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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr R G Jenkins.
Prerequisite: Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department.
Contact: Two lectures and a tutorial a week or equivalent.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students on completion of this subject should have acquired an enhanced understanding of the dynamic relationship between the historical origins of various religious movements and the way their earliest adherents constructed those origins. An understanding of the function of religion in ancient society should result.
Content:
The historical origins contrasted and one earliest construction of four representative religious movements are studied each year [in 1996: Judaism, Manichaeism, Christianity and Islam].
Assessment:
3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
1. Classical Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p35) : Next:150-281 | Prev:104-225
2. Jewish Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p123) : Next:150-251 | Prev:104-268
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr R G Jenkins.
Prerequisite: Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department.
Contact: Two lectures and a tutorial a week or equivalent.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students on completion of this subject should have acquired an enhanced understanding of the dynamic relationship between the historical origins of various religious movements and the way their earliest adherents constructed those origins. An understanding of the function of religion in ancient society should result
Content:
The historical origins contrasted and one earliest construction of four representative religious movements are studied each year [in 1996: Judaism, Manichaeism, Christianity and Islam].
Assessment:
3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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2. Jewish Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p123) : Next:150-251 | Prev:104-268
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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