New Testament and the literature of its era
| Title | Η ΚΑΙΝΗ ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗ ΚΑΙ Η ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΟΧΗΣ ΤΗΣ. / New Testament and the literature of its era |
| Code | ΚΔ6 |
| Faculty | Theology |
| School | Social Theology and Christian Culture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Kyriakoula Papademetriou |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 60002815 |
| Academic Year | 2018 – 2019 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600127475
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600127475
- At the Website of the School: http://www.past.auth.gr
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The aim of the course for the students is to acquire more specific knowledge for the literature of the New Testament era and to learn to implement and to exploit the resources of the intertextuality for the interpretation of the New Testament text.
By the successful completion of the course, the students should be able:
to have a survey of the literary and non-literary literature of the New Testament era
to interprete the New Testament text in the literary terms of its era
to implement an intertextual, comparative and cultural approach to the New Testament text.
By the successful completion of the course, the students should be able:
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Texts of the New Testament era, pagan, Jewish or Christian ones, literary and non-literary, are presented. They are analyzed and associated linguistically, socio-historically and ideologically with the New Testament text.
- Definition of the New Testament era. Socio-historical data.
- The sense and the resources of the intertextuality.
- Rhetoric, Historiography, Biography of the era and the New Testament.
- a)Presentation of representative books and studies. b)Attendance of the scientific colloquium of the P.P.S. of the School, the “Exegeticum-Seminar of Orthodox Hermeneutical Theology”.
- Philosophical and scientific literature of the era and the New Testament.
- Jewish-Greek literature and the New Testament. Relation with Philo and Josephus.
- Apocryphal literature and the New Testament.
- a)Presentation of representative books and studies. b)Attendance of the scientific colloquium of the P.P.S. of the School, the “Exegeticum-Seminar of Orthodox Hermeneutical Theology”.
- Hymnography, literature of Oracles of the era and the New Testament.
- Non-literary documents. Papyri and inscriptions, and the New Testament.
- Latin literature of the era and the New Testament.
- a)Presentation of representative books and studies. b)Attendance of the scientific colloquium of the P.P.S. of the School, the “Exegeticum-Seminar of Orthodox Hermeneutical Theology”.
- Presentation of representative books and studies.
Keywords
Hellenistic literature, Graeco-Roman literature, Jewish-Greek literature, Apocryphal literature, papyri, inscriptions, intertextuality.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Use of the electronic resourses and bibliography.
Electronic supplementary material and exercises provided at the Moodle e-Education platform.
Educational use of the e-mail.
Electronic supplementary material and exercises provided at the Moodle e-Education platform.
Educational use of the e-mail.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 117 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Seminars | 26 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 25 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Project | 50 | ||||
| Written assigments | 25 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 243 |
Student Assessment
Description
Written assignments (70%). Oral examination in the assignment (30%).
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. F.W. Walbank, Ο ελληνιστικός κόσμος, ΒΑΝΙΑΣ, Θεσσαλονίκη 1993.
2. H.-J. Gehrke, Ιστορία του ελληνιστικού κόσμου, ΜΙΕΤ, Αθήνα 2000.
2. H.-J. Gehrke, Ιστορία του ελληνιστικού κόσμου, ΜΙΕΤ, Αθήνα 2000.
Additional bibliography for study
- Fr. Montanari, Ιστορία της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής Λογοτεχνίας, Από τον 8ο αι. π.Χ. έως τον 6ο αι. μ.Χ., επιμ. Δ. Ιακώβ-Αντ. Ρεγκάκος, UNIVERSITY STUDIO PRESS, Θεσσαλονίκη 2008.
- H. Anderson-W. Barclay, The New Testament in Historical and Contemporary Perspective. Essays in Memory of G.H.C. Macgregor, Oxford 1965.
- Ant. Compagnon, Ο δαίμων της θεωρίας, Λογοτεχνία και κοινή λογική, μετφρ. Απ. Λαμπρόπουλος, ΜΕΤΑΙΧΜΙΟ, Αθήνα 2003.
- Th. L. Brodie, D. R. MacDonald and St. E. Porter (eds), The Intertextuality of the Epistles. Explorations of Theory and Practice, Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2006.
- St. E. Porter, “Early Apocryphal Non-Gospel Literature and the New Testament Text”, JGRChJ 8 (2011–12) 192-98.
- New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, vols 1-10, Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney-Australia.
Last Update
04-09-2017
