UNSW Handbook Course - Sin in the Ancient World

Sin in the Ancient World - HIST3914


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History
	Contact: Nathan,Geoffrey
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 36 units of credit including at least 6 units of credit in History at credit level or better
	Offered: Semester 2 2005
	Fee Band: 1

Description

Examines both the phenomenon of sin in the Graeco-Roman world and much of the recent historiography of the period. Topics will include ancient notions of evil and sin, sexuality, violence (especially domestic), drugs (alcohol in particular), and the use of magic. Addresses current scholarship on these subjects, as well as introducing the methodologies historians, archaeologists and classicists use to do research on these topics.

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