The student will acquire knowledge related to Greek and Latin Christian literary texts of the post-Constantinian age, the methodology for the philological and literary analysis of the same texts, as well as the ability to collect and interpret the data emerged from this analysis. It will also acquire the capacity for expression and communication of independent judgments on the topics addressed.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The traditions on the birth and childhood of Jesus are not only contained in works that have become canonical (the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of Luke), but also, and to a much greater extent, in an apocryphal literary production, interesting both from the point of view of content, as from that of phenomena of transmission that characterize it, paradigmatic of the fate of texts without a status of authority. The module aims to deepen, from various perspectives of investigation (philological-critical, linguistic-literary, historical-doctrinal) the evolution of those traditions in works that followed the Constantinian age, such as, for example, the Infancy Gospel “of the Pseudo-Matthew”.
Programme
Course title 2019-2020: The apocryphal infancy gospels (from the 4th century).The traditions on the birth and childhood of Jesus are not only contained in works that have become canonical (the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of Luke), but also, and to a much greater extent, in an apocryphal literary production, interesting both from the point of view of content, as from that of phenomena of transmission that characterize it, paradigmatic of the fate of texts without a status of authority. The module aims to deepen, from various perspectives of investigation (philological-critical, linguistic-literary, historical-doctrinal) the evolution of those traditions in works that followed the Constantinian age, such as, for example, the Infancy Gospel “of the Pseudo-Matthew”.
Core Documentation
Materials for the seminars (critical editions, translations, scientific bibliography) will be provided by the teacher.Reference Bibliography
General section: H.Y. GAMBLE, Libri e lettori nella chiesa antica, Paideia, Brescia 2006. For students who have already planned the Gamble book for the examination of Literature of Christian origin: B.M. METZGER, Il canone del Nuovo Testamento, Paideia, Brescia 1997; or B.M. METZGER, Il testo del Nuovo Testamento, Paideia, Brescia 1996.Type of delivery of the course
The course is a seminar and involves the active participation of students.Attendance
For students who are unable to attend, there are adjustments to the program; they are therefore invited to contact the teacher.Type of evaluation
Interview with the teacher on the program of the course. teacher profile teaching materials
The traditions on the birth and childhood of Jesus are not only contained in works that have become canonical (the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of Luke), but also, and to a much greater extent, in an apocryphal literary production, interesting both from the point of view of content, as from that of phenomena of transmission that characterize it, paradigmatic of the fate of texts without a status of authority. The module aims to deepen, from various perspectives of investigation (philological-critical, linguistic-literary, historical-doctrinal) the evolution of those traditions in works that followed the Constantinian age, such as, for example, the Infancy Gospel “of the Pseudo-Matthew”.
Programme
Course title 2019-2020: The apocryphal infancy gospels (from the 4th century).The traditions on the birth and childhood of Jesus are not only contained in works that have become canonical (the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of Luke), but also, and to a much greater extent, in an apocryphal literary production, interesting both from the point of view of content, as from that of phenomena of transmission that characterize it, paradigmatic of the fate of texts without a status of authority. The module aims to deepen, from various perspectives of investigation (philological-critical, linguistic-literary, historical-doctrinal) the evolution of those traditions in works that followed the Constantinian age, such as, for example, the Infancy Gospel “of the Pseudo-Matthew”.
Core Documentation
Materials for the seminars (critical editions, translations, scientific bibliography) will be provided by the teacher.Reference Bibliography
General section: H.Y. GAMBLE, Libri e lettori nella chiesa antica, Paideia, Brescia 2006. For students who have already planned the Gamble book for the examination of Literature of Christian origin: B.M. METZGER, Il canone del Nuovo Testamento, Paideia, Brescia 1997; or B.M. METZGER, Il testo del Nuovo Testamento, Paideia, Brescia 1996.Type of delivery of the course
The course is a seminar and involves the active participation of students.Attendance
For students who are unable to attend, there are adjustments to the program; they are therefore invited to contact the teacher.Type of evaluation
Interview with the teacher on the program of the course.