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Lehrende: Dr. Margherita Mantovani
Veranstaltungsart:
Hauptseminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan:
Semesterwochenstunden:
2
Unterrichtssprache:
Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
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Weitere Informationen:
Knowledges of one or more ancient languages (eg. Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and/or Latin) are required
Kommentare/ Inhalte:
The aim of this course is to explore the history of the concepts of ‘debt’, ‘sin’, ‘remission’, and ‘forgiveness’ in Second Temple Jewish and early Christian texts. After a methodological introduction, the analysis will focus on sources from the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the New Testament. The cancellation of debts during the sabbatical year (Deut 15:1-2) and the forgiveness of debts in the Lord’s Prayer are examples of the topics that will be covered during the lessons. Particular attention will be given to the semantic connections existing between the notions of 'debt' and 'sin' in Aramaic sources.
The course does not require any particular linguistic skills, although knowledge of at least one ancient language among Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Aramaic is a strong advantage.
Literatur:
Gary A. Anderson, Sin: A History, New Haven - London, Yale University Press, 2009.
William Arnal, « The Rhetoric of Marginality: Apocalypticism, Gnosticism, and Sayings Gospels », Harvard Theological Review 88.4 (1995), 471-494.
Giovanni B. Bazzana, « Basileia and Debt Relief: The Forgiveness of Debts in the Lord’s Prayer in the Light of Documentary Papyri », The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 73 (2011), 511-525.
René Girard, La Violence et le Sacré, Paris, Grasset & Fasquelle, 1972.
Id., Le Bouc Émissaire, Paris, Grasset & Fasquelle, 1982.
David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years, New York, Melville House, 2011.
Maurizio Lazzarato, La fabrique de l’homme endetté. Essai sur la condition néolibérale, Paris, Editions Amsterdam, 2011.
Elettra Stimilli, Debt and Guilt: A Political Philosophy, Bloomsbury 2018.
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