Università Roma Tre

Course title 2017-2018: Resurrectio mortuorum: texts on the resurrection of the dead (IV-V century).

Prerequisite: The student who intends to attend this course is obliged to follow the one of Letteratura delle origini cristiane (Laurea Magistrale).

Description of course. During the 4th and 5th centuries faith in the resurrection of the dead was the subject of in-depth reflection on the part of Christians from the East and the West. The course aims to conduct some surveys of the most significant works of Greek authors and Latin authors of those centuries, to study the developments of reflection, largely characterized by polemical aspects, concerning such object of faith. The course is seminary and involves the active participation of students, who are required to have knowledge (of high school level) of the Greek and Latin languages. Adaptations to the program are for students who do not know the ancient languages ​​or who can not attend; they are therefore invited to contact the teacher.

Bibliography.
Materials for seminars (critical editions and secondary bibliography) will be provided by the teacher.

H.Y. Gamble, Libri e lettori nella chiesa antica, Paideia, Brescia 2006.
For students who already have Gamble's book in the syllabus of Letteratura delle origini cristiane: B.M. Metzger, Il canone del Nuovo Testamento, Paideia, Brescia 1997.