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BS 501 Introduction to Biblical Studies I

Lawson G. Stone

COURSE REQUIRED TEXTS Drane, John. Introducing the Old Testament. Completely Revised and Updated edition. Minneapolos: Fortress, 2001. Klein, W., Craig L. Blomberg and R. L. Hubbard, Jr. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Dallas: Word Publishing, REVISED EDITION. Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994. A Contemporary, but "Formal-Equivalent" translation of the Bible. Examples include: Revised Standard Version or New American Standard Bible, New Revised Standard Version, New International Version. Examples of what not to use for this class incluse: The Message, the New Living Translation and others like them. These are excellent translations, but for the kind of analysis done in this class, we need a more "literal"translation. Select a "text edition" Bible with minimal editorial clutter (i.e. no study notes) in the layout. Several articles of importance for OT Studies have been scanned and saved as PDF or MS Word documents, and will be uploaded to an “Articles” folder on the Course Center with the lecture materials.
BT 605 Old Testament Theology

Lawson G. Stone

READING B. W. Anderson. Contours of Old Testament Theology. Fortress. Greer, Rowan and J. Kugel. Early Biblical Interpretation. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986. Childs, Brevard S. Old Testament Theology in a Canonical Context. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985. A survey of the theology of the OT that procedes by topics rather than historically or in canonical order. Childs, Brevard S. Bibilcal Theology: A Proposal. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002. A brief analysis of the current problems of OT and biblical theology combined with a fresh argument for a canonical approach. Hayes John H. & F. Prussner. Old Testament Theology: Its history and Development. Westminster/John Knox. Additional Required readings will be posted on my private website: http://web.mac.com/lawsonstone1 Go to the "Public Folder" pane to the "BT605Materials" link. Recommended: Bauer, David. Biblical Resources for Ministry Contains excellent listings of other volumes dealing withe OT theology.
BT 605 Old Testament Theology

Lawson G. Stone

READING Greer, Rowan and J. Kugel. Early Biblical Interpretation. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986. Miller, P. D. The Religion of Ancient Israel. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2000. No discussion of the OT theology is adequate without a serious analysis of the actual religious life of ancient Israel. This book is the best current summary of that field. Childs, Brevard S. Old Testament Theology in a Canonical Context. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985. A survey of the theology of the OT that procedes by topics rather than historically or in canonical order. Rendtorff, Rolf. The Canonical Hebrew Bible: A Theology of the Old Testament. Leiden: Deo Publishing, 2005. The most recent work in OT theology by a major player in the discipline. Additional Required readings will be posted on my private website: http://homepage.mac.com/lawsonstone1 Go to the "Public Folder" pane to the "BT605Materials" link. Recommended: Bauer, David. Biblical Resources for Ministry Contains excellent listings of other volumes dealing withe OT theology.
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Lawson G. Stone

READING in the literature of OT studies from many perspectives, from “mainstream” (i.e. non- conservative) OT criticism as well as evangelical scholars. Some readings are difficult and not always obviously relevant to, say, sermon preparation or youth ministry. LaSor, W. S., D. A. Hubbard, F. W. Bush, Old Testament Survey: Second Edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. A Book-By-Book overview of the content and interpretation issues of the OT books followed by a section on general issues. Since this course is not organized in a book-by- book fashion, we will be reading this text "out of order" so pay close attention to the Course Schedule. W. W. Klein, C. L. Blomberg, R. L. Hubbard, Introduction to Biblical Interpreatation. Waco: Word, 1993. Introduces essential issues involved in biblical interpretation and the methods employed with specific types of material. Our assignments skip sections dealing explicitly with the New Testament. Pritchard, James, Ed. HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible. Harper, 1991. Much more than maps, a good atlas (like this one) is a concise guide to the geography, history, culture, and lifestyle of the people it treats. Try to go beyond reading with this book, and spend time enjoying the maps and sheer glory of factual data presented in a fairly small space. Schniedewind, W. How the Bible Became a Book. A genuinely intriguing and brief survey of writing and literacy in ancient Israel and how our views of the written nature of the Bible can be informed by the data. Several articles are in electronic form and will be in the Course Conference icon. Full citations and filenames are given in the schedule. All are Adobe Acrobat PDF files. To read these, you use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Lawson G. Stone

