IN100 Introduction to Biblical Interpretation
Attention given to a variety of methods of interpretations: historical, grammatical, lexical, literary, and tools. A selected New Testament text will be examined to apply these principles, enabling the student to learn first hand sound exegesis.
IN200 Background to the New Testament
Introduction to background literature such as Second-Temple Judaism and Greco-Roman. In addition, contextual background issues are explored: geographical, political, social, economic, religious.
IN300 Biblical Geography
The course teaches regions, routes, economic and political strategies in the biblical world and engages students in this world by graphically tracing out events on detailed maps. The goal of the course is to hear the fuller message of those who spoke from the experience of living in the land of the Bible.
IN310 Biblical Archaeology
The course introduces a short history of biblical archaeology, its methods and the periods that are relevant to the biblical text. It looks at archaeological puzzles that still stand in tension with the Bible but also discusses the preponderance of evidence that illustrates the Bible and its world. The goal of the course is to begin building an understanding of biblical culture, an important background that every author of Scripture assumed his audience understood.