Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Van Oyen Geert;
Language
French
Main themes
To achieve its objectives, the course will address the following themes:
- the historical and religious context of the New Testament;
- the figure of Jesus in the New Testament;
- introduction to the Pauline literature, the Gospels and the Apocalypse and insight into the Apocrypha of the New Testament;
- a brief history of the canon of the New Testament;
- relationship between history, literature and theology for reading the Bible.
- the historical and religious context of the New Testament;
- the figure of Jesus in the New Testament;
- introduction to the Pauline literature, the Gospels and the Apocalypse and insight into the Apocrypha of the New Testament;
- a brief history of the canon of the New Testament;
- relationship between history, literature and theology for reading the Bible.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | - describe the historical and religious context of the New Testament and situate the figure of Jesus; |
| 2 | - master a basic knowledge of the New Testament writings (content, main characteristics); |
| 3 | - describe the history of the formation of the New Testament canon. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
This course is an Introduction to the New Testament (NT). During 25 hours the student will "learn to read the NT". In a first part the traidtional questions are treated (the books, the aim, the authors, the dates, the structure), especially with regard to the four gospels. Moreover, we will learn to know the historical and religious environment of the NT (judaism, greco-roman culture). In order to understand the modern approaches of the texts, we present a historical survey of the research and the methodology of the NT (source criticism, form criticism, redaction criticism, narrative criticism, performance criticism). The last part of the course will be devoted to specific questions: textual criticism, the transmission of the text, apocryphal texts.
introduction to the NT is a general introduction in the critical reading of biblical text. A more throughgoing reading of individual books of the NT is given in other courses in BA and MA.
introduction to the NT is a general introduction in the critical reading of biblical text. A more throughgoing reading of individual books of the NT is given in other courses in BA and MA.
Teaching methods
Classroom-based course.
Evaluation methods
Written examination.
Online resources
The course notes are available in Moodle.
Bibliography
La bibliographie de chaque chapitre du cours est disponible sur le site du cours.
The bibliography of each separate chapter is available in the course notes.
The bibliography of each separate chapter is available in the course notes.
Faculty or entity
TEBI
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Minor in Medieval Studies
Minor in Christian Theology
Minor in Sciences of Religions (openness)
Master [120] in Sciences of Religions
Certificat universitaire en théologie (fondements)
Certificat universitaire en études bibliques
Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
Bachelor in religious studies