| CODE | SHG2050 | ||||||
| TITLE | Johannine Literature | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Sacred Scripture, Hebrew and Greek | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is designed to identify and explain the distinctive features of the Johannine Literature, the context within which these texts were written, and the question of authorship. It will discuss the possibilities raised by Johannine scholars in integrating historical, literary and theological approaches to these specific biblical texts. It will therefore prepare students to explore the relationship between narrative mode and theological claim through both historical contextualization and literary analysis to offer new insight into potential meanings. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit seeks to assist students in their quest for a comprehensive and integrated approach to the Johannine Literature, namely, the gospel of John, the three Letters of John, and the Apocalypse. The students will delve deeper in the peculiar forms of these Writings by exploring the world from which they come. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Possess a measure of understanding of the Johannine Literature and its relation to each other. - Investigate the interplay between history and theology. - Outline the basic structure of these Writings. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Research and use different Commentaries on the Johannine Literature. - Analyze and critically appraise different contexts behind these Writings. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Brown R.E., The Community of the Beloved Disciple (New York: Paulist Press, 1979). - Dodd C. H., The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel (Cambridge: Cambrdige University Press, 1953). - Lindars Barnabas et al., The Johannine Literature With an Introduction by R. Alan Culpepper (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000). Supplementary Readings: - Aune David E., "The Apocalypse of John and the Problem of Genre," Semeia 36 (1986): 65-96. - Court John M., Myth and History in the Book of Revelation (Atlanta: John Knox Press: 1979). - Lieu, J., The Second and Thrid Epistles of John (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1986). - Lieu, J., "Who Was from the Beginning," NTS 39 (1993): 458-477. - Martyn, J.L., History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel (Nashville: Abingdon, 1979). - Segovia F., "Johannine Christianity," NTS 21 (1975): 222-248. - Alicia D. Myers (ed.). Characterizing Jesus. A Rhetorical Analysis on the Fourth Gospel’s Use of Scripture in its Presentation of Jesus. Library of New Testament Studies 458 (London/New York: T &T Clark, 2012). - Christopher W. Skinner (ed.), Characters and Characterization in the Gospel of John, Library of New Testament Studies 461 (London/New York: T&T Clark, 2013). - Köstenberger Andreas J., A Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009). - Manns Frédéric, Three Johannine Studies (Napoli: Chirico, 2020). - Stanley, E. Porter, John, His Gospel, and Jesus: In Pursuit of the Johannine Voice (Grand Rapids/MI: Eerdmans, 2015). |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-units: SHG1010 and THL1001 | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Martin F. Micallef |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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