Teaching Workshop
A.Y. 2021/2022
Learning objectives
The workshop has a triple learning objective.
1. It intends to introduce students to an initial awareness of the origin of Gospel writing.
2. It proposes to make them recognize the peculiarities of this para-literary tradition on a "Literary criticism" level and within the "History of ideas" perspective.
3. It aims to experiment with the main methodological tools developed by the New Testament Disciplines to face, on a critical level, the main typical characteristics of these writings.
1. It intends to introduce students to an initial awareness of the origin of Gospel writing.
2. It proposes to make them recognize the peculiarities of this para-literary tradition on a "Literary criticism" level and within the "History of ideas" perspective.
3. It aims to experiment with the main methodological tools developed by the New Testament Disciplines to face, on a critical level, the main typical characteristics of these writings.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student must recognize the formal characters that differentiate the proto-Christian writings from those of the ancient, Greek and Roman, world. He will also have to know the main critical tools that define New Testament research on an epistemological and methodological level, differentiating it from any other Literature of Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Finally, he will have to know how to orient himself between the different critical resources to apply according to the various analytical circumstances.
Lesson period: Second semester
Single course
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Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The lessons will carry out the following program:
1. The peculiar characteristics of "writing" in the first Christian communities: the historical profile of a "para-literary documentation".
2. From Jesus to the Gospels: the crisis of the 60s, and the birth of the "Gospels".
3. The "synoptic problem": data foundations and methodological solutions.
4. Reading the Gospels critically: peculiarities of the critical approach and method criteria.
5. The Gospels and cultural history: for critical use of "the most influential literature of all time".
1. The peculiar characteristics of "writing" in the first Christian communities: the historical profile of a "para-literary documentation".
2. From Jesus to the Gospels: the crisis of the 60s, and the birth of the "Gospels".
3. The "synoptic problem": data foundations and methodological solutions.
4. Reading the Gospels critically: peculiarities of the critical approach and method criteria.
5. The Gospels and cultural history: for critical use of "the most influential literature of all time".
Prerequisites for admission
The Laboratory has no prerequisites.
Teaching methods
Lecturing and discussion of case-studies.
Teaching Resources
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Assessment methods and Criteria
Class discussions and personal work tutored by the teacher.
Professor(s)