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BL 500 Fundamentals of Greek (3) Offered on campus and online: Fall. This course will provide an introductory study of Greek grammar, vocabulary, and syntax. It is designed to acquaint the student with the essentials of New Testament Greek.
BL 501 Fundamentals of Greek (3) Offered on campus and online: Spring. Prereq.: BL 500. Students continue to learn the elements of the Greek language with emphasis on participles, infinitives, and various moods of New Testament Greek.
BL 505 Advanced Greek Syntax (3) Offered on campus and online: Fall. Prereq.: BL 501 or one year undergraduate Greek. This course is designed to prepare students to apply their knowledge of Greek grammar to the proper exegesis and interpretation of the Greek text of the New Testament. It includes a more detailed study of syntax and continues to develop the students’ vocabulary. Students will learn elements of diagrammatical analysis as well as techniques for advanced word study and exegesis.
BL 620 Greek—Ephesians (3) Offered on campus: Spring odd; online: Fall odd, Spring odd. Prereq.: BL 505 or two years undergraduate Greek. Students participate in an exegetical analysis of Ephesians which highlights the believer’s relationship of being “in Christ, the great mystery of the Church.” Student applications emphasize the practical use of the Greek New Testament.
BL 630 Greek—I and II Thessalonians (3) Offered on campus: Fall odd; online: Summer. Prereq.: BL 505 or two years undergraduate Greek. Students conduct a detailed exegesis of these two important eschatological epistles, I and II Thessalonians. Analysis focuses on clearly detailing the Day of the Lord and the Day of Christ.
BL 640 Greek—James (3) Offered on campus: Fall even; online: Summer. Prereq.: BL 505 or two years undergraduate Greek. This course includes a detailed study of syntax and continues to develop the student’s vocabulary. Students clearly interpret and explain familiar texts: Christian trials and temptations, faith versus works, and raising up the weak.
BL 645 Hebrew I (3) Offered on campus and online: Fall. A beginning analysis of elementary Hebrew including alphabet, vowels, nouns, particles, adjectives, and other parts of speech. The student focuses on learning the strong verb system and basic vocabulary while translating passages from the book of Genesis.
BL 646 Hebrew II (3) Offered on campus and online: Spring. Prereq.: BL 645 or one semester undergraduate Hebrew. A continuation of vocabulary, grammar, and syntax. The student learns characteristics of the weak verb system and translates the book of Ruth.
BL 647 Hebrew—Micah (3) Offered on campus: Fall even; online: Summer odd. Prereq.: BL 446 or 646. Students continue to expand their vocabulary base and knowledge of syntax, while preparing an analytical translation of the book of Micah. Exegetical and homiletical insights are discussed with the objective of preparing practical discourses for teaching or preaching.
BL 648 Hebrew—Haggai and Malachi (3) Offered on campus: Fall odd; online: Summer even. Prereq.: BL 446 or 646. Students continue to expand their vocabulary base and knowledge of syntax, while preparing an analytical translation of the post-exilic prophets Haggai and Malachi. Exegetical and homiletical insights are discussed with the objective of preparing practical discourses for teaching or preaching.
BL 650 Greek—Romans (3) Offered on campus: Spring even; online: Fall even, Spring even. Prereq.: BL 505 or two years undergraduate Greek. This course prepares students to expound selected portions of the book, focusing on detailed analysis of the great doctrines of the faith—sin, salvation, sanctification, personal holiness and struggle, sovereignty, and service.