Bible College Courses

Master Degree on Divinity

Interdepartmental Course

Courses

Descriptive Title

Hours

BITH550 BIBLICAL INTRODUCTION
Historical and literary backgrounds of the biblical message; contemporary ancient religious traditions; principles for establishing the canon of the Old and New Testaments; the apocrypha; survey of the history of biblical criticism with evaluation of higher criticism; transmission of the biblical text.
3 HOURS
BITH551 BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION
Introduction to the science of hermeneutics; the various literary forms in the Bible, use of OT in NT, typology, the various methods and tools of exegesis and exposition. Alleged contradictions in Scripture and the resolutions of these putative contradictions proposed by orthodox, biblical interpreters; relevant interpretation techniques and their significance for the broader enterprise of biblical exegesis.
4 HOURS