) 120 ects.
- Educatieve master in de talen (Leuven) 120 ects.
Activities
6 ects. Foreigners and minorities in multicultural Babylonia in the first millennium BCE (B-KUL-F0XZ6a)
Content
The focus is on the integration of the Judean minority in Babylonian in exilic and post-exilic times. Clay tablets written in Akkadian in cuneiform script are a major source of information concerning Judaism in the said periods.They enable us to get some idea of what happened to the Judean exiles and their descendants upon their arrival in Babylon, during the 70 years of their captivity in Babylonia, and after Cyrus the Great granted them permission to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their Temple.
Language of instruction: more information
This course will be taught in English so that students will acquire skills in scientific English and in order to allow international students to participate in this specialised course in a field that belongs to the course instructor's primary research interests.
Format: more information
Guided reading in class and discussions on selected themes. Weekly reading assignments designed to support students in developing scientific competence. Presentions by the student.
Evaluation
Evaluation: Foreigners and minorities in multicultural Babylonia in the first millennium BCE (B-KUL-F2XZ6a)
Explanation
Evaluation is based on the student's active participation during classes throughout the semester (50%), on the one hand, and a paper that examines a central ethnographic topic (50%), on the other hand. (S)he will have to prepare texts at home, read scientific studies and make oral presentations during the semester. Students should hand in a first draft of their paper in the tenth week of the semester, and will receive feedback form the course instructor. The paper's final version should be handed in on the first Monday of the exam period.
Information about retaking exams
Evaluation is fully based on a new paper. A new topic to write the paper on will be assigned.