The Study Plan gives a general overview of the programme.
Here is the course plan for students who start in September 2024
Here is the course plan for students who started in September 2023
In the autumn semester 2024, the following courses are offered
Mandatory courses for first-year students:
The Study of Ancient Religion
The Emergence of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Mandatory courses for second-year students:
Interreligious Relations: Defining Moments, Current Encounters
Thesis Colloquium
In addition, the students have to choose one of the following text-courses:
Text, Jewish Tradition (here is a overview over dates – note that the dates are TENTATIVE)
Text, Islamic Tradition
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Earlier courses:
Here is the course plan for students who started in September 2022;
And here is the course plan for students who started in September 2021.
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In the spring semester 2024, the following courses were offered
Mandatory course for first-year students:
Holy Scriptures in Judaism Christianity and Islam
Furthermore, first-year students have to choose a language course, either:
Arabic or
Hebrew
and an interaction course, either:
Ritual in Early Judaism, Christianity and Islam or
Space, Art, and Identity in Synagogue, Church, and Mosque
In the autumn semester 2023, the following courses were offered
Mandatory courses for first-year students:
The Study of Ancient Religion
The Emergence of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Mandatory courses for second-year students:
Interreligious Relations: Defining Moments, Current Encounters
Thesis Colloquium (for a description of this course see the course-lists of the individual partner universities)
In addition, the students have to choose one of the following text-courses:
Text, Jewish Tradition
Text, Islamic Tradition
Older courses
Mandatory interaction course for first-year students:
Holy Scriptures
Second interaction course: Mysticism, Philosophy and Wisdom Traditions 2023 (this course technically is not mandatory, but there are no alternatives this semester)
Furthermore, first-year students have to choose a language course, either:
Arabic or
Hebrew
In the fall semester 2022, the following courses were mandatory for first-year students:
The Study of Ancient Religion
The Emergence of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
In the fall semester 2022, the following courses were mandatory for second-year students:
Interreligious Relations: Defining Moments, Current Encounters
Thesis Colloquium (for a description of this course see the course-lists of the individual partner universities)
In addition, the students have to choose one of the following text-courses:
Text, Jewish Tradition
Text, Christian Tradition
Text, Islamic Tradition
In the spring semester 2022, the following courses were offered:
Mandatory course for first-year students:
Holy Scriptures
Furthermore, first-year students have to choose a language course, either:
Arabic or
Hebrew
and an interaction course, either:
Ritual in Early Judaism Christianity and Islam or
Space, Art, and Identity in Synagogue, Church, and Mosque
About the courses in general
Teaching combines distance learning, compact in-person seminars twice pr. semester, course assignments, tutorials and traditional teaching at the individual host institutions.
The courses range from optional ones:
– Classical languages: Hebrew, Arabic.
– Text courses where a given subject, such as Early Christian Martyrdom, The Qur’an, or Classical Rabbinic Texts, is studied through texts in the original language
– Interaction courses where the early interaction between the religions is studied by looking at themes such as Apologetics and Conversion or Space, Art and Identity.
to mandatory courses in:
– The emergence of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
– The study of ancient religions (a method course)
– Inter-religious relations: Defining Moments, Current Encounters
– Holy Scriptures in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Here is an introduction to what paper writing is like in our context
Example of the contents of an interaction course, The Quran and the Bible: Introduction to the Quran and its Biblical Contexts
Exams
Each course will be examined and marked according to the rules obtaining in the country and at the institution responsible for the course. The rules concerning re-examination and complaints likewise follow the rules obtaining in the country and at the institution offering any given course. Here are relevant links:
Grading system
For an explanation of the ECTS grading system we use, see here.