090060 VO Area of Roman Literature (Poetry) (2019S)

Begegnungen mit der Bibel

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften

Moodle

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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Tuesday 25.06.2019 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Thursday 03.10.2019 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Thursday 30.01.2020 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
Tuesday 03.03.2020 15:00 - 17:00 Bibliothek 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6

Lecturers

Danuta Shanzer

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 05.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Tuesday 19.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Tuesday 26.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Tuesday 02.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Tuesday 09.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Tuesday 30.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Tuesday 07.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Tuesday 14.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Tuesday 21.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Tuesday 28.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Tuesday 04.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
Tuesday 18.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This lecture-course will explore the relationship between the Bible and Classical Culture during the Later Roman Empire. The coming of Christianity was the most momentous change during the Roman Empire. It affected all aspects of life and was transmitted primarily through the Bible (OT and NT). That momentous collection of disparate writings was of Near Eastern origin and had gone through a complicated serious of transformations before it reached the Greco-Roman world in various translations. It was corrupt and mistranslated, obscure and difficult, but also numinous and authoritative. Learning to understand and love this strange work was a never-ending process that needed to take place both within the individual and within society. And the encounter with the Bible is also of course a topic in literary history. After beginning with a very general introduction to the Bible in the Greco-Roman world, we will then move on to a series of targeted encounters with various Biblical passages. We will start by examining a few Biblical passages on our own (Genesis and Psalms), we will move on to patristic reactions to the Bible’s style (Jerome and Augustine), we will then explore various literary responses to the Bible, e.g. how it was versified, how it was interpreted, how it was preached.

You will get the most out of the lecture if you acquire copies of the Bible (Vulgata/German) and you bring a print-out of the texts that will be discussed that day with you.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Grades will be assessed on the basis of a final examination that will include short-answer questions and ID’s on all the lectures, an essay (there will be a choice of topics), and translation from Latin into German.

Reading list

Texts to be discussed will be uploaded to Moodle

Association in the course directory

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