Università Roma Tre

Second semester. Hours: Thursday, 11am-1pm; Friday, 11am-1pm, Meeting Room of the Area di Mondo Antico.
Course start: Thursday, March 12, 2020.
The course examines the main data of ancient Christian literary production, from the first to the fifth century, of which will be highlighted both the peculiarities, as well as the relationship with Jewish, Greek and Latin literature. Main topics: Proto-Christian literature (letters, evangelical literature, apocalypses), formation of the New Testament canon, writings from the sub-apostolic period, Greek apologists, "heretical" and heresiological literature, martyrial literature, Tertullian, Cyprian, exegetical literature, Origen, historiography, authors from Cappadocia, ancient literature, Hilarius, Ambrose, Jerome, Rufin, hagiographic literature, Augustine.

The texts examined in the classroom will be provided by the teacher.