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This course involves a critical examination of Torah texts that address components of worship. The method of inquiry involves, firstly, literary engagement with key phrases and concepts in the Torah texts; secondly, historical engagement with exegetical analysis; thirdly, engagement theologically with pertinent biblical texts outside the Torah; and finally, cultural engagement with the development of a preaching or teaching series. Prerequisite: BIBL-500

This course involves a close reading of the Gospel of Mark. It addresses issues of textual, historical, cultural, literary, theological concerns. Students will examine Mark's overall structure, its emerging themes, and its application for the church today.

This course will introduce students to missional hermeneutics which focuses on the mission of God and the Church's participation in it. Students will discover the missional character of the Old and the New Testament which inextricably ties the biblical texts together. Students will learn how to contextualize and embody biblical truths as participants in God's mission for the world.

This course examines the ministry of the apostle Paul and his practical theology as a unity that responds to the ministerial demands of his context. Students will study the gospel of Jesus proclaimed by Paul, within the multicultural setting in which the message was announced. Emphasis will be made, not only on the mind of the apostle, but also on the practices he himself embodied over time as part of his approach to Christian living and mission. Pre-requisite BIBL-500

This course focuses on the close reading of the biblical books of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and pseudopigraphal books of Wisdom of Ben Sira and Wisdom of Solomon designed to refine methods of interpreting the genre of Wisdom Literature as a whole and these books in particular. In the process, attention is given to the genre of Wisdom Literature in the culture of the Ancient Near East and its parallels in the Wisdom Literature of Israel. This course also embraces the studies of the relationship between human character and life circumstances as presented in the Wisdom Corpus themes of life, death, work, etc. The final emphasis is given to the interpretation of Jesus' teaching as those of a wisdom teacher. Prerequisite: BIBL-500

In this course students will develop skills to explore and comprehend the literary, historical, and theological contexts of a biblical text. Students will evaluate different approaches for exegetical and hermeneutical appropriation of a biblical text for a contemporary context. A theology of preaching that considers the roles of God, the preacher, and the listener in the practice of preaching will be developed.

This course involves critical examination of prophetic texts that address preaching as purification of worship. The method of inquiry involves, firstly, exegesis of the prophetic texts to receive the prophetic word; secondly, examination of corresponding historical and literary contexts to determine rhetorical significance; thirdly, exegesis of congregational preaching as worship to establish correlations; and finally, deployment of the appropriate word in a rhetorically creative medium. Prerequisite: BIBL-500

A critical study of the books of Revelation and Daniel as well as other apocalyptic writings from the Intertestamental and early Christian periods. Prerequisite: BIBL-500