關於此課程：The Talmud is one of the richest and most complicated works of literature the world has ever known. Since being composed around 1500 years ago it has inspired not only religious reverence but significant intellectual engagement. In this course learners will be introduced to the unique characteristics of this text and the challenges that inhere in studying it while studying a chapter of the Talmud. Students of the course can expect to develop an appreciation for how the Talmud works and why it continues to inspire religious and intellectual devotion. They will be challenged to employ critical reading skills and to analyze legal and historical concepts.
製作方： Northwestern University
教學方： Barry Scott Wimpfheimer , Associate Professor
Religious Studies
| 承諾學習時間 | 8 weeks of study, 1-2 hours/week |
| 語言 | English, 字幕：Romanian |
| 如何通過 | 通過所有計分作業以完成課程。 |
| 用戶評分 |
授課大綱
第 1 週
Introducing the Talmud
The Talmud is a canonical work of Jewish literature that collects the ideas and arguments of rabbis who lived between the first and eighth centuries CE. This module explains the basics of how the Talmud was composed, why the Talmud matters and how it is accessed today.
5 個視頻, 9 個閱讀材料
- 阅读: Meet Your Professors
- 阅读: Grading & Logistics
- 阅读: Additional Resources
- 阅读: Special Thanks & Permissions
- 阅读: Full Glossary
- 視頻: Video 1 Why Study Talmud?
- 阅读: Module 1 Glossary
- 阅读: Module 1 Rabbi Genealogy & Maps
- 視頻: Video 2 Where Does the Talmud Come From?
- 阅读: Video 2 Texts & Translations
- 視頻: Video 3 How the Talmud Works-An Overview
- 阅读: Video 3 Texts & Translations
- 視頻: Video 4 The Talmud's Interpreters
已評分: Module 1 Quiz
第 2 週
False Testimony From Bible to Rabbis
The Talmud relies heavily on the authority and substance of its canonical predecessor, the Hebrew Bible. This module charts a trajectory from the biblical origins of the treatment of false testimony in Deuteronomy through its treatment within the second temple apocryphal book Susannah and the early Rabbinic law code, the Mishnah.
4 個視頻, 5 個閱讀材料
- 阅读: Module 2 Glossary
- 阅读: Video 5 Text & Translations
- 視頻: Video 6 Evolution of Testimony Scenarios in Biblical, Second Temple and Rabbinic Literature
- 阅读: Video 6 Texts & Translations
- 視頻: Video 7 Overview of Mishnah - What it is and how it works
- 阅读: Video 7 Texts & Translations
- 視頻: Video 8 How Was the Mishnah Organized
- 阅读: Video 8 Texts & Translations
已評分: Module 2 Quiz
第 3 週
Reading the Bible & Rabbinic Logic
Interpretation is a major component of Rabbinic literature and the Talmud. This module introduces the specific features of Rabbinic interpretation of the Hebrew Bible—its assumptions and its reading tools.
3 個視頻, 4 個閱讀材料
- 阅读: Video 9 Texts & Translations
- 阅读: Module 3 Glossary
- 視頻: Video 10 Using Logic in Reading Critically
- 阅读: Video 10 Texts & Translations
- 視頻: Video 11 Reading the Bible Like a Rabbi
- 阅读: Video 11 Texts & Translations
已評分: Module 3 Quiz
第 4 週
Redaction & Textual Witnesses
Textual Criticism is a form of reading that looks to explain the meaning of a text by figuring out aspects of its composition history. This module will show how Talmudic passages are typically constructed and what scholars can do to figure out the original meaning of a text.
3 個視頻, 4 個閱讀材料
- 阅读: Video12 Texts & Translations
- 阅读: Module 4 Glossary
- 視頻: Video 13 How Loyally Were Materials Transmitted
- 阅读: Video 13 Texts & Translations
- 視頻: Video 14 How Redactors Built a Talmudic Passage
- 阅读: Video 14 Texts & Translations
已評分: Module 4 Quiz
第 5 週
The Stam as Reader and Writer
The historical range of the different centuries of rabbinic literature makes it possible to take note of changes in the ways the different rabbis thought about the Bible and law. This module will demonstrate how later rabbis have a more abstract way of thinking about law while simultaneously having a more restrictive way of reading the Bible.
3 個視頻, 3 個閱讀材料
- 阅读: Video 15 Texts & Translations
- 阅读: Module 5 Glossary
- 視頻: Video16a What is Legal Midrash?
- 視頻: Video 16b Mah Hatzad: Applying a Rabbinic Logical Tool
- 阅读: Video 16b Texts & Translations
已評分: Module 5 Quiz
第 6 週
Tosefta, Tannaitic Midrash and Palestinian Talmud
Rabbinic literature consists of multiple works in three genres—Midrash, Mishnah and Talmud. This module introduces each of these different genres with a comparative analysis of texts related to false testimony in works of each type.
4 個視頻, 5 個閱讀材料
- 阅读: Module 6 Glossary
- 阅读: Video 17 Texts & Translations
- 視頻: Video 18 Mishnah-Tannaitic Midrash Comparison
- 阅读: Video 18 Texts & Translations
- 視頻: Video 19 Palestinian Talmud
- 阅读: Video 19 Texts & Translations
- 視頻: Video 20 Rabbis and Romans
- 阅读: Video 20 Texts & Translations
已評分: Module 6 Quiz
第 7 週
Narrative and History
The Talmud contains many stories that feature historical figures from the rabbinic period. In this module we will demonstrate the difficulty of reading these stories as history and model the use of literary tools for reading such materials.
3 個視頻, 4 個閱讀材料
- 阅读: Video 21 Texts & Translations
- 阅读: Module 7 Glossary
- 視頻: Video 22 From Sects to Rabbis
- 阅读: Video 22 Texts & Translations
- 視頻: Video 23 Parallel Narratives
- 阅读: Video 23 Texts & Translations
已評分: Module 7 Quiz
第 8 週
Conclusion
While some of the material we have studied is unsettling, we need to bear in mind that much of it is rabbinic idealization or fantasy. This module goes through both the fantasy of rabbinic power and the realities of the importance of the Talmud in the post-Talmudic age.
3 個視頻, 3 個閱讀材料
- 阅读: Video 24 Texts & Translations
- 阅读: Module 8 Glossary
- 視頻: Video 25 Reception and Impact
- 阅读: Video 25 Texts & Translations
- 視頻: The Talmud MOOC - Live!
已評分: Module 8 Quiz
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製作方
Northwestern University
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評分和審閱
Es gratamente impresionante que gente joven este preparada y se vea la fluidez con la que trata el tema, ya que este es parte de su vida, felicitaciones a ambos profesores.
Great introduction to Talmudic understanding. I enjoyed learning from both a man and a woman, where traditionally and sadly only men were teaching Talmud. Regardless if you are Jewish or not, this course teaches the origin of "practical religion".
This was a great course! I hope there will come a continuation to this. I certainly will join in. I am inspired to do more study of Talmud myself and can recommend to everybody interested in Talmud to take this course. It is best way to spend your time! Big compliments to the makers of it.
KW
Exactly what I was hoping for in this class - a thorough introduction to Talmud and its associated literature, and a peek at how the material is parsed and has been understood by its readers and editors. Thanks so much!