Seminar in biblical theology

elementary

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TMA_U01

TMA_U03

TMA_K05

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TD-U07

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At least basic knowledge of biblical languages ​​as well as ancient history and culture.

Level of the subject: MA and PhD

Objectives of the course: Comprehensive familiarization of students with the issues of history, exegesis and theology of the Old and New Testaments.

Managing the process of creating master’s and doctoral dissertations.

Prerequisites: Openness of mind, readiness to develop biblical interests.

Course contents: The seminar is interactive. The lecturer animates discussions and poses research problems, inviting students to creative and multilateral solutions. As part of the seminar, a biblical methodology course is conducted: historical-critical method, narrative analysis, rhetorical analysis, linguistic analysis (syntax, semantics and pragmatics), canonical exegesis, sociolinguistic approach, cultural anthropology, intertextuality, etc. This is to help seminar participants in developing their hermeneutic awareness and undertaking adequate research methods when writing their own dissertations.

Its purpose is to improve the historical and exegetical skills of the seminar participants.

Basic literature:

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, E. Ellinger, W. Rudolph (ed.), Stuttgart 1990.

Septuaginta, A. Rahlfs, t. 1-2, Stuttgart 1965.

The Greek New Testament, ed. K. Aland, M. Black, C.M. Martini, B.M. Metzger, 4th revised edition 1993.

B.M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. A Companion Volume to the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament, Stuttgart-New York 1994.

Pismo Święte Starego i Nowego Testamentu (Biblia Tysiąclecia), opr. zespół biblistów polskich z inicjatywy benedyktynów tynieckich, wyd. 5, Poznań 2000 (oraz inne współczesne polskie przekłady).

R. Rubinkiewicz (tł. i oprac.), Interpretacja Biblii w Kościele. Dokument Papieskiej Komisji Biblijnej z komentarzem biblistów polskich, RSB 4: Warszawa 1999.

Papieska Komisja Biblijna, Naród żydowski i jego Święte Pisma w Biblii chrześcijańskiej, tłum. R. Rubinkiewicz, Kielce 2002.

Supplementary literature:

J. Barr, The Semantics of Biblical Language, Oxford 1961.

F. Blass, A. Debrunner, R. Funk, A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Chicago 1961.

C. Brémond, Logique du récit, Paris 1973.

R.A. Culpepper, Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel. A Study in Literary Design, Philadelphia 1983.

J. Czerski, Metody interpretacji Nowego Testamentu, Opole 1997.

W. Egger, How to Read the New Testament. An Introduction to Linguistic and Historical-Critical Methodology, Hendrickson Publishers: Peabody 1996 (dostępne również w j. niemieckim [oryginał] oraz włoskim).

N. Frye, Wielki Kod. Biblia i literatura, Homini: Bydgoszcz 1998.

G. Genette, Narrative Discourse. An Essay in Method, New York 1981.

G. Genette, Palimpsestes: La littérature au second degré, Paris 1982.

M. Głowiński (red.), Narratologia, Gdańsk 2004.

M. Głowiński, O intertekstualności, Pamiętnik Literacki LXXVII, 1986, z. 4.

A.J. Greimas, Sémantique structurale, Paris 1966.

D. Herman (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Narrative, Cambridge 2007.

L. Herman, B. Vervaeck, Handbook of Narrative Analysis, London 2005.

W. Klaga, Intertekstualność a ontologia tekstu, Kwartalnik neofilologiczny XLI, 3-4/1999, 169-176.

J. Kristeva, Semeiotike: Recherches pour une sémanalyse, Paris 1969.

C. Mora Paz, M. Grilli, R. Dillmann, Lectura pragmalingüística de la Biblia. Teoría y aplicación, Estella 1999.

A. Reboul, J. Moeschler, La pragmatique aujourd' hui. Une nouvelle science de la communication, Éditions du Seuil 1998.

M. Riffaterre, Semiotyka intertekstualna: interpretant, Pamiętnik Literacki LXXIX 1988, z. 1, 297-314.

R. Scholes, J. Phelan, R. Kellogg, The Nature of Narrative, Oxford 2006.

M. Zerwick, Biblical Greek (English Edition Adapted from the Fourth Latin Edition by J. Smith), EPIB: Rome 2005.

Readings needed to discuss specific substantive or methodological issues will be provided on an ongoing basis.

ACCESS CODE FOR MS TEAMS COURSE:

The seminar is interactive. The professor animates the work of students presenting their research achievements, which are then subject to multi-faceted discussion. All participants are encouraged to participate in the discussion. On this occasion, the professor explains various substantive and methodological issues which are to help students in conducting research and editing their dissertations. The expected learning outcomes are graded depending on the student’s stage of masters or doctoral studies.

Assessment methods: Final credit will be based on active participation and temporary fulfillment of entrusted tasks, related in particular to the stages of editing the dissertation.

Educational outcome (EO) No. 1 referred to as the student “has ordered and in-depth knowledge of the methodology of biblical studies and knows the possibilities of its application to read biblical texts.”

To get the grade:

Insufficient (2): does not know the basic concepts of biblical methodology or how to apply them to the interpretation of biblical texts.

Sufficient (3): knows sufficiently the basic concepts of biblical methodology and how to apply them to reading biblical texts.

Good (4): knows well not only the basic but also more advanced assumptions of the biblical methodology and knows the theoretical principles of its application for the analysis of biblical texts.

Very good (5): knows very well all the basic and advanced concepts of biblical methodology and very well knows the theoretical principles of their application for the analysis of biblical texts.

Educational outcome (EO) No. 2 referred to as the student “can search, analyze, evaluate and integrate information from various sources and formulate critical judgments on this basis.”

To get the grade:

Insufficient (2): he is not able to use the basic concepts of various biblical methods or apply them to the exegesis of the indicated biblical texts.

Sufficient (3): knows how to use the biblical methodology in a basic way and apply it to source texts from the Bible.

Good (4): can use various biblical methods well in the independent interpretation of the pericope of biblical literature.

Very good (5): can fluently and creatively apply various research methods used in biblical literature for independent interpretation of biblical pericopes.

Educational outcome (EO) No. 3 described as s/he “is critical of his own scientific and research achievements, has the ability to work in a group, taking on various roles in it.”

To get the grade:

Insufficient (2): he is not critical of his own scientific and research achievements and cannot cooperate in a group.

Sufficient (3): shows low skills of critical diagnosis of own research achievements and is able to take some roles in group work.

Good (4): shows a critical approach to his scientific achievements and formulated conclusions, can take various roles in the research group.

Very good (5): can carry out a comprehensive critique of his own research achievements, finds himself very well in various functions in the research group.