Lectures on Foreign Languages and Cultures | Middle East Cultural Series -- Mysterious Jewish Culture
On May 27th, 2017, Lecture on Jewish Culture was delivered in the NO.1 Teaching Building on South Campus by Haggai Mazuz, an Associate Professor of School of International Studies (SIS). Mr. Mazuz got his Ph.D. from Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, in 2010. His research area covered Medieval Jewish-Islamic relations, Islamic jurisprudence and so on.
(Associate Professor Haggai Mazuz)
The agenda of his lecture was “Brief History of Jewry”, “Jewish Festivals and Customs”, “Middle East Food” and “Practical Hebrew”.
First, Dr. Mazuz unfolded the long Jewish history before us by introducing some historical scenes depicted in the Bible, such as “the creation of the world”, “the establishment of the Kingdom” and “the decline and the rise of dynasties”.
(Haggai introducing “A Brief History of Jewry”)
Then he introduced some interesting Jewish holidays and customs. The introduction seemed to evoke his memory so that he said with pride that for people of the Middle East, the Bible is by no means only a book on the shelf but a precious heritage vividly presenting their history and culture.
In the “Middle East Food” part, pictures of food such as hummus, pitta and falafel showed by Mr. Mazuz successfully induce the audience’s appetites.
In the end, Haggai taught audience some easy and practical Hebrew like “Shalom” (Hello) and “Ahla” (Great).
(Haggai teaching Hebrew)
In the Q&A section, Haggai Mazuz answered questions from several students in detail. The rewarding lecture won warm applause from the audience and concluded successfully.
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Translated by Lin Qiao
Proofread by Zhou Zhanhong, Liu Yihong
