so far we've done
(nb: eng means only eng, heb or gk means both)
- OT
Numbers (eng)
Deuteronomy (heb)
1-2 Samuel (heb)
Psalms (heb)
Job (eng)
Isaiah (eng)
Ezekiel (heb)
Daniel (eng)
Jonah (eng)
- NT
Mark (gk)
Luke (gk)
John (gk)
Acts (gk)
Romans (gk)
1 Corinthians (gk)
Ephesians (eng)
1-2 Timothy (eng)
Titus (eng)
1 Peter (eng)
Jude (eng)
- can complete the quadrafecta (quadrilla?) of gospels
- can study a non-Pauline epistle in greek
- long term in ministry greek will probably be used more - and i'm more likely to take it for granted (i.e. i should keep working on it this year)
- i i don't think i'll do ATBGE (advanced topics in biblical greek exegesis - or simply, nerd greek), but i plan to audit it
- doing aramaic means i'll be doing a language related to hebrew anyway
- we can do a whole book of the bible in an original language - everything else has been overview, with a deeper focus on particular areas only
- zech is a pretty crucial book in the NT (particularly matthew i think)
- it's my last chance to study in hebrew - i don't think any masters subjects are in hebrew, only greek
- it'd probably make sense to keep hebrew up whilst learning aramaic
so that's my thinking. what do you think, faithful reader(s?)?
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OT4, pretty much because I'm doing it. But yeah, it took me a little while to get comfortable with that choice.
Also, what would your other elective be?
NT - mark, luke and john sounds wrong without matthew part of the cohort!
another option: graduate after 3 years? haha
ps - make that readerS
so that's a tie atm.
@Jay-Z thinking patristics. i'm pretty sure that's what dmdc would've done were he still here...
NT4. Nearly all preachers say that they use more Greek than Hebrew, which comes down to two things: (a) most churches preach (rightly, I think) more on the NT than on the OT and (b) when preaching on the OT, you are more likely to be covering more text, and who has time to translate multiple chapters of Exodus?
That said, 4th yr is a rare chance to do more theology. You've had three years of intensive biblical studies, don't miss out on Christian thought. Especially if you're doing a biblical studies project (I don't know this, but am guessing from your preferences), then sink your teeth into historical and contemporary theology/ethics.
That's my 2p worth.
thanks for your thoughts byron - NT4 is where i'm leaning.
plan is for project to be more hermeneutics/philosophy/doctrine - something on ricoeur.
so i'm not sure what that does to the equation - i'm thinking one doctrine, one language (i.e. patristics and aramaic).
Can you explain your thinking re Aramaic? I know someone needs to know that stuff, but why you? And why not a second doctrine/ethics?
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