15 courses with the subject SC, 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.
SC 600Introduction to the Study of Sacred Scripture3
The goal of this course is to introduce the pre-theologian to the basic tools needed for the study of Sacred Scripture. After a general introduction to the Bible, biblical languages, and the basic resources for biblical studies, it will consider canon, canonization, inspiration, biblical history, biblical criticism, and some of the major themes found in the Bible.
This course is an introduction to Hellenistic Greek, its basic grammatical forms, and principal syntactical constructions, including some linguistic peculiarities of New Testament Greek. The exercises, based on New Testament texts, provide the students with a working vocabulary of about 400 words.
This course introduces the student to the language of the Old Testament from within the Bible itself. The overall approach follows the “inductive method,” which immerses the student directly 179
This course provides a review of grammar and the translation and analysis of selected New Testament passages, first-century non-literary papyri, and a sampling of Hellenistic literary compositions.
Credits 3 This course provides a review of grammar, the translation and analysis of selected New Testament passages, and a sampling of Hellenistic literary texts.
This course continues the work begun in SC-703. Building on that foundation, it completes a survey of Biblical Hebrew grammar and syntax, illustrating this study by the reading of selected texts from the Old Testament.
Students are invited to study with a Catholic critical approach the portrait of author and community behind the two-volume text named the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. The course produces a clear picture of the theology operative in both texts in the context of the early Church. 192
This course begins with a general introduction to the formation and development of the Old Testament. Then it surveys the primary history of ancient Israel as it is presented in the texts of Genesis through Second Kings. Using the Biblical texts as the basis and a textbook as a guiding companion, the study of these texts combines overview lectures by the professor and inductive learning and presentations by the students working together to give panel presentations, which are evaluated by both fellow students and the professor.
This course explores the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament and the Book of Psalms. Ancient Near Eastern influences are noted and discussed as they relate to the Catholic theology of revelation. An exegesis of selected Wisdom passages and Psalms is made. Students acquire a familiarity with the genre of the biblical Wisdom literature, its historical epochs, and ancient Near Eastern precedents, and an understanding of the date and location of composition, structure and content, historical and theological significance, and contemporary cultural relevance of each of the biblical Wisdom books. In addition, the course helps the student to develop the ability to use the Psalms and Wisdom literature as sources of inspiration for personal and communal prayer and as the foundation for catechesis and preaching. It further seeks to cultivate in each student the ability to use the Wisdom books in pastoral contexts, such as preparing engaged couples for marriage, the catechetical instruction of young adults, and the pastoral care of the sick and the dying.
This course is designed to give the student a general introduction to the phenomenon of biblical prophecy and to the biblical prophets themselves. The course considers the phenomenon of biblical prophecy within its historical, social, and cultural settings; the various ways of categorizing prophets in the Jewish and Christian traditions; true and false prophecy; prophets and prophetesses; how prophets were authenticated, revelation and prophecy, types or modalities of prophecy, the prophetic message, and the distinctive character of Israelite prophets. Then the course briefly surveys 193
The students become familiar with the character and thought of the great saint and theologian Paul of Tarsus. To gain a basic grasp of Pauline theology, the course examines the uncontested letters within the context of the life of the Apostle and the religio-cultural background of his communities as they existed in the Roman Empire. The course considers Pauline theology, Christology, pneumatology, and ecclesiology. It then observes the development of Pauline theology in the “Deutero-Paulines,” the canonical writings that many scholars consider to have been written after Paul’s death. The class includes an exegesis of selected passages and their doctrinal application, and each student will produce a written exegesis of a Pauline pericope.
This course surveys topics such as the authorship, genre, structure, literary features, themes, and purpose in addressing each of the Johannine texts (i.e., the Gospel, the Book of Revelation, and the Epistles). It also considers the relationships of the texts to one another and to other biblical texts as well as important aspects of the literary and historical contexts. The course addresses the structure and content of the Johannine texts and requires short exegeses of aspects of selected passages to foster greater comprehension of the overall texts while providing in-depth insight into particular passages. Concurrently, the course examines the homiletic and doctrinal import of the respective texts.
or 3 This seminar is designed for M.A. candidates and focuses on particular texts of Sacred Scripture and/or aspect(s) of magisterial teaching on Scripture and its interpretation. Special attention is paid to the use of reference tools, in-depth research, and the development of the topic as well as oral and written presentations.
