Biblical Studies
The purpose of the Biblical Faculty is:
- To cultivate and promote, by means of scholarly research, the obtaining of "a more profound understanding and exposition of the meaning of Sacred Scripture." (Dei Verbum , §12)
- To offer to the students, by the teaching and practice of various disciplines, in particular the biblical languages, an adequate preparation both for scholarly research and for the teaching and spread of Sacred Scripture and of the disciplines connected with it.
- To work toward "a better understanding and explanation of the meaning of Sacred Scripture, so that through preparatory study the judgment of the Church may mature" (Dei Verbum, §12) and that Sacred Scripture may have an ever more active role in the study of theology, in pastoral ministry, in ecumenical dialogue, in the sacred liturgy and in the reading of the faithful.
Courses and exams are generally held in Italian. An adequate knowledge of the language (level B1) is required and must be certified at the time of enrollment.
In addition, at least a basic knowledge of Classical Greek must be acquired during the propaedeutic year in order to gain access to the main sources of the ancient Christian East.
Knowledge of Italian and classical Greek is assessed at the beginning of the academic year through a test. Based on the results, the student is placed in the classes of Italian and Greek courses offered by the Institute that correspond to his or her level of language proficiency.
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