Museumsbesuch zum Abschluss eines Ikonographieseminars. Didaktische Herausforderungen und Ziele

In: Forum Exegese und Hochschuldidaktik: Verstehen von Anfang an, Band 5, Heft 2

Abstract

This paper is based on a two-hour seminar on Ancient Near Eastern Iconography with a small group of students, conducted at the Institute for Old Testament Studies and Biblical Archaeology of the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Vienna. The students are familiar with Hebrew, History of Israel and Old Testament Exegesis contents, but have no special knowledge of Ancient Near Eastern Studies. The seminar is a methodological training insofar as it aims at acquiring the ability to read iconographic source material, i.e. to grasp it in its pictorial content and to classify it in terms of cultural history. Quality, material and style can only be criticized marginally. The museum visit should make it possible to apply the acquired skills to the object.