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  PH 501 Philosophy of Christian Religion

  Jerry L. Walls

  TEXTS A. William Hasker, Metaphysics. B. Michael Peterson et al., Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, 2nd edition. C. Michael Peterson et. al., Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings (Readings)

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  PH 785 Postmodernism and Pop Culture

  Jerry L. Walls

  TEXTS 1. Stuart Sim, ed., The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Postmodern Thought. 2. William Romanowski, Pop Culture Wars. 3. Reading packet.

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  PH 785 Seminar in Philosophy: C.S. Lewis

  Jerry L. Walls

  The Abolition of Man Mere Christianity Miracles The Four Loves The Great Divorce A Grief Observed Burson and Walls, C.S. Lewis and Francis Schaeffer

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  NT 602 Intermediate Greek II

  Joseph S. Wang

  Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament

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  NT 660 Exegesis of Ephesians

  Joseph S. Wang

  Essential tools recommended for purchase: Moulton and Geden: Concordance to the Greek Testament Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich-Danker: A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature

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  MU 620 Composition

  Albin C. Whitworth

  Words and Music Jimmy and Carol Owens Word, Inc. Grace, Noted Jane Marshall Hope Publishing Co. Choral Arranging Howley Ades Shawnee Press, Inc. The Christian Songwriter’s Guide How To Write Songs and Get Them Published Eddie Smith Tempo Music Publications, Inc. Organ Improvisation For Beginners Jan Bender Concordia Publishing House A Guide to Improvisation An Introductory Handbook for Church Organists James Conely Abingdon Press

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  MU 626 Music Ministry to Youth and Adults

  Albin C. Whitworth

  Creating Four Part Harmony “Effective Ideas For Ministers of Music” Lois and Fred Bock (Hope Publishing Company). Church Music in the Real World “A Church Musician’s Handbook for the Rest of Us” Bob Burroughs (Tempo Music Publications, Inc.) Building The Youth Choir “Training and Motivating Teenage Singers” John Yarrington (Augsburg Fortress Press)

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  CE 740 How to Teach for Transformation

  David Wilkinson and Daryl Smith

  Course Readings The following are the required text and should be purchased at the beginning of the first class: • Wilkinson, Bruce. H., The 7 Laws of the Learner Textbook. Portland, Oregon- Multnomah Press, 1992. • Wilkinson, Bruce-, H., Almost E very Answer for Practically Any Teacher! Portland, Oregon: Multnomah Press, 1992.

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  BS 400 Bible Survey

  Ryan R. Winter

  The Bible! Preferably NRSV or RSV. NIV allowable. Anderson, Bernhard W. The Unfolding Drama of the BIBLE. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988. Marshall, Celia Brewer. A Guide Through the Old Testament. Louisville: Westminster/ John Knox, 1989. Marshall, Celia Brewer. A Guide Through the New Testament. Louisville: Westminster/ John Knox, 1994.

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  OT 501 Concise and Comprehensive Hebrew 1

  Ryan R. Winter

  Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. Chisholm, Robert. From Exegesis to Exposition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998. Braun, Frank X. English Grammar for Language Students. Ann Arbor: Ulrich, 1947.

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  OT 501 Concise and Comprehensive Hebrew I

  Ryan R. Winter

  Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, CA: BIBAL, 1987. Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979

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  BT 661 Pauline Theology

  Ben Witherington

  1) Ben Witherington, Jesus, Paul and the End of the World (Downer’s Grove: I-V Press, 1992). 2) Ben Witherington, The Paul Quest (Downer’s Grove: I-V Press, 1998). 3) C. K. Barrett, Paul (Westminster: 1994). 4) B. Witherington, III, Paul’s Narrative Thought World: The Tapestry of Tragedy and Triumph (Louisville: Westminster, 1994).

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  NT 520 New Testament Introduction

  Ben Witherington

  1. E. Ferguson, Backgrounds of Early Christianity, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993 2nd ed. (pb) 2. J. B. Green et al. eds., Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, Downers Grove: I-V Press, 1993 (hb) 3. J. B. Green, Hearing the New Testament, Grnad Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995 (pb) 4. J. Drane, Introducing the New Testament, San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990 (pb) 5. B. Witherington, III, Jesus the Seer. The Progress of Prophecy, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999).

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  NT 650 Exegesis of the Captivity Epistles

  Ben Witherington

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  DO 610 The Emotions, Feelings, and Passion

  Lawrence W. Wood

  Frank Lake, Clinical Theology (out of print and available in xerox form) Paul Tillich, Courage to Be

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  DO 745 Contemporary Continental Theology

  Lawrence W. Wood

  Paul Tillich, A History of Christian Thought (Part II), (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972) 2. A Companion Volume to the Theology of Jürgen Moltmann, The Asbury Theological Journal, 55.1 (Spring 2000). 3. Wolfhart Pannenberg, Theology and the Kingdom of God (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1969), Chapter I, "Theology and the Kingdom of God" and Chapter IV, "Appearance as the Arrival of the Future." (On the Reserve shelf)

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  OT 520 Foundations for Old Testament Study

  Bill T. Arnold

  Readings from the following required texts are listed in part VI below. Information from these readings will enhance the student’s comprehension of the lecture and research topics, so it is expected they will be read systematically during the process of the semester. A report on their completion will be submitted as part of the final examination. 1. LaSor, W. S., David Allan Hubbard, and Frederic Wm. Bush. Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament. 2nd ed.; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996. 2. Walton, John H., and Victor H. Matthews. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Genesis-Deuteronomy. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997. 3. Alexander, T. Desmond. From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Main Themes of the Pentateuch. Carlisle: Paternoster, 1995. 4. Whybray, R. Norman. Introduction to the Pentateuch. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1995.

