COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCRITURE STUDIES: SEMITIC RELIGIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5197 SCRITURE STUDIES: SEMITIC RELIGIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI IHSAN YITIK

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To learn sacred texts of Semitic religions and to see their formation and canonization processes

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn formation and canonization process of Torah
2   Learn Torah texts and their contents
3   Perceive the relation berween Torah and Talmud
4   Learn canonic gospels and their contents
5   Learn New Testament texts and their contents
6   Perceivie common and different aspects of Semitic religions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sacred texts of Judaism
2 Torah: formation process
3 Content of Torah
4 Talmud
5 Kabbala ve Zohar
6 Sacred texts of Christianity
7 New Testament texts
8 Mid-term exam
9 Gospels
10 Letters
11 Revelation
12 Apocripha: Barnabas
13 Koran
14 Common themes in Koran, Torah and Gospels

Recomended or Required Reading

Baki Adam, Yahudi Kaynaklarına Göre Tevrat, Ankara 2001.
J. W. Rogerson, An Introduction to the Bible, Penguin.
Richard E. Friedman, Kutsal Kitab'ı Kim Yazdı , Istanbul 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, question-answer, home reading

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of attendant is examined by examination and lecture performances

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.yitik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

friday 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.13345
LO.23345
LO.33345
LO.43345
LO.53345
LO.63345