Università Roma Tre

Second semester. Hours: Thursday, 11am-1pm; Friday, 11am-1pm, Meeting Room of the Area di Mondo Antico.
Course start: to be determinated.
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.

M. Simonetti - E. Prinzivalli, Letteratura cristiana antica, PiemmeReligio, Casale Monferrato 2003 (selected textes).
The texts commented in the classroom not present in the anthology will be provided by the teacher.