CHRISTIANITY AND MEDITERRANEAN CULTURES

According to the Dublin descriptors, the course aims to provide:

1) a knowledge of advanced issues and problems of the discipline on the historical, historiographical and methodological.

2) the necessary tools to apply methodologies proper to the discipline, to argue competently on the topics and questions dealt with.

3) tools for building independent judgement, capacity for critical analysis, synthesis of new ideas, to be used as possible keys to tackle case studies on phenomena of early Christianity.

4) a method for interpreting acquired data, exercising the ability to elaborate possible theses and communicate with technical language and competence the contents of the discipline. 

5) indications for acquiring specialist knowledge independently, using the research and working tools provided during the course.

The course structure will be based on frontal lectures, but students will be expected to contribute actively to the discussion on the topic under consideration with questions and answers. The frontal teaching will be supported by power point slides and other tools.

All themes will be developed with sources and studies critical reading.

The material presented in class (PowerPoint slides, sources, essays) will be available for download at the Studium platform.

echnical language and basic historical knowledge.

A (3 ECTS): Early Christianity

- Issues pertaining to the history of religions and methodology.

- The problem of periodisation of Christianism from its origin.

- From Jesus to the Christianism.

- The Hostility: Pagan Intellectuals against Cristianity.

- The Persecutions: Decius; Valerian; Dioclezian.

- The turning point: Constantine the Great and Theodosius.

- Christian Theology and Christian Anthopology.

B (3 ECTS): Issues of Contemporary Historiography

- In-depth analysis of contemporary historiography.

-The quest for the “historical Jesus” in Italy and abroad.

- Jesus and John Baptist relationship

A (3 ECTS):

- G. Jossa, Il cristianesimo antico: Dalle origini al concilio di Nicea, Roma, Carocci, 2006 (ed. orig. 1997), pp. 224.

-E. Prinzivalli, Questioni di Storia del cristianesimo antico (I-IV sec.), Roma, ED. Nuova Cultura, 2010, pp. 5-111 e 153-191

 

B (3 ECTS):

- G. Segalla, Sulle tracce di Gesù. La “Terza ricerca”, Assisi, Cittadella Editrice, 2006, pp. 1-141.

- E. Lupieri, Giovanni e Gesù. Storia di un antagonismo, Roma Carocci, 2013, pp. 230.

- A. Destro-M. Pesce, Il Battista e Gesù. Due movimenti giudaici nel tempo della crisi, Roma, Carocci 2021, pp. 267.

 

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.