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Blockveranstaltung: Medieval Jewish Commentaries of the Hebrew Bible - Details
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Course name Blockveranstaltung: Medieval Jewish Commentaries of the Hebrew Bible
Subtitle (Prof. Dr. Robert Harris - Jewish Theological Seminary New York / Gesenius-Gastprofessor 2018 an der Theologischen Fakultät)
Semester SS 2018
Current number of participants 5
Home institute Theologische Fakultät
Courses type Blockveranstaltung in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Tuesday, 22.05.2018 17:00 - 18:30, Room: (Seminarraum E (Geseniuszimmer))
Pre-requisites Gute Hebräischkenntnisse
SWS 2

Rooms and times

(Seminarraum E (Geseniuszimmer))
Tuesday, 22.05.2018 17:00 - 18:30
Wednesday, 23.05.2018 - Thursday, 24.05.2018 09:00 - 18:00
Friday, 25.05.2018 09:00 - 14:00

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Comment/Description

With the printing of the so-called Rabbinic Bible, the "Mikra'ot Gedolot" (literally "Great Scriptures"), in the 16th century, some of the medieval Jewish commentaries on the text of the Hebrew Bible became "classical" and formative within Judaism, and they certainly belong to the most influential texts of rabbinic Judaism until today. It should be noted, however, that the Mikra'ot Gedolot contains only a few of these commentaries, although admittedly some of the most important and most interesting, and the commentary literature is in fact much more entensive. Prof. Robert Harris, a world-leading specialist of this literature, will provide a detailed overview over this vast literature, both from the Mikra'ot Gedolot and beyond, offering not only deep and nuanced insights into the intellectual world of medieval Judaism, but also opening fascinating and often unique new perspectives on the Biblical text itself.
The seminar is conducted as a joint reading, analyzis and discussion of the commentaries of different authors, from the Hebrew original. The source will be provided to the partipants.
Students interested in participating at this course are kindly advised to take part also in the weekly "Oberseminar".