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History of Religions
History of the 3 Monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) and of the main different Christianity confessions (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism and Protestantism)
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Pedagogical Approaches
New pedagogical approaches to teach history of religion
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Role of Religions in Civilization
How to didactically promote among students of different confessions, the capacity of a critical analysis and understanding of the role played by religions in the history of mankind
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Interreligious Students’ Competences
Set of teaching contents, to be used by teachers to highlight and valorize the universal values of tolerance and universalisms that all Monotheistic religions and religious texts contain to promote and sustain mutual understanding among students
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Managing Multi-Religious Classes
Teaching Sources to help teachers dealing with multicultural and multi-religious classes
Map
An interactive didactical map interactive didactical map giving access to sites with a religious relevance.-
Introduction
A comparative review of the liturgical celebrations, ceremonies and dietary rules existing in the different religions.
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Celebrations
Description and comparative analysis of the celebrations of different religions and confessions
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Ceremonies
Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
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Dietary Rules
Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
Events
The Pathway through Religions project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
Conferences
The Pathway through Religions project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved
Press Review
The Pathway through Religions project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of educationPartnership
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the Pathway through Religions project.
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Schools
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the schools involved in the Pathway through Religions Project in the European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
This section of the Pathway through Religions portal provides administrative information for the project contractual partners and for the European Commission and it is password protected.
Map
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Grand Synagogue Edirne
Maarif Caddesi 10, Edirne, Turkey
RELIGIONS Judaism
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIGIOUS SITE
DESCRIPTION
The Great Synagogue was built by Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid
II. The construction started in 1907 and opened to worship in 1907.
The synagogue was in use until 1983 and could accommodate 1,200 worshipers, 900 men and 300 women. French architect France Depré modeled the synagogue after the Ottoman Sephardic Synagogue in Vienna, which was later destroyed by Nazis. It was the third largest temple in Europe and the largest in Turkey and represented Moorish Revival style.
It was recently renovated and opened in 2015 with a religious ceremony.
HISTORICAL RELEVANCE
In Edirne, the Jewish community was divided into 13 congregations, each having their own synagogue until a great fire destroyed the old part of the city. According to the records from early 16th century, Jewish congregation was divided as Alaman (German-Ashkenazic), Katalan (Catalonia), Portagal (Portugal), İspanya (Spain), Polya (Apulia), Aragon, Toledo and Gerush (meaning expulsion in Hebrew).
In 1873 there were approximately 12.000 Jews living in the city.
After the destruction of the synagogues one single synagogue (Grand Synangoue) was built in 1907
INTER-RELIGIOUS RELEVANCE
The peculiarity of Jewish faith is that a person is born as a Jew. For different reasons they do not practice any missionary work in order to gain new converts. On the other hand, the history of Jewish community is full of migration and expulsion. Major part of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire were from Iberian Peninsula and they were expelled from there in 1492 when Aragon King Ferdinand II and his wife, Queen Elisabeth of Castille united the peninsula after centuries long Muslim presence. Most of the time the Jews lived within their closed society in their private and religious life but they were quite active in commercial life. They were an integral part of the Ottoman society.
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
There is no religious influence to speak of.
HOW TO USE WITH THE STUDENTS
- Direct visit
This is the ideal way but a virtual visit through a PPP presentation prepared by the teacher is also possible.
- Virtual visit (specify how)
A virtual visit through a PPP presentation prepared by the teacher is also possible.
- Classroom activity (pre- and post- visit)
Pre-visit: Research on Jewish community in the region of the related school.
Post-visit: Discussion on the contribution of the Jewish community into life from political, artistic, historical etc. points of view.
This is the ideal way but a virtual visit through a PPP presentation prepared by the teacher is also possible.
- Virtual visit (specify how)
A virtual visit through a PPP presentation prepared by the teacher is also possible.
- Classroom activity (pre- and post- visit)
Pre-visit: Research on Jewish community in the region of the related school.
Post-visit: Discussion on the contribution of the Jewish community into life from political, artistic, historical etc. points of view.
REFERENCE TO THE GUIDELINE
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Edirne
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Grand Synagogue of Edirne
Grand Synagogue of Edirne
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Grand Synagogue of Edirne
Grand Synagogue of Edirne
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Great Synagogue of Edirne in Turkey
Great Synagogue of Edirne in Turkey
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In Search Of A Jewish Community In The Early Modern Ottoman Empire: The Case Of Edirne Jews
Masters Thesis
