Israel. From God's Covenant to the Abraham Accords
| Title | Ισραήλ. Από την Διαθήκη του Θεού στις Συμφωνίες του Αβραάμ / Israel. From God's Covenant to the Abraham Accords |
| Code | Γ4 |
| Faculty | Theology |
| School | Theology |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Timoleon Galanis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600026628 |
Programme of Study: PMS THrīskeía, Geōpolitikī kai Diethnīs Asfáleia
Registered students: 63
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 3 | 2 | 7.5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600277197
|
Type Of Offer
- Disciplinary Course
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600277197
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/enrol/index.php?id=20417
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
Describe with critical insight and detail the major events and developments in the history, theology, and literature of Judaism.
Delve deeper into the ethnic, cultural, and religious groups of Judaism as they have developed over the centuries.
Manage historical knowledge and perspectives to understand complex and multifaceted forms of identity, issues of intercultural diversity and integration related to Jewish religious identity in the Diaspora and Israel.
Develop arguments that reexamine conventional scientific and popular perceptions.
Use primary and secondary sources, libraries, and relevant new technologies to study the history and theology of Judaism and its role in the political and social life of the modern state of Israel.
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
In the book of Genesis, God makes a Covenant with Abraham and appoints him to be the father of many nations. In the modern world (2020), with the Abraham Accords, Arab Gulf states recognized the sovereignty of Israel, allowing for the establishment of diplomatic relations. The signed text recognizes the geopolitical role of religion, since the Accords are also made for “the promotion of interfaith and intercultural dialogue and peace between the three Abrahamic religions.” The content of the course is the Religious Prehistory of the modern state of Israel, recognized on its territory, as the partner of the Accords.
1. The Beginnings. Abraham as Father of Many Nations and the Promise of the Land.
2. David & Solomon. A Kingdom from the Nile to the Euphrates?
3. Israel and Judah. Two Kingdoms, One God - One Nation.
4. Hasmonaean Judea and the Shadow of Rome: An Era of Revolutions, Civil Unrest and Instability.
5. "Revelation Now": The Phenomenon of Jewish Apocalypse and Its Era.
6. Judaism of the Rabbis or Talmudic Judaism.
7. The Jewish Diaspora. Romaniotes. Sephardim, Ashkenazi, Mizrahi.
8. The Old Testament tradition in Thessaloniki and the image of the Jew through the sources and Byzantine monuments.
9. Ecclesia et Synagoga. Aspects of Anti-Judaism in the Middle Ages.
10. Crusades. The Jews between the cross and the crescent.
10. Shabbatai Zvi, Yaakov Frank. Hasidism, Ηaskala.
11. Zionism. Holocaust. The founding of the state of Israel.
12. Ethnoreligious & linguistic groups in the modern state of Israel.
13. Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism.
Keywords
Israel. Judaism, Hebrew Bible, Zionism, Anti-Semitism, Diaspora, Rabbis, Talmud
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Part of the teaching is done remotely. Audiovisuals through the principle and in distance and life teaching.
Teachers and students communicate through the university's electronic platforms through students who have access to various materials - assignments and are evaluated electronically.
Visit to the Biblical Museum of the School of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Contact with objects of the religious tradition of Judaism.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | |||
| Seminars | 19 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | ✓ | ||||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | |||||
| Exams | ✓ | ||||
| Total | 58 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Oral Exams (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Report (Formative, Summative)
Last Update
29-10-2025
