Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

CRS 101 — Background to Christianity

CRS department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

identify the general features of the history and contents of Intertestamental period and literature about the Messiah
state the Jewish background to Christianity
identify the different groups and their thoughts on life after death, angels, demons and the kingdom of God; and
describe Jewish Messianic expectations of the Intertestamental period

Course contents

The general features of the history and content of the Intertestamental period. The literature about the coming Messiah. The Persian, Roman and Greek backgrounds. The Jewish background with emphasis on the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Synagogue, Torah, Pharisees, Sadducees, Samaritans, Essenes.

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CRS 101 — Background to Christianity

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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