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BBCL2609: Historical Jesus to Written Gospels
2021 unit information
This unit examines the relationship between the historical person of Jesus of Nazareth and the literary-theological achievement of the early Christian Gospels (including non-canonical Gospels). Students are encouraged to apply rigorous historical method and careful literary analysis in order to gain a nuanced understanding of how the leader of a Jewish renewal movement became the object of devotion in earliest Christianity. The unit will read Biblical texts in English translation.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 Junior credit points including at least 6 in BBCL1001, BBCL1002, HBRW1111, HBRW1112, RLST1002 and 6 in Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies, Ancient History, Anthropology, Archaeology, History, English, Philosophy, Studies in Religion, Arabic Studies or 6 Senior credit points in BBCL2603, BBCL2607, BBCL2610 or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Biblical Studies and Classical Hebrew or Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture or Ancient History |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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BBCL2003 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. articulate the main quests for the historical Jesus from the gospels to the present day
- LO2. give examples of several Graeco-Roman and Jewish sources for the study of Jesus and the Roman East
- LO3. identify the type of literature of the Gospels in an ancient context
- LO4. explain why historians take the collection of writings in the New Testament seriously as sources for the study of the historical Jesus
- LO5. discuss the criteria (or indices) of historicity most modern scholars employ when reading the New Testament texts
- LO6. explain the historical context and significance of several primary texts
- LO7. compare and contrast the four Gospels
- LO8. discuss the historical evidence for the death and resurrection of Jesus
- LO9. understand the account for the rise of earliest Christianity in its Jewish and Roman contexts
- LO10. assess the significance of archaeology for the study of a figure like Jesus.
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