Hermeneutics - assignments

Hermeneutics Course -- Written and published by Ronald W. Leigh
Copyright © 2001, Ronald W. Leigh

Assignments (tentative)

Class meets from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm on Mondays and Thursdays in room BECK A240 (Admin. Bldg, 2^nd floor). Some sessions have heavier reading assignments than others, so plan ahead.

Hermeneutics
Session	Assignment (complete before class)
1, Mon 1/29/01	(none)
2, Thur 2/1/01	Read: Fee & Stuart, chap. 2, "The Basic Tool: A Good Translation"
3, Mon 2/5/01	Read: Preface to the NIV. Read: Leigh, chap. 1, "Introduction" Read: Leigh, chap. 2, "How the Holy Spirit Helps"
4, Thur 2/8/01	Read: Fee & Stuart, pages 13-19.8 only, from chap. 1 "Introduction" Read: Leigh, chap. 3, "The Importance of Procedure"
5, Mon 2/12/01	Read: Leigh, chap. 4, "The Direct Procedure" Read: Leigh, chap. 5, "The Discovery Procedure" Read: Leigh, chap. 6, "The Order of the Elements"
6, Thur 2/15/01	Read: Leigh, chap. 7, "Observation" Read: Leigh, chap. 8, "Sample Observations" Read: Leigh, chap. 9, "Pitfalls and Perseverance in Observation"
7, Mon 2/19/01	Read: Leigh, chap. 10, "Interpretation" Read: Leigh, chap. 11, "Literary Interpretation" Read: Leigh, chap. 12, "Contextual Interpretation"
8, Thur 2/22/01	Read: Fee & Stuart, pages 120.6-129.3 only, from chap. 7 "The Gospels"
9, Mon 2/26/01	Read: Ramm, Protestant Biblical Interpretation, 2nd or 3rd ed., (on reserve in the library) on the following topics: "Catholic Allegorism," pages 38-45 "Luther's hermeneutical principles," pages 53-57 "Liberal Interpretation," pages 63-69
10, Thur 3/1/01	Read: Fee & Stuart, pages 45-49.4 only, from chap. 3 "The Epistles" Read: Fee & Stuart, chap. 5, "The O.T. Narratives"
11, Mon 3/5/01	Read: Fee & Stuart, chap. 9, "The Law" Read: Leigh, chap. 13, "Proper Reasoning"
12, Thur 3/8/01	Read: Leigh, chap. 14, "Application" Read: Fee & Stuart, pages 165-172.5 only, from chap. 10 "The Prophets"
13, Mon 3/12/01	Read: Leigh, chap. 15, "Where to Start" Read: Leigh, chap. 16, "Other Practical Matters" Review session
14, Thur 3/15/01	Midsemester Exam

Midsemester break

Book Study (Colossians, 1 Peter, or 1 John)
Session	Assignment (complete before class) NOTE: The steps in the following section are described in chapter 17 of DBD.
15, Mon 3/26/01	Read: Leigh, chap. 17, "The Procedure for Studying Books" Keep all notes from your various procedures. This is the first half of your "exegetical notebook." Be ready to turn it in at any time.
16, Thur 3/29/01	Do steps 1, 2, and 3 on assigned book. (Colossians)
17, Mon 4/2/01	Do step 4 on first ICU (Colossians 1:9-23)
18, Thur 4/5/01	(continued)
19, Mon 4/9/01	Do step 4 on second ICU (Colossians 1:24 - 2:5)
20, Thur 4/12/01	Do step 4 on third ICU (Colossians 2:6-23)
21, Mon 4/16/01	(continued)
22, Thur 4/19/01	Do step 4 on fourth ICU (Colossians 3:1-17)
23, Mon 4/23/01	Do steps 7 and 8 on assigned book. (Colossians)

Topic Study (topic to be determined)
Session	Assignment (complete before class) NOTE: The steps in the following section are described in chapter 18 of DBD.
24, Thur 4/26/01	Read: Fee & Stuart, "Appendix: The Evaluation and Use of Commentaries" Read: Leigh, chap. 18, "The Procedure for Studying Topics" Keep all notes from your various procedures. This is the second half of your "exegetical notebook." Be ready to turn it in at any time.
25, Mon 4/30/01	Do steps 1, 2, 3, and 4 on assigned topic. (Concordances on general reserve, at 220.52)
26, Thur 5/3/01	Do step 5 on passages in categories 1 and 2.
27, Mon 5/7/01	Do step 6 on assigned topic.
28, Thur 5/10/01	Do steps 7 and 8 on assigned topic. Read: Leigh, chap. 19, "Summary: Thirty Key Principles of Bible Study"

Final Exam -- Monday, 5/14/01, 1:00 - 3:00 pm

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