RAB 632 Reading and Teaching Talmud
This course focuses on developing pedagogic content knowledge for the teaching of Talmudic texts.Students study a set of texts and consider the issues that arise when preparing to teach such texts in a variety of settings.Issues considered include: teaching Talmud vs. teaching topics using Talmudic texts, halakha as an end or a process, teaching texts in and out of context, issues of historicity in teaching halakhic and aggadic texts.Students are also exposed to resources for teaching Talmud and required to develop lesson plans employing the ideas they have learned