COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF CHRISTIANTY I: JESUS AND AGE OF THE APOSTLES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 3295 HISTORY OF CHRISTIANTY I: JESUS AND AGE OF THE APOSTLES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZAFER DUYGU

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To explicate Jesus time, the age of the Apostles, the birth of Christianity and the church and all the details in Early Christianity from a rational perspective on a scientific basis

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Jesus: Jesus as a historical figure and also from the point of view of divine religions and his life, purpose, teachings, influences and also controversial issues about him
2   Apostles: all the details about the apostles as reflected in the sources, their activities during the life of Jesus and after his death, their effects on the next centuries and also controversial issues about them
3   Paul the Apostle: Traditional assumptions on Paul, former and new paradigms about him, his relations with Jesus and the Apostles, his role and significance in the birth of Christianity and his value in the church history
4   The Church: the emergence of the church that formed the basis of Christianity
5   Church Fathers: Christian intellectuals who wrote theological texts the first centuries, their works, views, their historical significance and also their effects on later periods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Jesus as a historical figure
2 Jesus from the point of view of divine religions
3 Jesus, his life, purpose, teachings, effects, controversial issues about him
4 The Apostles of Jesus
5 The activities of the Apostles during the life of Jesus and after his death, their impact on subsequent centuries, discussions about them
6 Traditional assumptions about Paul, old and new paradigms on a rational basis about him
7 The relationship of Paul with Jesus and the apostles
8 Midterm Exam
9 The role and importance of Paul at the point of the birth of Christianity, his value from the point of view of church history
10 The emergence and early history of the church
11 Christian writers who wrote texts containing theology in the first centuries
12 Works and opinions of Christian writers
13 The importance of the Church Fathers from a historical point of view
14 The influence of the Church Fathers on subsequent periods
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Zafer Duygu, Isa, Pavlus, Inciller: Hristiyanlık Neden ve Nasıl Ortaya Çıktı, Istanbul, 2018
Şinasi Gündüz, Pavlus: Hristiyanlığın Mimarı, Ankara, 2001.
Hyam Maccoby, The Mythmaker: Paul and Invention of Christianity, San Fransisco, 1986
Robert Eisenman, James the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Paperback, 1998

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading, research, Q&A, lecture, watching movies and documentaries, presentation, discussion, homework and practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zafer.duygu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Open

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1111
LO.211
LO.31
LO.41
LO.511

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