Geography, Topography and History of the Bible Lands (Syro-Palestine)

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Course ID:	WT-DTKB-GTP
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:	Geography, Topography and History of the Bible Lands (Syro-Palestine)
Name in Polish:	Geografia, topografia i historia krajów biblijnych (Syro-Palestyna)
Organizational unit:	Institute of General 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:	Polish
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	enter learning outcome code/codes
Short description:	LECTURE: Level of the course: basic - introductory Aims: The aim of the course is a detailed presentation of geography, topography and some elements of historical geography of the Syro-Palestinian region. The course is also an introduction to a long and complex history of these lands in antiquity: according to the Bible (the perspective of ancient Israel) and its non-Israeli residents. In this respect, the lecture only introduces the subject, which will be deepened at other courses of specialization. The lecture is an introduction to the topic of multidimensional complexity of these lands, which makes Syro-Palestine so interesting and so willingly visited by tourists and pilgrims of all faiths. In the same time it is an introduction to the most important monuments and sites of the Holy Land. Preliminary requirements: - CLASSES:
Full description:	LECTURE: Course contents: 1. Geography of the Syro-Palestinian region. Maps. 2. Elements of the historical geography of Syro-Palestine. 3. Topography of Syro-Palestine with detailed information about important places and monuments of the region. 4. Topography of Syro-Palestine with detailed information about important places and monuments of the region (II). 5. Topography of Syro-Palestine with detailed information about important places and monuments of the region (III). 6. History of ancient Palestine according to the Bible (introduction). 7. Non-Israeli inhabitants of Syro-Palestine in antiquity (introduction). 8. The most important Christian sites in the Holy Land (introduction; movie).
Bibliography:	LECTURE: Basic literature: - S. JANKOWSKI, Geografia biblijna, Warszawa 2007. - Starożytny Izrael, red. H. SHANKS, przekł. W. Chrostowski, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Vocatio", Warszawa 2007. - Atlas biblijny. Supplementary literature: - A. ZIÓŁKOWSKI, Historia powszechna. Starożytność, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2009. - M. JACZYNOWSKA, D. MUSIAŁ, M. STĘPIEŃ, Historia starożytna, Wydawnictwo "Trio", Warszawa 1999, s. 29-78 oraz s. 132-144 oraz s. 156-166. - K. PILARCZYK, J. DRABINA, Religie starożytnego Bliskiego Wschodu, Wydawnictwo WAM, Kraków 2008, s. 261-312. - A. TSCHIRSCHNITZ, Dzieje ludów biblijnych, Warszawa 1994, s. 127-164. - M. GRANT, Dawne dzieje Izraela, przekł. J Schwakopf, PIW, Warszawa 1991.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	LECTURE: - Participation in lecture and classes: 30 hours (15 hours for lecture; 15 hours for classes); preparation for classes: 15 hours; preparation for the final exam: 15 hours; totally: 60 hours (2 ECTS points)
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	LECTURE: --

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