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Professor
Academic discipline: Letteratura cristiana antica (L-FIL-LET/06)
Field: Fonti, tecniche e strumenti della ricerca storica e filologica
Type of training activity: Characterising

40 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

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Learning objectives

In-depth knowledge of early Christian literature, with particular reference to the treatment of the literary genres and to their evolution.

Prerequisites

None

Course unit content

The course will focus on the evolution of Early Christian literary genres, in particular on the most peculiar features of the patristic exegetical tradition in the second and third century.

Full programme

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Bibliography

1) M. MARIN, Orientamenti di esegesi biblica dei Padri, in A. Quaquarelli (a cura di), Complementi interdisciplinari di Patrologia, Roma 1989, pp. 273-317;
2) M. SIMONETTI, E. PRINZIVALLI, Storia della letteratura cristiana antica, ed. EDB, Bologna 2010;
3) One of the following books (the student will be given the possibility of choosing among the books listed below):
- Octavius. Un contraddittorio del III secolo su paganesimo e cristianesimo, Edizioni Associate 2008;
- C. GIANOTTO, E. NORELLI, M. PESCE, L'enigma Gesù. Fonti e metodi della ricerca storica, Roma 2008;
- H. MERKEL, La pluralità dei Vangeli, Torino 1990.

Teaching methods

The course consists of classroom lectures supplemented by weekly tutorials.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam on the different parts of the program.

Other information

English Seminar: Christianity and syncretism: the Gnostic "menace"

ANCIENT CHRISTIAN LITERATURE cod. 00555