Classical and modern philology and literature

Professor
Academic discipline: Letteratura cristiana antica (L-FIL-LET/06)
Field: Discipline linguistiche, filologiche e metodologiche
Type of training activity: Characterising

48 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

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Integrated course unit module: CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, MEDIEVAL AND HUMANIST

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 analysis of the most prominent literary and theological features of the apocalyptic literary genre, with specific focus on canonical, apocryphal and gnostic texts.

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, EDB Editore, Bologna 2010;
3) Una tra le seguenti letture a scelta:
- 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.

Fot the students of Classics:

1) J. SCHRIJNEN, I caratteri del latino cristiano antico; con un’appendice di Christine MOHRMANN: dopo quarant’anni, ed. it. Pàtron, Bologna 2002;
2) E. NORDEN, Dio Ignoto. Ricerche sulla storia della forma del discorso religioso, ed. it. Morcelliana, Brescia 2002;
3) The student will be given the possibility of choosing 15 chapters, to be read in the original language with commentary, among the works listed below:
- Tertullian, Apologeticum;
- Justin, Apologies.

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. 1004615