(in Polish) Ancient Egypt and the Bible

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Course ID:	WT-DTE-WJAE
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Ancient Egypt and the Bible
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Theology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	enter learning outcome code/codes
Short description:	Level: Basic – introductory. Aims: The aim of the course is to present the long history of ancient Egypt and its relations with the Bible. It focuses on the relationship between Egypt and ancient Israel and the possible influence Egypt had on the Bible, also from a cultural point of view. It depicts Egypt in the Bible and history of Jewish diaspora in Egypt in different historical periods. Preliminary requirements: -
Full description:	The merits: 1. Geography and topography of Egypt. Periodization of ancient Egyptian history. 2. History of ancient Egypt. Prehistorical and archaic periods. Old Kingdom. First Intermediate Period. 3. History of ancient Egypt (II). Middle Kingdom. Second Intermediate Period/ Hyksos. 4. History of ancient Egypt (III). New Kingdom. Third Intermediate Period. 5.History of ancient Egypt (IV). Egypt under the Persian rule. Egypt in Hellenistic and Roman periods. 6. Egypt in the Bible. Geography of Egypt according to the Biblical texts. 7. Egypt in the Bible (II). View of Egypt and its institutions in different biblical texts. 8. First contacts between Israel and Egypt: from legend to history. 9. Palestine under the Egyptian rule in the New Kongdom period. 10. Moses and History of the Exodus (from Egypt). 11. From David to Jeremiah: relations between Egypt and Israel in the monarchic (united and divided) periods. Egypt as place of refuge during the Babilonian exile period. History of Jewish diaspora in Egypt in the Persian period. 12. Religion of ancient Egypt. Literature of ancient Egypt. 13. Influence of Egyptian wisdom and poetry on the Bible. 14. Hellenistic diaspora of the Israelites in Egypt and its achievements. Greek Bible (Septuagint). 15. Jews in Egypt in the Roman period. Egypt in the New Testament.
Bibliography:	Chosen bibliography: - I. SHAW, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford 2000. - P. MONTET, Egypt and the Bible. People, Places and Customs, 1968. - J. MÉLÈZE-MODRZEJEWSKI,The Jews of Egypt – from Ramses II to Emperor Hadrian, Princeton 1997. - N. GRIMAL, The History of Ancient Egypt,1992. - Other books and articles presented during the academic year.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Methods of evaluation: Presence on lectures. Exam at the end of semester.

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