Università Roma Tre

Second semester.
Hours: 4 hours/week.
Beginning of the course: March 2023.
Also available online, in synchronous and recorded mode. Registration on Moodle: https://studiumanistici.el.uniroma3.it/course/view.php?id=500

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 literatures. 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, Casale Monferrato: PiemmeReligio, 2003 (selected textes).
The texts commented in the classroom not present in the anthology will be provided by the teacher.