RELI401A

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RELI401A - Early Christian Literature: Greek Texts

Religious Studies and ClassicsUndergraduateUA - UA General

Course ID

039460

Course Description

This course involves in depth study of early Christian texts together with related contemporary Jewish and Greco-Roman literature. Students will engage in careful analysis of individual texts in the New Testament and from the first four centuries of the Common Era, focusing on questions of genre, authorship, and meaning. Alongside these, students will examine writings by contemporary Jewish, Greek, and Roman authors (e.g., Philo, Josephus, Seneca, and Plutarch) as illustrative of the wider literary and religious culture. For students who have completed GRK 201, an option for readings in ancient Greek will be available as part of the course.

Min Units

3

Max Units

3

Repeatable for Credit

No

Grading Basis

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Career

Undergraduate

Course Attributes

CE - CL (Cross Listed), WE - WEC (Writing Emphasis Course)

Cross Listed Courses

Component

Lecture

Optional Component

No