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Christian Origins and Early Christian Contexts. Introduction to Early Christian Literature and History - SCR1501

Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
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Co-requisite: BTH1501
Purpose: The purpose of the learning is to equip students with the requisite knowledge and skills to explain, analyse and evaluate discourses and debates in the scientific study of early Christian documents. Students will also be able to competently explain the function of early Christian literature in contemporary meaning making and identity, as well as explain the context for the origins of Christianity, and the early history of Christianity up to the second century C.E and including the formation of the Christian canon; and describe and explain the contents, composition history, and message of the corpus of early Christian literature in order to interpret the Bible competently.