KRMgrB05 Apocryph Gospels

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Plátová, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Bc. Kateřina Bočková Loudová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Antonín Bartoněk, DrSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Timetable
each even Tuesday 13:20–16:35 zruseno C21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with different types of apocrypha and problems concerning their dating and preservation, and refer to their specific features in comparison with the canonic texts of Bible. The phenomenon of gnosis will be analyzed on the basis of selected texts discovered in the locality Nag Hammadi. The course involves reading several parts of the apocryph gospels in Czech with commentaries (e. g. so-called Secret Gospel according to Mark, Gospel according to Thomas, Judas, Peter etc.) with regard to the original Greek version as well as to the Coptic and Latin one (according to the individual skills of the students). Knowledge of the referenced languages is welcomed; however, it is not necessary for passing out the course.
Syllabus
  • 1) Explanation of the term "apocryph gospel" (or "apocryph literature"); formation of the New Testament canon.
  • 2) Main genres of the New Testament apocrypha: gospels, acts, revelations, prophecies, so-called agrapha.
  • 3) Reading and commenting the texts (with literary introduction):
  • A) agrapha, fragments preserved on papyri (P. Egerton 2, Oxyrhynchus papyri);
  • B) apocryph gospels preserved by the authors of 1st to 3rd cent. AD (so-called Secret Gospel according to Mark, Jewish-Christian gospels, Gospel of the Egyptians, Gospel according to Matthew);
  • C) gnostic gospels (Gospel according to Thomas, Gospel according to Judas, Gospel according to Peter, and other selected texts from codices discovered in Nag Hammadi);
  • D) gospels of childhood (Gospel according to Thomas, Gospel according to pseudo-Matthew).
  • 4) Summary; attempt to define the apocryph gospels and to differentiate their forms according to the content, formal features and the chronological classification.
Literature
  • Bible : Písmo svaté Starého a Nového zákona : český ekumenický překlad. 11. vyd., (9. přepr. v Čes. Praha: Česká biblická společnost, 1998, 863, 287. ISBN 8085810190. info
  • Novum Testamentum Graece [1993, Deutsche Biebelgesellschaft] : Bible., N.Z. (Unif.). Edited by Barbara Aland - Kurt Aland, Edited by Eberhard Nestle - Erwin Nestle. 27. revid. Aufl. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993, 89, 809 s. ISBN 3-438-05100-1. info
  • Neznámá evangelia : novozákonní apokryfy. Edited by Jan Amos Dus - Petr Pokorný. 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2001, 461 s. ISBN 8070214066. info
  • DUS, Jan Amos. Příběhy apoštolů : novozákonní apokryfy. 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 564 s. ISBN 8070215933. info
  • Jidášovo evangelium. Edited by Marek Dospěl. 1. vyd. Praha: KLP, 2006, xxxii, 63. ISBN 8086791378. info
  • POKORNÝ, Petr. Píseň o perle : tajné knihy starověkých gnostiků. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 326 s. ISBN 8070212462. info
  • TICHÝ, Ladislav. Úvod do Nového zákona. 2., přeprac. vyd. Svitavy: Trinitas, 2003, 285 s. ISBN 8086036790. info
  • D. LÜHRMANN, Fragmente apokryph gewordener Evangelien in griechischer und lateinischer sprache, Marburg 2000
Assessment methods
Colloquium. The topics of the discussion will be specified during the last session.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Spring 2015.
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