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Summer PR 106 Clinical Pastoral Education**(10 weeks) 1

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Credits (min)

3

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3

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Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

This course surveys the content of the Pentateuch with special emphasis upon themes and passages of great historical as well as theological import. Comparisons of the life, laws, literature, customs, and institutions of Israel with those of the Ancient Near East will be made. The place of the Pentateuch in the religion of Israel, the totality of Scripture, and in current life will be discussed in light of historical-critical analysis, as 77 B.C.S. Academic Catalog – FINAL February 12, 2025

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course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

This course surveys the phenomenon of prophecy in ancient Israel and the prophetic literature in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Students do this through a general survey of the prophetic books and their main topics in chronological order, paying special attention to the contemporary political events in the Near East and Israel, as well as their literary genre and theological emphases. Thematically, students will consider the role of oracles, prophetic literature and women, the theology of prophecies, social justice in the prophets, and how different faith communities read the prophetic literature, among other things. Students in this course will develop the following skills: • Reading the historical books and prophets spiritually and historically as well as critically. • Understanding prophetic literature in its historical and theological context through an historical-critical lens as well as with the eyes of faith. • Reading critically and writing about important issues in contemporary Eastern Christian Biblical study. • Begining to articulate the Catholic view of prophetic themes in the current context. 3 hours; 1 semester

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course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

Prerequisite

SS 100

The course will engage in a literary, historical, and theological study of the wisdom books of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Wisdom of Solomon and Sirach as well as selected Psalms and the Song of Songs. The broader context of Ancient Near Eastern Wisdom will also be explored. Students will follow a thematic approach through sapiential literature and its concerns for suffering, virtue, decision making, life priorities, childrearing, illness and death. The course is intended to foster students’ development of a personal, loving relationship with God, while at the same time providing a solid scriptural foundation for later pastoral ministry or academic study. Students in this course will develop the following skills: • Reading wisdom literature spiritually and historically as well as critically. • Understanding wisdom literature in its historical and theological context through an historical-critical lens as well as with the eyes of faith. • Reading critically and writing about important issues in contemporary Eastern Christian Biblical study. 78 B.C.S. Academic Catalog – FINAL February 12, 2025

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SS

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course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

The course focuses not only on the basic content of the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew; Mark and Luke) but also the analytical skills required to read, interpret, discuss and assess critically these passages in a manner appropriate to intelligent people of faith. Students pay particular attention to the various perspectives on Jesus found in each of these gospel accounts in order to enrich our understanding of Jesus in the early church as well as today. The course is intended to foster the students’ development of a personal, loving relationship with God, while at the same time providing a solid scriptural foundation for later pastoral ministry or academic study. Students in this course will develop the following skills: • Reading the Synoptic gospels spiritually and historically as well as critically. • Understanding the Synoptics in their historical and theological context through an historical-critical lens as well as with the eyes of faith. • Reading critically and writing about important issues in contemporary Eastern Christian Biblical study. • Beginning to articulate the Catholic view of Synoptic themes in the current context. 3 hours; 1 semester

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SS

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course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

Prerequisite

SS 100

The course focuses not only on the basic content of the Pauline writings (Acts as well as 13 New Testaments letters attributed to the Apostle Paul) but also the skills required to read, interpret, discuss and critically assess these passages in a manner appropriate to intelligent people of faith. Students pay particular attention to Paul’s unique perspective on the nature and person of the resurrected Jesus in order to enrich our understanding of Jesus in the early church as well as today. The course is intended to foster the students’ development of a personal, loving relationship with God while at the same time providing a solid scriptural foundation for later pastoral ministry or academic study. Students in this course will develop the following skills: • Reading Pauline literature spiritually and historically as well as critically. • Understanding Pauline literature in its historical and theological context through an historical-critical lens as well as with the eyes of faith. • Reading critically and writing about important issues in contemporary Eastern Christian Biblical study. • Beginning to articulate the Catholic view of Pauline themes in the current context. 3 hours; 1 semester

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course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

Prerequisite

SS 100

The course focuses not only on the basic content of the Johannine writings (John’s gospel, his three letters and the book of Revelation) as well as touching on the 79 B.C.S. Academic Catalog – FINAL February 12, 2025

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SS

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course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

Studies of particular Biblical books, genres or themes may be offered as electives of 2 or 3 credits.

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course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

This elective course presents an historical-critical investigation from the Biblical books of James and Peter and the Pastoral Epistles to the earliest evidence of Christian origins. Special attention is paid to the varieties of first-century Hellenistic and Palestinian Judaism and the emergence of various Christian writings within the Greco-Roman world. Issues pertaining to canon formation, heresy, and martyrdom come into focus as students consider the theological struggles found within the earliest Christian writings. The course is intended to foster the students’ development of a personal, loving relationship with God while at the same time providing a solid scriptural foundation for later pastoral ministry or academic study. Students in this course will develop the following skills: • Understanding apostolic and early Christian literature in its historical and theological context through an historical-critical lens as well as with the eyes of faith. • Reading critically and writing about important issues in contemporary Eastern Christian Biblical study. • Beginning to articulate the Catholic view of late biblical and early apostolic themes appropriate to the current context. 3 hours; 1 semester

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course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

Focusing on women from both the Old Testament, as well as the New Testament, this elective course explores how women are represented as theologically complex characters in this ancient literature. The focus in the course will be on students’ close engagement with literary, as well as theological, analysis of the Biblical texts and their response to that material in light of God’s divine economy. The course is intended to 80 B.C.S. Academic Catalog – FINAL February 12, 2025

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course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu