HIST387 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 | None |
| Pre-requisites | 12 cp in ANCH or HIST or RELS or candidature in a postgraduate award |
| Co-requisites | None |
| Restrictions | HIST487 or HIST587 or RELS206 or RELS306 or RELS406 |
| Notes | offered in even numbered years |
| Combined Units |
HIST587 - 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. |
| Materials | Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period. |
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |