Università Roma Tre

First semester.
Hours: 6 hours/week: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, from 12 to 14 h, Sala riunioni di Mondo Antico.
Beginning of the course: Monday 4 October 2021. End of the course: Monday 8 November 2021.

Course title 2021-2022: Prisoner Paul writes: Letter to the Philippians, Letter to Philemon.
Also available online, in synchronous and recorded mode.

The course aims to deepen, according to various perspectives of investigation (philological, linguistic, literary, historical, doctrinal), two authentic letters of Paul, united by the condition in which they were written: the author, in fact, is a prisoner. In them, the humanity of the sender, the clear identity of the respective addressees, and the relationship that binds both are immediately evident. The themes are different: the first deals with Christian identity and life. The second deals with the phenomenon of slavery, which pertains to the culture and structure of civil society, even though it is obviously treated on the basis of typically Christian criteria.
The course has a seminar character and involves the active participation of students.

R. PENNA, Lettera ai Filippesi. Lettera a Filemone, Roma: Città Nuova, 2002.

General section.
For students who have never taken an exam in Ancient Christian Literature: M. SIMONETTI - E. PRINZIVALLI, Storia della letteratura cristiana antica, Bologna: EDB, 2010.
For students who have already taken exams in Ancient Christian Literature: H.Y. GAMBLE, Libri e lettori nella chiesa antica, Brescia: Paideia, 2006.