Università Roma Tre

First semester.
Schedule: 6 hours/week, Monday-Wednesday-Friday, 12 noon-2 p.m.
Classroom: Ancient World Meeting Room
Course start: November 11, 2024.
Also available online, in synchronous and recorded mode.

The course examines the main data of the normative (Bible) and para-normative literary sources of Christians; the process of formation of the biblical canon, in its various configurations; the constitution of the category of “apocrypha” in the reflection of Christians and the variable normative status of works marked by this epithet. It illustrates and analyzes some of the most impactful themes in the figurative repertoire of such production, both canonical and apocryphal.