RLB280 The Origins of Christianity

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Iva Doležalová (lecturer)
PhDr. Dalibor Papoušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Matúš Demeter (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
RLB280/K: Fri 5. 10. 14:10–15:45 J22, Fri 2. 11. 14:10–15:45 J22, Fri 30. 11. 14:10–15:45 J22, M. Demeter, I. Doležalová, D. Papoušek
RLB280/P: each odd Wednesday 12:30–14:05 J22, M. Demeter, I. Doležalová, D. Papoušek
Prerequisites (in Czech)
RLA06 Christianity I || RLKA06 Christianity I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course will be concerned with questions of religious origins and innovation as illustrated historically by various representations of Jesus over the first three centuries, primarily from the New Testament texts and their strata, and by theoretical questions associated with these historical materials.
Syllabus
  • 0. Introduction to the course; 1. The Synoptic Gospels; 2. The first Christian practices; 3. Mark, Magic and Miracles; 4. Matthew: Jewish Prophecy and Fulfillment; 5. Paul, John, and the Cosmic Christ; 6. The Lucan synthesis; 7. Towards Roman Christian establishment: Luke, the deutero-Pauline letters,Constantine; 8. The archaeology of the early Christianities; 9. The sociology of the early Christianity; 10. The rise of Christianity: historical reassessment 11. Final discussion
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Rané křesťanství : počátky a vývoj církve do roku 600. Edited by Ian Hazlett, Translated by Petr Kitzler. 1. vyd. Brno: CDK (Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury), 2009, 319 s. ISBN 9788073251598. info
  • VOUGA, François. Dějiny raného křesťanství. 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1997, 267 s. ISBN 8085959224. info
  • MACK, Burton L. Who wrote the new testament? : the making of the Christian myth. San Francisco: Harper, 1995, ix, 326. ISBN 0060655186. info
  • SNYDER, Graydon F. Ante pacem : archaeological evidence of church life before Constantine. Rev. ed. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2003, 311 s. ISBN 0865548951. info
  • STARK, Rodney. The rise of Christianity :a sociologist reconsiders history. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996, xiv, 246 s. ISBN 0-691-02749-8. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars and class discussions. Home reading of texts concerning themes of individual lectures and seminars is required. Students have the duty to submit position papers to each seminar.
Assessment methods
1) Weekly attendance and participation in discussions; 2) A one page (typed/printed) paper on some aspect of the scheduled reading will be due weekly. These papers are due the day of the class. Papers will read and returned, all of which are to be resubmitted at the conclusion of the seminar together with a "summary of/conclusion to" what you have written throughout the semester; 3) A final take-home essay exam
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, Spring 2014, Spring 2018, Spring 2020.
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