Annotation
New Testament within the Ancient Literary Context (2023/24)
A one-semester course that seeks to contextualize the texts of the New Testament within an ancient literary environment.
The content of the course is an understanding of ancient media culture - the omnipresent orality, the way texts were created, the role of scribes and authors, including the material aspects of the creation of ancient texts. It will also focus on understanding the ancient genres of both Jewish and other Greek literature of which the New Testament texts are a part
(emphasis on narrative genres, epistolography, and apocalyptic).
Completed course Introduction to the Study of the New Testament is required for admission. The subject matter of this course is examined within the first comprehensive examination of the New Testament. (This doesn't apply to the Erasmus students)