(in Polish) Ancient Greece and the Bible

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Course ID:	WT-DTE-WJAGA
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0221) Religion and theology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Ancient Greece and the Bible
Organizational unit:	Institute of General Theology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Gr przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - Obszar nauk humanistycznych (I stopień i jednolite magisterskie)
Course homepage:	http://baih0x5
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	enter learning outcome code/codes
Short description:	Level: Basic – introductory. Aims: The aim of the course is to present the long history of ancient Greece and its relations with the Bible (both Old and New Testament). It focuses on the relationship between Greek and Hellenistic culture and ancient Israel (both in Palestine and in Jewish diaspora) and the possible influence Hellenistic culture had on the Bible. The lecture depicts also a history of Jewish diaspora in Hellenistic world in different historical periods and important fruits of its activities, like the oldest translation of the Bible – the Septuagint. Preliminary requirements: - .
Full description:	The merits: 1. Geography and topography of the Mediterranean region. Geography and topography of Greece. 2. Periodization of the history of ancient Greece. History of ancient Greece (I). The Beginnings and the Bronze Age. 3. History of Ancient Greece (II). "Dark Ages" and "Restoration" in the Eighth Century BC. History of Ancient Greece (III). Archaic Greece (700-480 BC). 4. History of Ancient Greece (IV). Sparta and Athens. Rivalry of city-states. 5. History of ancient Greece (V). Persian wars. 6. History of Ancient Greece (VI). Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. 7. Hellenistic world. Ancient Alexandria. The history of Greek language. 8. Jews of the Hellenistic world. 9. Ancient Greece and the Bible – Old Testament. Greek Traces in the Hebrew Bible. 10. The Septuagint. Origins, character, interpretation. 11. Deuterocanonical Books of the Old Testament. 12. Ancient Greece and the Bible – New Testament. Jesus and the Gospels. 13. Saint Paul and the Hellenistic world. Apostolic Journeys and Letters of St. Paul. Acts of the Apostles. 14. Religion and writings of ancient Greece. 15. Influence of Greek mythology, philosophy, literature and poetry on the Bible.
Bibliography:	Chosen bibliography: - "A Brief History of Ancient Greece. Politics, Society and Culture", S.B. POMEROY, S.M. BURSTEIN, W. DONLAN, J. TOLBERT ROBERTS, D.W. TANDY, G. TSOUVALA, Oxford University Press, 2020 (4th edition). - T. MARTIN, "Ancient Greece. From Prehistoric to Hellenisic Times", Yale University Press 2013. - P. CARTLEDGE, "Ancient Greece. A History in Eleven Cities", Oxford University Press 2009. - A. ZIÓLKOWSKI, Historia powszechna. Starożytność, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2009. - M. JACZYNOWSKA, D. MUSIAŁ, M. STĘPIEŃ, Historia starożytna, Wydawnistwo "Trio", Warszawa 1999, s. 231-407 (Grecja). - F. BRAUDEL, F. COARELLI, M. AYMARD, Morze Śródziemne. Region i jego dzieje, Wydawnictwo Morskie, Gdańsk 1982. - S.B. POMEROY, S.M. BURSTEIN, W. DONLAN, J. TOLBERT ROBERTS, Starożytna Grecja. Historia polityczna, społeczna i kulturalna, tłum. O. Dragouni, Książka i Wiedza, Warszawa 2010. - K. PILARCZYK, J. DRABINA, Religie starożytnego Bliskiego Wschodu, Wydawnictwo WAM, Kraków 2008, s. 177-259. - N.G.L. HAMMOND, Dzieje Grecji, przekł. A. Świderkówna, PIW, Warszawa 1973. - Other books and articles, and other materials, presented during the academic year.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	(in Polish) Kod dostępu do MSTeams: baih0x5
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Methods of evaluation: Presence on lectures (in class or – if necessary – online: please register on MSTeams platform; the group title is: WT_B_STRZAŁKOWSKA_ANCIENT GREECE AND THE BIBLE; the acces code is: baih0x5). Oral exam at the end of semester.

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