Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will:
- have a deep knowledge of the methodological principles for writing a diploma thesis
- be aware of the computer software for exerpting and the e-tools for citation writing
- have a good knowledge of the instrumenta studiorum in Patristics, Hagiography, Old and New Testament
- be able to use the theological bibliographic databases
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. Steps for writing a research paper I: Selection of title – objectives of a diploma thesis
2. Steps for writing a research paper II: Search for the main and secondary bibliography
3. Steps for writing a research paper ΙΙΙ: Content and limitations of a diploma thesis
4. Steps for writing a research paper ΙV: Excerpting – Division of material into chapters - units according to topic – Introduction to computer software for excerpting and organisation of the structure of the research paper (MindMeister, OneNote)
5. Steps for writing a research paper V: Arrangement of the structure of a diploma thesis
6. Steps for writing a research paper VI: Assessment of sources and secondary bibliography
7. Bibliographic citations. The technique and function of footnotes – Introduction to the e-tools for citation writing (Zotero, Mendeley)
8. Instrumenta Studiorum in Patristics and Hagiography Ι: Keys and Dictionaries
9. Instrumenta Studiorum in Patristics and Hagiography ΙΙ: Series – Critical editions of texts
10. Instrumenta Studiorum in the study of the Old Testament: a) Dictionaries, b) Editions of the Old and New Testament, c) Ancient sources (texts, inscriptions, lists of monuments), d) ancient commentaries, e) new series of hermeneutic commentaries
11. Instrumenta Studiorum in the study of the New Testament: a) Dictionaries, b) Editions of Old and New Testament, c) Ancient sources (texts, inscriptions, lists of monuments), d) ancient commentaries, e) new series of hermeneutic commentaries
12. Patristics and Hagiography on the Internet: electronic sources, secondary bibliography and translations. Searching and finding secondary bibliography in online periodical databases
13. Biblical studies on the Internet: databases, online periodicals, hermeneutic tools, and collections of texts