Module VPC-3407:
Gwrth-Semitiaeth

Module Facts

Run by School of History, Law and Social Sciences

20.000 Credits or 10.000 ECTS Credits

Semester 1

Organiser: Dr Gareth Evans Jones

Overall aims and purpose

Amcan y modiwl hwn yw cyflwyno myfyrwyr i agwedd negyddol sydd, yn anffodus, wedi bodoli ar hyd y canrifoedd ac sy’n bodoli hyd heddiw mewn amryw fannau, sef gwrth-Semitiaeth: atgasedd neu ddrwgdeimlad tuag at Iddewon. Gan ddechrau â thrafodaeth am y berthynas rhwng Cristnogaeth gynnar a Iddewiaeth, byddem wedyn yn adlewyrchu ar y modd y cawsai’r ddwy grefydd eu hystyried yn ddiwylliannol, cyfreithiol a gwleidyddol. Bydd y modiwl yna’n canolbwyntio ar y modd y datblygwyd ideoleg wrth-Iddewig ymysg Cristnogion, drwy gyfeirio at ddetholiad o ddigwyddiadau ac unigolion, gan gynnwys y Croesgadau, y babaeth yn yr Oesoedd Canol, Martin Luther, yr Holocost a gwrth-Semitiaeth Gristnogol fodern. Byddir hefyd yn ystyried gwrth-Semitiaeth ymysg crefyddwyr eraill gan gynnwys y Mwslemiaid. Yn hyn o beth, ystyrir y modd y darlunnir Iddewon mewn testunau Mwslemaidd, statws Iddewon dan ddylanwad Mwslemiaid, a’r berthynas ddiddorol a chyfnewidiol gyfoes. Ystyrir yn ogystal wrth-Semitiaeth fodern mewn cylchoedd cymdeithasol, gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol, gan gynnwys y gwrthdaro rhwng Israel a Phalesteina, agwedd ‘wrth-Semitaidd’ plaid Lafur y Deyrnas Unedig, a bodolaeth Neo-Natsiaeth.

Course content

Bydd y modiwl yn archwilio amrywiaeth o feysydd megis: Perthynas y grefydd Gristnogol a’r Ymerodraeth Rufeinig, a’i dylanwad ar yr Iddewon yn y canrifoedd cynnar OC; Y Croesgadau a’u heffeithiau; Y Babaeth yn yr Oesoedd Canol; Sbaen yr Oesoedd Canol: Delweddau ac eiconograffeg wrth-Iddewig y Cristnogion a’r Mwslemiaid; Safbwynt paradocsaidd Martin Luther parthed yr Iddewon; Mudiad Seioniaeth a thwf gwrth-Semitiaeth; Yr Holocost a’r Shoah; Perthnasau cyfoes yr Iddewon a’r Cristnogion; Perthynas hanesyddol, cymdeithasol a diwylliannol Islam ac Iddewiaeth; Iddewon dan law Mwslemiaid; Y Gwrthdaro rhwng Israel a Phalesteina; Plaid Lafur Prydain a ‘Gwrth-Semitiaeth’; Neo-Natsiaeth a Gwrth-Semitiaeth; ac ymdrechion modern i wrthsefyll gwrth-Semitiaeth.

Assessment Criteria

good

Very Good B- to B+

Submitted work is competent throughout and distinguished by superior style, approach and choice of supporting materials. It demonstrates: • Very good structure and logically developed arguments. • Draws on material that has been sourced and assessed as a result of independent study, or in a way unique to the student. • Assertions are backed by evidence and sound reasoning. • Accuracy and presentation in an appropriate academic style.

excellent

Excellent A- to A*

Submitted work is of an outstanding quality and excellent in one or more of the following ways: • Has originality of exposition with the student’s own thinking being readily apparent. • Provides clear evidence of extensive and relevant independent study. • Arguments are laid down with clarity and provide the reader with successive stages of consideration to reach conclusions.

threshold

Threshold D- to D+

Submitted work is adequate and shows an acceptable level of competence as follows: • Generally accurate but with omissions and errors. • Assertions are made without clear supporting evidence or reasoning. • Has structure but is lacking in clarity and therefore relies on the reader to make links and assumptions. • Draws on a relatively narrow range of material.

C- to C+

Good C- to C +

Submitted work is competent throughout and occasionally distinguished by superior style, approach and choice of supporting materials. It demonstrates: • Good structure and logically developed arguments. • At least in parts draws on material that has been sourced and assessed as a result of independent study, or in a way unique to the student. • Assertions are, in the main, backed by evidence and sound reasoning. • Accuracy and presentation in an appropriate academic style.

Learning outcomes

  1. • Archwilio’r modd y mae ffactorau diwinyddol a gwleidyddol wedi dylanwadu ar y modd y cedwid y crefyddau ac yn wir ar berthynas yr Iddewon a'r Cristnogion.

  2. • Gwerthuso a dadansoddi’n feirniadol amrediad o ffynonellau cynradd ac eilaidd, gan gynnwys deunyddiau diwinyddol, datganiadau Eglwysig, ac ysgrifau cyfreithiol, gan ystyried yn benodol y modd y maent wedi dylanwadu ar berthynas yr Iddewon a’r Cristnogion.

