Overview

The Department of Jewish, Christian and Islamic Origins is a major European centre for the study of the origins and cultural contexts of the three religious traditions. Based at the non-confessional Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society of the University of Groningen, the department is unique in its combined focus on the multi- and interdisciplinary analysis of the texts and artifacts of these traditions.

Features

Traditional disciplines such as history, archaeology, philology, literary analysis and interpretation, codicology, palaeography, and epigraphy are combined with cutting-edge developments in fields such as artificial intelligence and forensics with a view to cracking the mysteries of the ancient religions of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds.

Programme Structure

Research

Besides the study of the foundational texts of the Jewish and Christian Bibles, and the Quran, the department puts a strong focus on the alternative traditions not included in the official Jewish, Christian, and Islamic scriptures, but recorded in the famous Dead-Sea scrolls, Jewish and Christian apocrypha, the Nag Hammadi collection, pre- and early Islamic inscriptions and Quranic manuscripts.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

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Start date is flexible and arranged individually with the supervisor after acceptance.
Deadline: not specified; rolling admission

Language

English

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92

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6.5

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Credits

30 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Groningen, Netherlands

Disciplines

Theology and Religious Studies Christian Studies Islamic Studies View 4 other PhDs in Theology and Religious Studies in Netherlands

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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92

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

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A competitive Curriculum Vitae;

as evidenced by grades, research experience, prizes and awards, etc.

A sketch of your intellectual history (c. 600 words);

indicating the factors that have brought you to your present focus of intellectual and scholarly interests and what you hope to learn from doctoral study at our School.

A research based MA-thesis and other major academic papers, if any.

A completed MA degree (an official certified copy), at a university comparable to a Dutch university.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

Free
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

Free

Additional Details

If you apply for an available position and are accepted, the funding will be arranged for you. In other cases, you will have to arrange the funding yourself.

Living costs

Groningen

Netherlands

750 - 1000 EUR / month

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