5 courses with the subject BIB, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
BIB 500Introduction to Biblical Languages
This course introduces Biblical Hebrew and New Testament Greek languages, enabling students to navigate electronic language resources within commentaries and Biblical text while providing a platform for further study. Course Learning Outcomes: To provide a platform for students for understanding the implications of interpretation, translation, and textual outcomes. At the completion of BIB 500, the student will produce the following outcomes: 1. The student will be able to recognize and reproduce the alphabets of both Hebrew and Greek and will be familiar with basic grammatical features of both. 2. The student will be equipped with an elementary vocabulary that will enable them to use various grammatical and lexical tools without requiring fluency in either Hebrew or Greek language. 3. The student will translate simple phrases from Biblical Hebrew and Greek into English.
This course provides students with an overview of the historical and cultural context of the New Testament, including the life, teachings, and ministry of Christ, the birth and expansion of His Church, and various teachings concerning the early believers’ faith and practice. Course Learning Outcomes: To provide students with an understanding of the chronology, social, political, and other background information of the New Testament. At the completion of BIB 502, the student will produce the following outcomes: 186
This course is designed to provide an overview of Biblical interpretation encompassing the problems and methods of Biblical interpretation, including the factors of presuppositions, historical context, grammatical relationships, vocabulary, and figurative language. 185
This course provides students an introductory overview relative to the defense of the Christian Worldview. Areas of study include issues surrounding apologetic methodology, strategies for effective presentation and argumentation, common objections against the Christian Worldview, and a critique of prevalent ideologies and Worldviews. At the completion of BIB 600, the student will produce the following outcomes: Course Learning Outcomes: 1. The student will have a clear understanding of the methods, resources, and possible outcomes of Christian apologetics. 2. The student will be prepared to defend beliefs with responses to objections and be able to recognize concepts that challenge Christian belief. 3. The student will apply critical thinking skills through the following tasks: generating probing questions, recognizing underlying assumptions, interpreting and evaluating pertinent information, and applying understanding within an appropriate setting.