READING in the literature of OT studies from many perspectives, from “mainstream” (i.e. non- conservative) OT criticism as well as evangelical scholars. Some readings are difficult and not always obviously relevant to, say, sermon preparation or youth ministry. LaSor, W. S., D. A. Hubbard, F. W. Bush, Old Testament Survey: Second Edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. A Book-By-Book overview of the content and interpretation issues of the OT books followed by a section on general issues. Since this course is not organized in a book-by- book fashion, we will be reading this text "out of order" so pay close attention to the Course Schedule. W. W. Klein, C. L. Blomberg, R. L. Hubbard, Introduction to Biblical Interpreatation. Waco: Word, 1993. Introduces essential issues involved in biblical interpretation and the methods employed with specific types of material. Our assignments skip sections dealing explicitly with the New Testament. Pritchard, James, Ed. HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible. Harper, 1991. Much more than maps, a good atlas (like this one) is a concise guide to the geography, history, culture, and lifestyle of the people it treats. Try to go beyond reading with this book, and spend time enjoying the maps and sheer glory of factual data presented in a fairly small space. Several articles are in electronic form and will be in the Course Conference icon. Full citations and filenames are given in the schedule. All are Adobe Acrobat PDF files. To read these, you use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
CO 601 Counseling Theories and Techniques

Stephen P. Stratton

Required Reading:Corsini, R. J. & Wedding, D. (2005). Current psychotherapies, 7th Ed., Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole. Jones, S.L. & Butman, R.E. (1991). Modern psychotherapies. Downer's Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. Johnson, E.L. & Jones, S.L. (2000). Psychology and Christianity: Four views. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press
CO 715 Assessment Tools and Inventory

Stephen P. Stratton

Required Texts: Kaplan, R. M. & Saccuzzo, D. P. (2005). Psychological testing: Principles, applications, and issues, 6th Ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. Zuckerman, E.L. (2005). Clinician’s thesaurus: The guidebook for writing psychological reports, 6th Ed. New York: The Guilford Press. Horney, K. (1950). Neurosis and human growth: The struggle toward self-realization. New York: W & W Norton and Co.
PC 510 The Servant as Pastoral Care Giver

Stephen P. Stratton

REQUIRED READING Office Location: Stanger 413, 859-858-2289 Office Hours: By Appointment Email: steve_stratton@asburyseminary.edu THE SERVANT AS PASTORAL CAREGIVER Benner, D. G. (2003). Strategic Pastoral Counseling, 2nd Ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker. (This book is our basic text for the theory and philosophy of pastoral counseling.) Carkhuff, R. R. (2000). The Art of Helping in the 21st Century, 8th Ed. Amherst, MA: Human Resource Development Press. (This book is our basic text for micro skills of pastoral counseling.) Headley, A. J. (1999). Achieving Balance in Ministry. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press. Kuenning, D. (1987). Helping People through Grief. Minneapolis: Bethany House. (Many students find this an emotional book. You may want to read a few chapters at a time.) Seamands, S. A. (2005). Ministry in the Image of God: The Trinitarian Shape of Christian Service. Downer’s Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. (This book helps build our theological foundation for pastoral service.) Steinborn, M. J. (1997). The Lay Driven Church: How to Empower the People in Your Church to Share in the Task of Ministry. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. Steinke, P. L. (1993). How Your Church Family Works. The Alban Institute (Read this as soon as possible. We will use it early in the semester.)
CO 611 Dynamics of Human Sexuality

