FINALITÀ
General Objectives:
To assist students in a thorough study of the Synoptic Gospels
and Acts.
To introduced them to a theological understanding of the
books.
ARGOMENTI
Course Outline:
1. Introduction. What is a Gospel? Oral tradition, writing
books and believers in early Christianity. The quest for sources.
The Synoptic Gospels and the historical-critical analysis.
The Synoptic problem. 2. The Gospel according to Mark.
Authorship. Date. Features. Community. Purpose. Theology.
Reading and commenting. 3. The Gospel according to
Matthew. Authorship. Date. Features. Community. Purpose.
Theology. Reading and commenting. 4. The Gospel according
to Luke and Acts. Authorship. Date. Features. Community.
Purpose. Theology. Reading and commenting.
TESTI
Textbook:
Scholz, Daniel. 2009. Introducing the New Testament: Jesus in
the Gospels and Acts. Winona: Saint Mary’s Press.
Bibliography:
Aland, Kurt, ed. 1993. Synopsis of the Four Gospels: Greek-
English Edition of the Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum.
Stuttgart: German Bible Society; Brown, Raymond. 2016. An
Introduction to the New Testament. The Abridged Edition. Edited
and Abridged by Marion Soards. New Haven: Yale University
Press; Fitzmyer, Joseph. 1995. The Biblical Commission’s
Document “The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church”: Text
and Commentary. Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico; Fitzmyer,
Joseph. 2010. The Acts of the Apostles: A New Translation with
Introduction and Commentary. New Haven: Yale University
Press; Kilgallen, John. 2009. A Wealth of Revelation: The Four
Evangelists’ Introductions to Their Gospels. Roma: Pontificio
Istituto Biblico; Perkins, Pheme. 2009. Introduction to the
Synoptic Gospels. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.