Spring 2019  |  JWST 3502 Section 001: Ancient Israel: From Conquest to Exile (67786)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
HIST 3502 Section 001
CNES 3502 Section 001
CNES 5502 Section 001
RELS 3502 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Blegen Hall 140
Enrollment Status:
Open (0 of 5 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
Israelite history in context of what is known from Egyptian, Canaanite, and Mesopotamian sources. Focuses on issues raised by archaeological data related to Israelite conquest of Canaan. prereq: Knowledge of Hebrew not required, 3501 recommended
Class Description:
Israel and Judah were not states of great importance in the ancient Near East. Their population, territory, and economy were small, and they could not resist conquest by larger, more powerful states like Assyria and Rome. Yet their ancient history has outsize significance. The historical experiences of the people of ancient Israel and Judah were transmogrified in literary form into the Hebrew Bible (Old Testatment), which became the foundation and wellspring for much of Western and Islamic civilization. Innumerable aspects of modern history and culture are predicated on some element of Israel's ancient past, as mediated to us through the Bible; so it behooves us to understand that past. But the Bible is a religious work, not a transcript of events, and it is not the only source of information about ancient Israel. Archaeological excavations have revealed the physical remains of the cultures of Israel and neighboring lands, as well as bringing to light documents, inscriptions, and literary works produced by these cultures. This course treats the history of ancient Israel and Judah from the Late Bronze Age through the period of Roman rule, on the basis of archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources. Historical study entails inquiring into the ideology of the sources, including the Bible. Implicit in the methods of inquiry are questions about how historical knowledge is created. Students taking the course for graduate credit will do additional reading and a research paper.
Grading:
20% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
15% Class Participation
Exam Format:
Essays, short IDs, maps
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Discussion
Workload:
75 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
4 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: Quizzes and short writing assignments
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67786/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
27 November 2018

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