HIST587 Earliest Christianity: Social Context and Sacred Text
Updated: 05 January 2009| Credit Points | 6 |
| Offering | Not offered in 2009 |
| Online level | Level B - Internet access required |
| Intensive School(s) | None |
| Supervised Exam | There is no UNE Supervised Examination. |
| Pre-requisites | candidature in a postgraduate award |
| Co-requisites | None |
| Restrictions | HIST387 or HIST487 or RELS206 or RELS306 or RELS406 |
| Notes | offered in even numbered years |
| Combined Units |
HIST387 - Earliest Christianity: Social Context and Sacred Text |
| Coordinator(s) | To be advised |
| Unit Description |
This unit investigates political, social and religious influences which gave rise to the early Christian movement in the first century. Historical perspectives will be advanced along with sociological models in order to assess the Jewish and Graeco-Roman roots of the most influential ideology from antiquity which is still alive today. There will be a focus on primary documents, with particular attention to the texts of the New Testament. A variety of models of interpretation of the New Testament will be studied. |
| Disclaimer | Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period. |