Università Roma Tre

The course aims to introduce students, according to the historical-critical method, to literary and historical-religious issues related to the composition, selection, transmission and interpretation of the texts that converged in the Hebrew and Christian Bible. The course will be structured in three sections:

Literary history and formation of the Hebrew canon of Scripture. The Old Testament text and ancient translations (Caterina Moro).

Historical Jesus and the construction of memory: traditions and gospels (Carla Noce)

Acts, letters, apocalypses. Formation of the New Testament canon, apocryphal books. The New Testament text and ancient translations (Alberto D'Anna)

Materials concerning the course will be made available by teachers.