History of biblical exegesis

ltheo2432  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

History of biblical exegesis
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h
Q1

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !

Language
French
Main themes
In order to achieve this end :
- an ancient biblical commentary (from the Antiquity to the 18th century) will be studied;
- it will be compared to other commentaries on the same biblical passage;
- attention will be paid to the type(s) of biblical texts used in the ancient commentary.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 - read a ancient biblical commentary and understand the approach of the author ;
 
2 - situate this approach in the history of biblical interpretation;
 
3 - perceive clearly the importance of it for the exegesis of today.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The concrete topic of this course changes every year. Please refer to the French version for uptodate information.
Faculty or entity
TEBI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies

Master [120] in Biblical Studies

Master [120] in Theology