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  OT 655 Exegesis of the Old Testament Historical Books

  Bill T. Arnold

  Brown, Francis; Driver, S. R.; and Briggs, Charles A. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. Elliger, K.; and Rudolph, W. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-1977.

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  OT 705 Biblical Aramaic

  Bill T. Arnold

  B. Textbooks Required: Brown, Francis; Driver, S. R.; and Briggs, Charles A. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1907; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1979. Elliger, K.; and Rudolph, W. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-1977. Rosenthal, Franz. A Grammar of Biblical Aramaic. 6th edition; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1995. Course Packet available in the bookstore (see appendix below for contents).

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  BT 605 Biblical Theology

  Asbury Theological Seminary

  1. Brevard Childs, Old Testament Theology in a Canonical Context, Fortress Press, 1986. 2. Walter Brueggemann, Theology of the Old Testament, Fortress Press, 1997. 3. Richard Bauckham, God Crucified, Eerdmans, 1998. 4. N.T.Wright, The Prodigal Son. This tape is on the reserve desk in Media Center. 5. Movie: The Miracle Worker: Tuesday, September 14, or Wednesday, September 15 in SH 230 at 7.30 p.m. Bring your spouse and children if you wish to. 6. Custom Course Packet • Readings from Stanley Hauerwas: The Community of Character, University of Notre Dame, = Francis Watson Text and Truth: Redefining Biblical Theology, Eerdmans, 1997. Hans-Georg Gadamer, Truth and Method, Continuum, 1960.

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  BT 605 Biblical Theology

  Asbury Theological Seminary

  1. Brevard Childs, Old Testament Theology in a Canonical Context, Fortress Press, 1986. 2. Walter Brueggemann, Theology of the Old Testament, Fortress Press, 1997. 3. Richard Bauckham, God Crucified, Eerdmans, 1998. 4. N.T.Wright, The Prodigal Son. This tape is on the reserve desk in Media Center. 5. Movie: The Miracle Worker: Tuesday, September 14, or Wednesday, September 15 in SH 230 at 7.30 p.m. Bring your spouse and children if you wish to. 6. Custom Course Packet • Readings from Stanley Hauerwas: The Community of Character, University of Notre Dame, = Francis Watson Text and Truth: Redefining Biblical Theology, Eerdmans, 1997. Hans-Georg Gadamer, Truth and Method, Continuum, 1960.

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  BT 606 Theology of the New Testament

  Asbury Theological Seminary

  1. N. T. Wright, The New Testament And The People Of God, Fortress Press, 2. Richard Hays, The Moral Vision of the New Testament, Harper and Collins, 1996. 3. Richard Bauckham, God Crucified, Eerdmans, 1998. 4. N.T.Wright, The Prodigal Son. This tape is on the reserve desk in Media Center. 5. Pilate. This tape in on the reserve desk in Media Center. 6. Movie: The Miracle Worker: Tuesday, September 14, or Wednesday, September 15 in SH 230 at 7.30 p.m. Bring your spouse and children if you wish to. 7. Custom Course Packet • Readings from Stanley Hauerwas: The Community of Character, University of Notre Dame, = Francis Watson Text and Truth: Redefining Biblical Theology, Eerdmans, 1997. Hans-Georg Gadamer, Truth and Method, Continuum, 1960.

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  BT 606 Theology of the New Testament

  Asbury Theological Seminary

  1. N. T. Wright, The New Testament And The People Of God, Fortress Press, 2. Richard Hays, The Moral Vision of the New Testament, Harper and Collins, 1996. 3. Richard Bauckham, God Crucified, Eerdmans, 1998. 4. N.T.Wright, The Prodigal Son. This tape is on the reserve desk in Media Center. 5. Pilate. This tape in on the reserve desk in Media Center. 6. Movie: The Miracle Worker: Tuesday, September 14, or Wednesday, September 15 in SH 230 at 7.30 p.m. Bring your spouse and children if you wish to. 7. Custom Course Packet • Readings from Stanley Hauerwas: The Community of Character, University of Notre Dame, = Francis Watson Text and Truth: Redefining Biblical Theology, Eerdmans, 1997. Hans-Georg Gadamer, Truth and Method, Continuum, 1960.

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  NT 525 The Gospel of Matthew

  David R. Bauer

  A. Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New Revised Standard Version of the Bible B. Methodical Bible Study, Robert Traina C. Matthew, Proclamation Commentaries, Jack Dean Kingsbury D. Biblical Resources for Ministry, revised and enlarged edition, David R. Bauer

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  NT 525 The Gospel of Matthew

  David R. Bauer

  A. Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New Revised Standard Version of the Bible B. Methodical Bible Study, Robert Traina C. Matthew, Proclamation Commentaries, Jack Dean Kingsbury D. Biblical Resources for Ministry, revised and enlarged edition, David R. Bauer