ECH3701 Death, tombs, and burials in the early Christian world

Gerhard van den Heever

This is a series of podcasts about issues relating the death and its interpretation in early Christian literature. We look at such phenomena as near-death and afterlife experiences, the scientific research that enable us to think anew about such core issues as death, afterlife and resurrection in studies of Christian tradition; as well as the formative role played by the idea of dying for God in the Jewish context of early Christianity and in the early stages of the formation of early Christian discourses.

Episodes

  1. 04/08/2021

    The Resurrection of Jesus ... is it history?

    This is a discussion with Pieter Botha, professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at the University of South Africa, on the resurrection of Jesus. Of particular interest are questions of the scholarly study of the resurrection, focusing on questions whether it is a 'real, historical event', or something else. Interweaving with thinking about the resurrection is then also the question of what is history?

    56 min

  2. 02/18/2021

    Research in New Testament and Early Christian Studies

    The podcast is a presentation by Professors Gerhard van den Heever, Chris de Wet, and Pieter Botha, all from the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies at the University of South Africa. The podcast explains how to conceptualise research in the discipline, especially as it pertains to the two research modules in the honours programme. The two modules in focus are HPECH81 Research in New Testament and Early Christian Studies (an introductory method and theory module), and HRECH86 New Testament and Early Christian Studies Research Report (supervised independent study and research project). Apart from general questions on how to approach the two modules in question, issues pertaining to research in the discipline in general are also addressed.

    28 min

  3. 10/01/2019

    ECH3701 Conceptions of death and afterlife experiences

    In conversation with Pieter Craffert on death, near-death, and afterlife experiences as a contemporary framework to think about such core Christian concepts as resurrection, afterlife, and eternal life.

    24 min

  4. 10/01/2019

    ECH3701 On martyrdom and early Christianity

    "ECH3701 On martyrdom and early Christianity": A podcast on the phenomenon of martyrdom in the Graeco-Roman world and the influence of martyr discourses on the formation of Jesus traditions, and on the later cultural shape of early Christianity. A conversation with Chris de Wet, scholar of late Antique Christianity.

    29 min
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This is a series of podcasts about issues relating the death and its interpretation in early Christian literature. We look at such phenomena as near-death and afterlife experiences, the scientific research that enable us to think anew about such core issues as death, afterlife and resurrection in studies of Christian tradition; as well as the formative role played by the idea of dying for God in the Jewish context of early Christianity and in the early stages of the formation of early Christian discourses.

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