Michael R. Sytsma

Course Textbooks and Articles: NOTE: Some of the reading for this course does not come from a specifically Christian perspective. Some of it may be inconsistent with the statement of beliefs for ATS. This reading is required because it is representative of the thought in the field of sex therapy and sexology. Time will be spent in class discussing the reading and critiquing it from a Biblical Christian perspective that is in line with the stated theology of ATS. Hyde, J. S. (2001). Understanding Human Sexuality, (8th Edition), Boston: McGraw Hill. Laaser, M. (2004). Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. Rosenau, D. (2002). A celebration of sex (Rev. and updated. ed.). Nashville: Thomas Nelson. The following articles and chapters are also required reading for this course. Students can download these chapters from http://homepage.mac.com/msytsma Rosenau, D.E., Sytsma, M., and Taylor, D.L. (2001). Sexuality and Sexual Counseling: Learning and Practicing the DEC-R Model. In T. Clinton, and G. Ohlschlager (Eds.) Competent Christian Counseling, Colorado Springs: Waterbrook. Rosenau, D. E. (1998). Extramarital Affairs: Therapeutic Understanding and Clinical Interventions. Marriage & Family, 3 (4), 355-368. Schnarch, D. M. (1995). A Family Systems Approach to Sex Therapy and Intimacy. In R. Mikesell, D. Lusterman, and S. H. McDaniel (Eds.), Integrating Family Therapy: Handbook of Family Psychology and Systems Theory. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. A handout packet will be available from Dr. Sytsma the first day of class. This packet contains a printout of the slides used in class. Students may purchase this packet at copy cost (typically about $8.00). This packet is recommended but not required.
BT 750 Christian Theology and The Bible

Anthony Thiselton

Required Textbooks: 1. Daniel Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology (Grand Rapids & Cambridge: Eerdmans, 1991, paperback) ISBN 0-8028-0601-5, 312 pages. 2. Wolfhart Pannenberg, Systematic Theology (volume 2, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, and Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1994) pp. 136-464 (=329 pages). 3. Colin Gunton (Editor) The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), paperback, 307 pages 1 4. One of these three: Either: Stanley J. Grenz, The Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei (Louisville & London: Westminster John Knox, 2001), hardback, 344 pages; Or: Jürgen Moltmann, The Spirit of Life: A Universal Affirmation (London: SCM 1992), study edition, 358 pages; Or: The Doctrine Commission of the Church of England, Being Human: A Christian Understanding of Personhood Illustrated with Reference to Power, Money, Sex, and Time (London: Church House Publishing 2003) ISBN 0 7151 3866 9, paperback 148 pages.
CS 601 Christian Ethics

James R. Thobaben

Texts: Boulton, Wayne G., Thomas D.Kennedy, and Allen Verhey, eds., From Christ to the World: Introductory Readings in Christian Ethics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994). Dayton, Donald W., Discovering an Evangelical Heritage (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988).
CS 637 Rural Community and Moral Concerns

James R. Thobaben

Required Texts (MUST BE READ BEFORE FIRST SESSION) Caudill, Harry M., Night Comes to the Cumberlands Ashland, KY: Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2001 (re- publication) Conley, Kevin, Stud New York NY: Bloomsbury, 2002. Covington, Dennis, Salvation on Sand Mountain New York NY: Penguin Books, 1995 Evans, Vos & Wright (ed), Biblical Holism and Agriculture Pasadena CA: William Carey Library, 2003. Jones, Loyal, Faith and Meaning in the Southern Uplands Urbana IL: University of Illinois Press, 1999. DELETE: Logsdon, Gene, The Contrary Farmer White River Junction VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1994. [This book never arrived] Kline, David, Great Possessions: An Amish Farmer’s Journal Wooster OH: Wooster Book Company, 2001/1990. Poage, Ben The Tobacco Church II: A Manual for Congregational Leaders Richmond, KY: Kentucky Appalachian Ministries, 1995. Wirzba, Norman, The Essential Agrarian Reader Lexington KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2003.
CS 654 Morality at the End of Modernity

James R. Thobaben
CS 680 Bioethics: Christian Care and Clinical Ethics

James R. Thobaben

TEXTS & ARTICLES: Lammers & Verhey, On Moral Medicine (2nd edition) [Chapters: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,14,15,16,19] Chia, Cooper, Thobaben, Fergusson, and Kilner, Bioethics: Obstacle or Opportunity for the Gospel Lausanne Occasional Paper No.58 based on Pattaya, Thailand Meeting 2004, Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 2004. Thobaben, JR "A United Methodist Approach to End-of-Life..." Christian Bioethics (3)3:222-248 [under course icon] Thobaben, JR "The Impact of Managed Care..." Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (12)1:10-20 [under course icon] Various court cases and laws [on Web; to be determined in accordance with current bioethical issues] These must be obtained on your own; NOT ordered; NOT on reserve because they are so readily available. � Hawthorne, Nathaniel, “The Birthmark” (a copy may be found at: [http://www.bioethics.gov/meetings/200201/birthmark.html] � Poe, Edgar Allan, “The Premature Burial” (a copy may be found at: [http://eserver.org/books/poe/premature_burial.html] � Tolstoy, Death of Ivan Ilych (a good translation may be found at: [http://www.geocities.com/short_stories_page/tolstoydeath.html] � Kübler-Ross, On Death & Dying � Lewis, C.S. A Grief Observed � Hospice material:
CS 681 Bioethics: Technology, Culture and the Future

