109-454 Jerusalem in Jewish Literature

Formerly available as 109-020. Students who have completed 109-020 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year combined honours in Jewish studies.

This subject involves the advanced study of Jewish literary texts - classical, medieval and modern - with special concern for the theme and literary representations in poetry and in prose, of the Heavenly and the Earthly Jerusalem. Attention is also given to major topics in the critical tradition of reading Jewish texts. Students will encounter contemporary authors and poets such as A Oz, A B Yehoshua and Y Amichai. On completion of the subject students should have acquired a deeper and more extensive understanding of the character of Jewish literature throughout its history; and have developed critical skills in its analysis and interpretation.