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090128 UE The lives of Athanasios Athonites and byzantine monasticism (2015S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 12 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Fr 13.03.2015 09.15-12.45 Ort: Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3

Fr 27.03.2015 09.15-15.45 Ort: Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3

Fr 24.04.2015 09.15-12.45 Ort: Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3

Do 11.06.2015 09.15-15.45 Ort: Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3

Do 18.06.2015 14.45-18.00 Ort: Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Close reading and discussion of the hagiographical texts relating to Athansios the Athonite, who is regarded as the founder of monasticism on Mount Athos

Assessment and permitted materials

oral participation, including the preparation of the weekly readings of the Greek text (70%), oral presentation (30%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Analysis of the relevant hagiographical texts as examples of Byzantine hagiography. Historical contextualization in the history of monasticism. Scrutiny of the role of Athanasios as a founding figure.

Examination topics

Reading list

Vitae duae antiquae Sancti Athanasii Athonitae, hg. v. Jacques Noret, Turnhout 1982
A. E. Müller, Berg Athos. Geschichte einer Mönchsrepublik, München 2005
Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism, hg. v. Anthony Bryer, Aldershot 1998
Additional readings will be communicated in the course of the semester.

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