FINALITÀ
General Objectives:
To introduce the students into the world of the human
past given notions of Archaeology in general and of Biblical
Archaeology in particular.
To assist the students to deepen their knowledge and
understanding of the military, political, religious, social and
cultural history of the ancient world.
To explain the influence of historical events on the biblical
texts.
To help the students to place the biblical events in their
geographical context.
ARGOMENTI
Course Outlines:
1. Biblical Archaeology: 1.1. Archaeology in general:
basic notions, methodology, chronology and study. 1.2.
Biblical archaeology (past and presence). 1.3. Examples
of archaeological sites connected to Christianity: 1.3.1.
Domus-ecclesia. 1.3.2. Basilica. 1.3.3. Monastery. 1.3.4.
Mosaics. 1.3.5. Tombs. 1.3.6. Graffiti. 2. Biblical History:
2.1. The Down of Civilizations. 2.2 Egypt. 2.3. Sumerian
and Akkadian Empire. 2.4. Hammurabi and His State. 2.5.
Hittites. 2.6. Era of Small States. 2.7. Assyrian and Chaldean
(Neo-Babylonian) Empire. 2.8. Persian Empire. 2.9. Ancient
Greece. 2.10. Macedonians. 2.11. The beginnings of the
Roman Empire. 3. Biblical Geography: 3.1. Geography of the Middle East in general. 3.2. Physical geography of Israel. 3.3.
Historical geography.
TESTI
Bibliography:
Bauer, S. Wise. 2007. The History of the Ancient World: From the
Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome. New York: Norton; Curtis,
Adrian. 2009. Oxford Bible Atlas. Oxford: Oxford University
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and Medieval History. Paris: Hamlyn; Murphy-O’Connor,
Jerome. 2008. The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological
Guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Negev, Avraham,
and Shimon Gibson. 2005. Archaeological Encyclopedia of the
Holy Land. New York: Continuum; Rainey, Anson, and R.
Steven Notley. 2015. The Sacred Bridge: Carta’s Atlas of the
Biblical World. Second Emended and Enhanced Edition with
Contributions by Joe Uzziel, Itzick Shai, and Bernhard Schultz.
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