EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE
cod. 12949

Academic year 2009/10
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Letteratura cristiana antica (L-FIL-LET/06)
Field
Discipline letterarie
Type of training activity
Characterising
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
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course unit
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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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