New Testament and Early Christian Studies (Research)

Specialisation of: Classics and Ancient Near Eastern Civilisations (Research)
Degree: Master of Arts in Classics and Ancient Near Eastern Civilisations (Research)
Mode of Study: Full-time
Duration: 2 year
Start date: September, February
Language of instruction: English
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This specialisation combines in-depth textual and archaeological research on the world of the New Testament, emerging Christianity and the shaping of classical Judaism.

The information about this programme is available in the following languages:

It acts as a bridge between a core domain of “Hebrew Bible Studies” (given the ongoing importance of the Hebrew Bible which, in its Greek shape, has become the Christian “Old Testament”) and “Classics” (given the close interaction of Early Christianity with the Greco-Roman world).

Prof. J. Booth

“It extends the connection-making process beyond Greece and Rome to the ancient civilizations of the Near-East.”

“Classics, and especially the specialisation Classics within the Research Master Classics and Ancient Near Eastern Civilisations, is about making connections – between Greek and Latin, language and culture, text and image, source and reception, ancient and modern ways of thinking, speaking, believing and behaving.

Almost uniquely within a single programme, the Classics programme offers the opportunity of extending the connection-making process beyond classical Greece and Rome to the ancient civilizations of the Near-East.

The intersection and interaction of East and West around the Ancient Mediterranean and its hinterlands in a particular historical period is the focus one of the common courses (Cultural Contact in the Hellenistic World), while the similarities and divergences in the scholarly approach to the texts of each culture lie at the heart of another (The Commentary). The prospect is an exciting symbiosis of specialised perspective and bigger picture.”