Course: Biblical Workshop

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Course title Biblical Workshop
Course code KBV/DTBIS
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Plátová Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Olas Peter
Course content
A cursory reading and commentary on a selected book of the Bible in Czech and Slovak translations. The course is taught each year by two guest lecturers - experts on the relevant book of the Bible. Students are divided into two groups for the course. The course will take the form of face-to-face block teaching from 7 to 9 May 2027. Topics and groups for the 2026/2027 academic year: Group 1: ThLic. Iveta Strenková, PhD. - The Books of Nahum and Jonah Group 2: ThLic. Peter Olas, ThD. - The Book of Revelation

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Better knowledge of a selected biblical book.
Ability to point out the basic message and proposition of individual pericopes of the biblical text within its literary context. Ability to take a critical attitude towards secondary literature.
Prerequisites
An interest in reading the Bible (a specific book of the Bible).

Assessment methods and criteria
Video essay

Active participation in full-time seminars (3 days, usually in the summer months) and an elaboration of a seminary paper (2-4 p.) on a given topic from the studied biblical book.
Recommended literature
  • Bible: český ekumenický překlad - jakékoliv vydání. .
  • Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart.
  • Novum Testamentum Graece. Stuttgart.
  • Blahoslav Pípal. Hebrejsko-český slovník ke Starému zákonu. Praha. 2006.
  • Ladislav Tichý. Slovník novozákonní řečtiny. Olomouc. 2001.


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