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What is the role of children, boys and girls, in Judaism? Although the religious education of children in the family has always been a major concern in Judaism, children are rarely presented as role models in the Hebrew Bible. Since Hellenistic-Roman times (in Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament) we can see more attention being paid to children, which led Jews (and Christians) to stress the importance of schooling and formal education even outside the family. Children however were not recognized as autonomous until the nineteenth century, when Jews and Christians in Europe and the United States got involved in the general cultural debate on children's rights, which also led to the establishment of the first youth organizations. The course will focus in particular on the "ideal" role that Jews attributed to children based on their reading and rereading of ancient scriptures, and on the Holocaust as a very special chapter in the experience of the Jewish child, when thousands of children in total abandonment found themselves forced to take their destiny in their own hands, in the struggle to survive, in hiding, in ghettoes or concentration camps.
What is the role of children, boys and girls, in Judaism? Although the religious education of children in the family has always been a major concern in Judaism, children are rarely presented as role models in the Hebrew Bible. Since Hellenistic-Roman times (in Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament) we can see more attention being paid to children, which led Jews (and Christians) to stress the importance of schooling and formal education even outside the family. Children however were not recognized as autonomous until the nineteenth century, when Jews and Christians in Europe and the United States got involved in the general cultural debate on children's rights, which also led to the establishment of the first youth organizations. The course will focus in particular on the "ideal" role that Jews attributed to children based on their reading and rereading of ancient scriptures, and on the Holocaust as a very special chapter in the experience of the Jewish child, when thousands of children in total abandonment found themselves forced to take their destiny in their own hands, in the struggle to survive, in hiding, in ghettoes or concentration camps.


== Syllabus ==
====  ====


(A) The Bible
(A) The Bible
General information


* The Binding of Isaac (Child sacrifice)
* The Binding of Isaac (Child sacrifice)


====  ====
(-) Children in the Hebrew Bible (I and II)
The Obedient child
The Obedient child
* Young Ishmael
* Young Ishmael
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* Young Samuel (1:23-2:11) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNoeawBth7w The Call of Samuel - Moody Bible Story] (6m)
* Young Samuel (1:23-2:11) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNoeawBth7w The Call of Samuel - Moody Bible Story] (6m)


Christian Origins
* Child Mary
* Child John the Baptist
* [[Child Jesus]]
* [[Suffer Little Children]] (Jesus and the Children)


====  ====


(B) The Diaspora
(B) The Diaspora


Living in an Hostile World (The Pious Child)
<-> Living in an Hostile World (The Pious Child)


*From Daniel to the present
*From Daniel to the present
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*S. Dominic Savio, 14 years (1857
*S. Dominic Savio, 14 years (1857


[[Fiery Furnace of Babylon]]


The Child martyr  
A dangerous world for children (
 
<-> The Child martyr  


*From the maccabees to the present (Kiddush Ha-Shem)
*From the maccabees to the present (Kiddush Ha-Shem)
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancras_of_Rome St. Pancras of Rome (Sanctus Pancratius)] (304)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancras_of_Rome St. Pancras of Rome (Sanctus Pancratius)] (304)


==== =====
<->  Children in the New Testament
Christian Origins
* Child Mary
* Child John the Baptist
* [[Child Jesus]]
* [[Suffer Little Children]] (Jesus and the Children)
==== ====
(C) The Jewish Family




(C) The Jewish Family




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**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_of_Trent Simon of Trent] (Italy, 1475)
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_of_Trent Simon of Trent] (Italy, 1475)
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_of_Bia%C5%82ystok Gabriel of Białystok] (Belarus, 1690) -- canonized in 1820; cult suppressed during the Soviet period; revived in 1992
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_of_Bia%C5%82ystok Gabriel of Białystok] (Belarus, 1690) -- canonized in 1820; cult suppressed during the Soviet period; revived in 1992


