COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKKI ŞAH YASDIMAN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To provide students to understand the origin, development process, basic belief and practices of Today's Jewish Sects. And also to provide students to understand the differences among the Jewish Sects at present.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Sacha Stern, Ed., Sects and Sectarianism in Jewish History, Brill, Leiden, 2008.
2) Reuben Kaufman, Great Sects and Schisms in Judaism, J. David, 1967.
3) Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Judaism: History, Belief, and Practice, Routledge, 2004
4) Lawrence Fine & Ivan G. Marcus, Judaism in Practice: From the Middle Ages Through the Early Modern Period, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2001.
5) James Alan Montgemery, The Samaritans: The Earliest Jewish Sect, The J.C. Winston Co., 1907.
6) Alexei Sivertsev, Households, Sects, and the Origins of Rabbinic Judaism, Brill, 2005.
7) Eli W. Schlossberg, The World of Orthodox Judaism, Rowman & Littlefield Pub., Oxford, 2004.
8) Jeffrey S. Gurock, Orthodox Jews in America, Indiana Univ. Press, Indianapolis, 2009.
9) Reuven P. Bulka, Dimensions of Orthodox Judaism, Ktav Publishing House, 1983.
10) Neil Gillman, Conservative Judaism: The New Century, Behrman House, USA, 1993.
11) Robert Gordis, Understanding Conservative Judaism, Rabbinical Assembly, 1978.
12) Eugene B. Borowitz, Liberal Judaism, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1984.
13) John D. Rayner, Liberal Judaism: An Introduction, Liberal Jewish Synagogue, 1968.
David Sorkin, Moses Mendelssohn and the Religious Enlightenment, Peter Halban, London, 1996.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Brain Storming , Testing, Homework

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hammet.arslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes