3 Courses
Apocalyptic Literature
This course is a survey of Second Temple
and first century apocalyptic literature: it’s emergence as a literary
genre, the gradual development of the genre, how each apocalypse may have affected
other apocalypses, and the result the genre had on the believing community. Students
should understand how the apocalyptic genre affects our present canonical
reading of the Biblical text and the way apocalyptic texts should be handled so
that their original literary purposes are maintained and not abandoned.
Old Testament Use in the New Testament
This course is a hermeneutical examination of how New Testament writers treated the Old Testament texts. Students will give attention to the New Testament writers’ methodologies for using the OT, observe key issues surrounding passages that make use of the OT, and become aware of how the writer’s use of OT in the New affects theological themes as they develop throughout the Biblical narrative.
Greek III
This course explores the use of koine Greek at an intermediate level, paying
close attention to grammar, syntax, and discourse analysis. Becoming familiar
with these will equip students for responsible exegesis as the foundation of all
biblical and theological study. Various texts from the New Testament and 2nd
Temple Literature will be used to acquaint the student with authorship styles,
vocabulary, and development of the Hellenistic Jewish and early Christian
world.
