| CODE | SHG3200 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Sacred Scripture Seminar | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Sacred Scripture, Hebrew and Greek | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | With particular focus on Christ’s resurrection event, the seminar explores how the Christian faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ was handed on to the believing communities. The Gospel Resurrection Narratives will be analyzed, together with various ways of expressing the resurrection in kerygmatic nuclei, creeds, hymns, narratives in the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Letters. The seminar will have three parts: 1) the disciples proclaim their faith; 2) the disciples celebrate their faith; 3) the disciples narrate their faith. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit will give the opportunity to students to assess and analyze the different ways in which the foundational event of the resurrection of Jesus is expressed in New Testament writings. Furthermore, students will be able to understand how the different literary forms in which the resurrection event is transmitted in New Testament portray the different proclamatory, liturgical and narrative contexts in which they were used. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify the different literary forms in which Jesus' resurrection was narrated in different New Testament writings; - classify the different literary forms in which the resurrection pericopes into narrative, liturgical and kerygmatic categories; - discuss the specific narrative, kerygmatic and liturgical background of each resurrection pericope. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - distinguish between different types of literary forms with same or similar contents in New Testament texts; - recognize the background that has given rise to each New Testament text with same content of Jesus' resurrection; - propose new situations for which the resurrection narratives would be appropriated. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: BODE Edward L., The first Easter morning. The Gospel accounts of the women's visit to the tomb (= Analecta Biblica 45), Rome: Biblical Institute Press 1970. BUTCHER John B., Telling the Untold Stories. Encounters with the Resurrected Jesus, London - New York: Trinity Press International 2000. CANTALAMESSA Raniero, Easter in the Early Church. An anthology of Jewish and Early Christian texts, translated by J.A. QUIGLEY - J.T. LIENHARD, Collegeville/MN, 2nd Edition 1993. DILLON Richard J., From eye-witnesses to ministers of the Word. Tradition and composition in Luke 24 (= Analecta Biblica 82), Rome: Biblical Institute Press 1978. HENDRICKX Herman, Resurrection narratives (= Studies in the Synoptic Gospels), London: Geoffrey Chapman, 2nd edition 1984. McCane Byron R., Roll Back the Stone. Death and Burial in the World of Jesus, London - New York: Trinity Press International 2003. SPITERI Donat, Mill-mewt ghall-hajja, Malta 1995. VERMES Geza, The Resurrection, London: Penguin Books 2008. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-unit: SHG1000 | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Paul Sciberras |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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