Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period

The course is taught by a mixture of tutorials and classes. Tutorials will normally consist in one-to-one discussion with a tutor of your written work. The general paper on Jewish history and institutions is taught entirely by a series of weekly tutorials (usually eight) in this manner. The classes provide instruction in the translation and interpretation of most but not necessarily all of the set texts which you are required to study for your specialised papers. General questions about these texts are discussed in tutorials.

• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Mishnah
• Midrash
• Targum
• Septuagint
• Hellenistic Jewish Literature

Teaching for the general paper and the specialised papers which you will have chosen, is carried out in the first two terms of the course. The third term is set aside for revision, although this may sometimes include further tutorials for consolidation.

For the examination, the following papers will be set:

I. Essay questions on Jewish History and Institutions from 200BC – AD135.
II-IV. Prescribed texts - passages for translation and comment and essay questions (a passage or passages for unprepared translation may also be set) on three of the following: