(in Polish) Lektura wybranych fragmentów Nowego Testamentu w perspektywie antropologii kulturowej WT-FWD-LWF
1. Social-scientific approach to reading the Bible.
2. Honor and shame as central values of the Mediterranean culture during the New Testament period.
2. History of research on the Mediterranean civilization in the aspect of honor and shame.
3. The basic interpretation model of honor and shame and its critical evaluation. Semantics of terminology determining honor and shame in the NT.
4-5 Honor inherited by Jesus from the perspective of Matthew's Gospel of Jesus Childhood (1 - 2).
6-7. Interpretation of the Eight Beatitudes (Matt 5, 3-12) in the perspective of honor and shame.
8. The concept of family honor in the Gospel according to Mark.
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Learning outcomes
The result of active participation in classes should be a comprehensive knowledge of anthropological and cultural methodology and its skilful application for independent reading of biblical texts.
Assessment criteria
The verification of learning outcomes will take place at two stages: 1) a written essay in which the student demonstrates the ability to apply anthroological and cultural methodology to interpret a selected text taken from the New Testament; 2) final oral exam on issues discussed in class.
Bibliography
Novum Testamentum graece, E. Nestle, K. Aland i in. (red.), 28 wyd., Stuttgart 2012.
Pismo Święte Starego i Nowego Testamentu (Biblia Tysiąclecia), opr. zespół biblistów polskich z inicjatywy benedyktynów tynieckich, wyd. 5, Poznań 2000.
Z. Crook, Honor, Shame, and Social Status Revisited, JBL 3 (2009) 591-611.
J. Kręcidło, Honor i wstyd w interpretacji Ewangelii. Szkice z egzegezy antropologicznokulturowej, Lingua Sacra Monografie 1, Verbinum, Warszawa 2013.
B.J. Malina, The Social World of Jesus and the Gospels, London 1996.
B.J. Malina, The New Testament World. Insights from Cultural Anthropology, Louisville 2001.
J.H. Neyrey, Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew, Louisville 1999.
J.J. Pilch, A Cultural Handbook to the Bible, Grand Rapids 2012.
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