THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN GREEK PHILOSOPHY AND CHRISTANITY IN THE APOLOGISTS' OF THE 2nd c. A.D.
| Title | Ο ΔΙΑΛΟΓΟΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΣΜΟΥ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΑΠΟΛΟΓΗΤΕΣ ΤΟΥ 2ου μ. Χ. ΑΙΩΝΑ / THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN GREEK PHILOSOPHY AND CHRISTANITY IN THE APOLOGISTS' OF THE 2nd c. A.D. |
| Code | Χ259 |
| Faculty | Theology |
| School | Social Theology and Christian Culture |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Konstantinos Bozinis |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 60004771 |
Programme of Study: UPS of School of Pastoral and Social Theology (2013-today)
Registered students: 13
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Elective Courses | Winter | - | 4 |
| Academic Year | 2020 – 2021 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600167204
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Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
- General Knowledge
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/1/600167204
- At the Website of the School: https://www.past.auth.gr/el/node/433
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=14747
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
No
Learning Outcomes
The following are particularly set as learning objectives of the course: the acquaintance and familiarization of the students with the intellectual fermentation in the first centuries AD that gradually led to the coupling of Hellenism with Christianity in the bounds of the Church. Upon the successful completion of the course the students will have:
(a) been stimulated to a systematic engagement with the beginnings of Christianity
(b) attained the capacity to describe precisely the discussion topics in the dialogue between pagans and Christians during the first centuries AD
(c)have put into practise the modern methodology of Classical studies, and
(d) broadened their scientific horizon with the parallel examination of classical and ecclesiastical sources
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
In the framework of this lesson we examine the philosophical allusions in the text of the New Testament and the Apologies of the 2nd c. AD that were written by Christian intellectuals - Justin, Athenagoras, Tatian, Theophilos of Antioch and Clemens of Alexandria. Special emphasis is laid on the cultural developments of the Graeco-roman World in the time of the The New Testament as well on the Dialog between pagans and Christians in the age of Antoninian dynasty.
1) The trial of Jesus and the trial of Socrates: a comparison of their nature and ultimate consequences
2) “I am a Jewish Man, a Tarsian of Cilicia” (Acts 21:39): The Hellenistic base of the personality of the Apostle Paul
3) The speech of Paul at the Areopagus of Athens in front of an audience of Epicureans and Stoic philosophers (Acts 17:21-23)
4) Echoes of philosophical ideas in the Pauline epistles of the New Testament (natural law, self-sufficiency, consciousness, etc.)
5) Christianity in the eyes of an idolater: Tacitus, Suetonius, Pliny, Galen, Lucian, Celsus
6) Anti-pagan critiques of the Christian Apologists of the second century AD
7) The controversy over divine and theogonic myths in antiquity (or the philosophers against pagan religion)
8) Towards a typology of the philosopher in antiquity
9) The teaching in relation to the spermatic Logos of Justin the philosopher and martyr
10) The other Apologists of the Church (Aristides, Quadratus, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus of Antioch, Epistle to Diognetus)
11) Titus Flavius Clemens the Alexandrian
12) The Stromata of Clement and the origins of a “Christian philosophy”
13) Conclusions and survey of contemporary literature
Keywords
*Hellenism and Christianity, Relationship between*Ancient Greek Philosophy*History of Philosophy*Christian Apologetics*Ancient Church
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
- Photocopies of ancient Greek texts
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of learning material available in the internet and communication with the students through e-mail
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 20 | 0.8 | |||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 20 | 0.8 | |||
| Written assigments | 20 | 0.8 | |||
| Conversation and exchange of opinionw | 1 | 0.0 | |||
| Total | 100 | 4 |
Student Assessment
Description
Oral examination at the end of the semester (50%), while taking into consideration the active participation of the student in class and the undertaking of work, which they present before the professor and their fellow students (50%). Students who cannot attend the course ought to make arrangements with the professor concerning the manner of their examination
Student Assessment methods
- Oral Exams (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
-Ν. Τζιράκης, Απολογητές (Συμβολή στη σχέση των Απολογιών με την αρχαία ελληνική γραμματεία), Αθήνα 2003
-W. Windelband - H. Heimsoeth, Εγχειρίδιο Ιστορίας της Φιλοσοφίας, τόμ. A΄ (Η Φιλοσοφία των Αρχαίων Ελλήνων, η Φιλοσοφία των ελληνιστικών και ρωμαϊκών χρόνων), μτφ. από τα γερμανικά Ν.Μ. Σκουτερόπουλος, Αθήνα 20014
Additional bibliography for study
1. Απολογηταί, εισ.-μτφ.-σχόλ. Π.Κ. Χρήστου, τόμ. 1-2, στη σειρά: Έλληνες Πατέρες της Εκκλησίας, Θεσσαλονίκη 1985-'86
2. Κλήμεντος Αλεξανδρέως άπαντα τα έργα, εισ.-μτφ.-σχόλ. Π.Κ. Χρήστου, τόμ. 1-2, στη σειρά: Έλληνες πατέρες της Εκκλησίας, Θεσσαλονίκη 1992
3. Σ. Αγουρίδης, Ο Χριστιανισμός έναντι Ιουδαισμού και Ελληνισμού κατά το Β' αι. μ.Χ. (Αποστολικοί Πατέρες και Απολογητές), Αθήνα 1997
Last Update
04-11-2020