  3. • Archwilio rôl hunaniaeth/hunaniaethau personol, cenedlaethol, a rhyngwladol mewn perthynas â’r ddeialog ryng-grefyddol gyfoes rhwng Iddewon a Christnogion.

  4. • Dangos dealltwriaeth o’r ffactorau hanesyddol a diwylliannol gwahanol sydd wedi peri newidiadau i berthnasau rhwng Iddewon a Christnogion.

  5. • Dangos dealltwriaeth o’r ffactorau hanesyddol a diwylliannol sydd wedi arwain y ffordd ar gyfer newidiadau yn y berthynas rhwng Iddewon a Christnogion.

Assessment Methods

Type Name Description Weight
ESSAY Traethawd

Bydd myfyrwyr yn derbyn 5 cwestiwn posibl a disgwylir iddynt lunio traethawd 2,500 gair yn ymateb i un cwestiwn.

 50.00
ORAL Cyflwyniad Llafar

Rhoddir dewis o 5 thema bosibl a disgwylir i fyfyrwyr ddewis yr un thema sydd o ddiddordeb pennaf iddynt. Bydd disgwyl iddynt draddodi cyflwyniad 10 munud yn unigol.

 50.00

Teaching and Learning Strategy

Hours
Lecture

Bydd 22 awr o ddarlithoedd yn cael eu cynnal i gyflwyno myfyrwyr i fater gwrth-Semitiaeth.

 22
Seminar

Cynhelir 11 awr o seminarau drwy gydol rhediad y modiwl er mwyn cael digon o drafodaeth ymysg y myfyrwyr a fydd yn ategu at y broses dysgu ac addysgu. Gofynnir i fyfyrwyr ddarllen rhai testunau a pharatoi atebion i gwestiynau a osodid bob wythnos drwy gydol rhediad y modiwl.

 11
Private study

Bydd disgwyl i fyfyrwyr ymgymryd â 167 awr o astudiaeth annibynnol. Er mwyn eu gosod ar ben ffordd, darperir rhestr ddarllen ac awgrymir pa destunau y dylid eu trin a'u dadansoddi'n wythnosol. Bydd y gwaith darllen hwn yn cyfoethogi'r broses addysgiadol, yn ategu at y darlithoedd, ac yn cyfrannu'n effeithiol i'r seminarau a gynhelir.

 167

Transferable skills

  • Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
  • Computer Literacy - Proficiency in using a varied range of computer software
  • Self-Management - Able to work unsupervised in an efficient, punctual and structured manner. To examine the outcomes of tasks and events, and judge levels of quality and importance
  • Exploring - Able to investigate, research and consider alternatives
  • Information retrieval - Able to access different and multiple sources of information
  • Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sensitevely with others
  • Critical analysis & Problem Solving - Able to deconstruct and analyse problems or complex situations. To find solutions to problems through analyses and exploration of all possibilities using appropriate methods, rescources and creativity.
  • Presentation - Able to clearly present information and explanations to an audience. Through the written or oral mode of communication accurately and concisely.
  • Management - Able to utilise, coordinate and control resources (human, physical and/or financial)
  • Argument - Able to put forward, debate and justify an opinion or a course of action, with an individual or in a wider group setting
  • Self-awareness & Reflectivity - Having an awareness of your own strengths, weaknesses, aims and objectives. Able to regularly review, evaluate and reflect upon the performance of yourself and others

Subject specific skills

  • Articulacy in identifying underlying issues in a wide variety of debates.
  • Precision of thought and expression in the analysis and formulation of complex and controversial problems.
  • Sensitivity in interpretation of religious and philosophical texts drawn from a variety of ages and/or traditions.
  • Clarity and rigour in the critical assessment of arguments presented in such texts.
  • The ability to use and criticise specialised religious and philosophical terminology.
  • The ability to abstract and analyse arguments, and to identify flaws in them, such as false premises and invalid reasoning.
  • The ability to construct rationally persuasive arguments for or against specific religious and philosophical claims.
  • The ability to move between generalisation and appropriately detailed discussion, inventing or discovering examples to support or challenge a position, and distinguishing relevant and irrelevant considerations.
  • The ability to consider unfamiliar ideas and ways of thinking, and to examine critically presuppositions and methods within the disciplines of philosophy and religion.

Resources

Reading list

• Flannery, Edward H. 2004 (3rd ed.). The Anguish of the Jews. New York: Paulist Press.

• Hay, Malcolm. 1981. The Roots of Christian Anti-Semitism. New York: Freedom Library Press.

• Kessler, Edward. 2013. An Introduction to Jewish-Christian Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Barrens, James M. 2015. In Our Time (Nostra Aetate): How Catholics and Jews Built a New Relationship. St Petersburg, FL: Mr Media Books.

• Rousmaniere, J. 1991. A Bridge to Dialogue: The Story of Jewish-Christian Relations. New York: Paulist Press.

• Nicholls, W. 1993. Christian Antisemitism: A History of Hate. Northvale, NJ & London: J. Aronson.

Courses including this module

Optional in courses: