Learning objectives
In-depth study of early Christian literature and the evolution of the anti-heresy polemic in the East and West, and acquisition of the necessary tools for reading Christian texts.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
<p>Course title: The formation of New Testament canon and the Apocrypha. <br />
After an overview of literary genres and of the elements which characterise early Christian literature, the monographic course will be about the reading and commentary of the significant steps from which there might be inferable traces of the lengthy process which resulted in the formation of New Testament canon. <br />
Module B (5 credits): reading excerpts from Clemente Alessandrino, Origene, Ippolito, Epifanio, Minucio Felice, apart from passages in the New Testament and the Apocrypha. <br />
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Full programme
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Bibliography
Storia della letteratura cristiana antica / Simonetti, Emanuela Prinzivalli. - Casale Monferrato: Piemme, 1999 <br />
Manuale di letteratura cristiana antica greca e latina /Claudio Moreschini, Enrico Norelli. - Brescia: Morcelliana, 1999 <br />
I caratteri del latino cristiano antico/Joseph Schrijnen; with appendix by Christine Mohrmann: dopo quarant'anni; edited by Silvano Boscherini. – 4th ed. updated. - Bologna: Patron editor, 2002 <br />
Teaching methods
The course consists of classroom lectures supported by a weekly tutoring session. For assessment purposes, there will be an oral exam on the different parts of the programme
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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