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LC04ˇ@The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith (2 credits)

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Lecturer: Peter CHOY, Savio HONˇALanfranco FEDRIGOTTI

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Description:

A.    Foundations

 1.  The Quest for the Historical Jesus in the biblical research of the last two hundred years

   1.1 Liberal protestanism and the Historical Jesus

   1.2 Albert Schweitzer and Apocalypticism

   1.3 Rudolf Bultmann and the Christ of faith

   1.4 The new Quest for the Historical Jesus

   1.5 Vatican II and the Pontifical Biblical Commission

 2.  The implications of the ˇ§quest for the historical Jesusˇ¨ in the methodologies used today in christology

   2.1 A brief survey of the methodologies

   2.2 A case study of the "from above" approach - Galot

   2.3 A case study of the "from below" approach - Sobrino

   2.4 A case study of the "from above and from below" approach - Kasper

   2.5 An evaluation of these different methodologies

 3.  Theological Foundations

   3.1 Preliminary considerations on method in theology

   3.2 History and faith

      3.2.1 Evaluation of the critico-positive concept of history

      3.2.2 The indispensable dimension of history in Christian faith

      3.2.3 Biblical exegesis and the historical core of Christian faith

   3.3 Reason and faith

      3.3.1 The place of "reason" as lumen naturale in faith

      3.3.2 Faith as unifying principle in theological pluralism

   3.4 Catholic theological principles of biblical exegesis

B.    Special Topics

 1.  The Virginal Conception of Jesus in biblical exegesis and dogmatic theology

 2. The Resurrection of Jesus in biblical exegesis and dogmatic theology

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Reference: 

  1. BROWN R. E., The Virginal Conception & Bodily Resurrection of Jesus. (London, Dublin: Geoffrey Chapman, 1973)

  2. FITZMYER J., Scripture & Christology (New York, Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1986)

  3. INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGICAL COMMISSION, The Consciousness of Christ Concerning Himself and His Mission (1985) in HSARKEY M. (ed), International Theological Commission, Texts and Documents 1969-1985. (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1989)

  4. MARROU H. I., The Meaning of History. (Dublin: Helicon, 1966)

  5. PONTIFICAL BIBLICAL COMMISSION, "Instructio De Historica Evangeliorum Veritate (Latin-English Text)", Catholic Biblical Quarterly 26(1964), p.299-312

  6. PONTIFICAL BIBLICAL COMMISSION, "The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (1993)" in Catholic International 5 (1994), p.109-147

  7. SCHWEITZER A., The Quest of the Historical Jesus: a critical study of its progress from Reimarus to Wrede, introduction by Robinson J. M. (New York: Macmillan, 1968)

  8. BROWN R. E., The Birth of Messiah: a commentary on the infancy narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The Anchor Bible Reference Library, new updated edition. (New York: Doubleday, 1993)

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Note:

Not offered this year