*The convert.
*The convert.
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Jewish Schools
Jewish Schools
Children' literature






(F) Children of the Holocaust
<Overview>
==Kindertrasport== (2 meetings
* Kindertrasport  <Documentary>


(F) Children of the Holocaust


* Kindertrasport
== Children in the Ghettoes == (2 meetings)


Jews in the Ghettoes
Jews in the Ghettoes
* Varsaw film  
* Varsaw film  


== (Children in Hiding). == (2 meetings)
Europa Europa


Jewish Orphanages and Boarding School during the Holocaust
Jewish Orphanages and Boarding School during the Holocaust
== Children in Hiding ==
* [ Villa Nonantola]]
* [ Villa Nonantola]]
* [ Jewish Children's Home in Oslo]
* [ Jewish Children's Home in Oslo]
* Christian Orphanages and Schools {film Au revous  
* Christian Orphanages and Schools {film Au revous (


==== Children life in (4 meetings) ====
Children in concentration Camps
Children in concentration Camps


* Jonah (film)
* Jonah (film) Young children with family of members
* Hungarian movie
O Children of Teresin
 
 
 
 
* Children treated as adults.
Hungarian movie
 
 




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== Children of the Middle East == 4 meetings
== Come and Live==


The Terrorist Child
[[The Terrorist Child]]


(Children's rights
(Children's rights

Revision as of 17:36, 4 January 2020

History and Religion of Second Temple Judaism: The Jewish Child, from the Bible to the Holocaust (MIDEAST 335) is a course offered by Gabriele Boccaccini in the Winter 2020.

Description

What is the role of children, boys and girls, in Judaism? Although the religious education of children in the family has always been a major concern in Judaism, children are rarely presented as role models in the Hebrew Bible. Since Hellenistic-Roman times (in Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament) we can see more attention being paid to children, which led Jews (and Christians) to stress the importance of schooling and formal education even outside the family. Children however were not recognized as autonomous until the nineteenth century, when Jews and Christians in Europe and the United States got involved in the general cultural debate on children's rights, which also led to the establishment of the first youth organizations. The course will focus in particular on the "ideal" role that Jews attributed to children based on their reading and rereading of ancient scriptures, and on the Holocaust as a very special chapter in the experience of the Jewish child, when thousands of children in total abandonment found themselves forced to take their destiny in their own hands, in the struggle to survive, in hiding, in ghettoes or concentration camps.

Syllabus

(A) The Bible

General information

  • The Binding of Isaac (Child sacrifice)

(-) Children in the Hebrew Bible (I and II) The Obedient child


(B) The Diaspora

<-> Living in an Hostile World (The Pious Child)

  • From Daniel to the present
  • Saints of the Church
  • S. Dominic Savio, 14 years (1857

Fiery Furnace of Babylon

A dangerous world for children (

<-> The Child martyr


=

<-> Children in the New Testament Christian Origins


(C) The Jewish Family





(D) The contested child



(E) After the Emancipation

Jewish Orphanages (late 19th-cent - early 20th cent. until WW2)

Jewish Schools Children' literature


(F) Children of the Holocaust

<Overview>


==Kindertrasport== (2 meetings

  • Kindertrasport <Documentary>


== Children in the Ghettoes == (2 meetings)

Jews in the Ghettoes

  • Varsaw film



== (Children in Hiding). == (2 meetings)

Europa Europa

Jewish Orphanages and Boarding School during the Holocaust


Children in Hiding

  • [ Villa Nonantola]]
  • [ Jewish Children's Home in Oslo]
  • Christian Orphanages and Schools {film Au revous (


Children life in (4 meetings)

Children in concentration Camps

  • Jonah (film) Young children with family of members

O Children of Teresin



  • Children treated as adults.

Hungarian movie



(E) After the Holocaust

The Recovery (Film: Our Children)


== Children of the Middle East == 4 meetings

Come and Live

The Terrorist Child

(Children's rights

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