James R. Thobaben

TEXTS: REQUIRED: Teays, Wanda & Purdy, Laura, Bioethics, Justice, and Health Care Section 3: Medical Experimentation Section 4: The Body as Property Section 4: Individual Decision Making Section 6: Abortion & Birth Control Section 7:Reproductive Tech & Surrogacy Section 8: Genetics & Cloning Peterson, James C. Genetic Turning Points Chia, Cooper, Thobaben, Fergusson, and Kilner, Bioethics: Obstacle or Opportunity for the Gospel Lausanne Occasional Paper No.58 based on Pattaya, Thailand Meeting 2004, Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 2004. Hauerwas, Stanley, “Abortion: Theologically Understood” [http://www.lifewatch.org/abortion.html] Durham Declaration [http://www.lifewatch.org/durham.html] President’s Council on Bioethics, Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology & the Pursuit of Happiness [http://www.bioethics.gov/reports/beyondtherapy/beyond_therapy_final_report_pcbe.pdf] (READ pp. 1- 24 & SCAN remainder) National Human Genome Research Institute "Genetics and the future of Medicine" [http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/Pages/EducationKit/brochure.html] (SCAN: “Policy & Ethics” and “Glossary”) Human Genome Program, Department of Energy, “Genomics and Its Impact on Science and Society: The Human Genome Project and Beyond” [http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/primer2001/i ndex.shtml] (SCAN “Primer,” “Anticipated Benefits,” “Societal Concerns”; “Glossary”)
CS 682 Bioethics: Creation and the Environment

James R. Thobaben

TEXTS: REQUIRED Barkey, M. (ed) Environmental Stewardship in the Judeo-Christian Tradition [a very short book, easy to read, more “liberty” oreinted] Bradie, M. The Secret Chain: Evolution and Ethics [a fairly difficult book; try to pick up arguments without excessive concern on exactly who said what; the major “players” will be discussed in class] Moreland, J.P. & Reynolds, J., editors Three Views on Creation and Evolution [an accessible book covering three Christian positions] Pojman, Louis P. , Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application, 4th Edition [it is what its title suggests]
BS 501 Introduction to Biblical Studies I

David Loren Thompson

Required Texts Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Hendrickson, 2003. Drane, John Introducing the Old Testament. Completely revised and updated. Fortress Press, 2001. Abbreviated IOT in the syllabus. Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New American Standard Bible or some other contemporary, formal (vs. dynamic) equivalence translation with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. NRSV and NIV are also fine. Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994. Gives a brief, non-technical overview of approach to “inductive biblical studies” commended by the class. (= BSTW)
OT 615 Minor Prophets

David Loren Thompson

A. Required Texts and Materials Note the “either-or” entries in this list. M.A. students other than M.A.B.S. see no. 8. 1. A standard contemporary English translation. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, or some other contemporary, standard (non- paraphrasing) version such as The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, New American Standard Bible, with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. 2. A Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible. Either Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 4th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1990, or The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament. John Kohlenberger III, editor. Zondervan, 1993, or its equivalent. 3. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Evangel Press, 1994. David L. Thompson. Do not use the 1982 edition for class! 4. An Annotated List of Biblical Resources for Ministry. Hendrickson, 2003. David R. Bauer. 5. A concordance of the Hebrew Bible Either Even-Shoshan, A New Concordance of the Old Testament, Baker, or G. V. Wigram , The New Englishman’s Hebrew Concordance, Hendrickson or BibleWorks with its concordance search capability, or the equivalent of these. 6. A lexicon of the Hebrew Bible Either M. E. J. Richardson, The Hebrew & Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Brill, 1999. or William Holladay, A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Eerdmans, or BibleWorks, with its lexical capabilities (outdated but OK for preliminary definition for this class). 7. A Syntax of Biblical Hebrew A Guide for the Perplexed or A Guide to the Syntax of Biblical Hebrew by Bill Arnold and John Choi, 2002
NT 500 Concise Greek

Mark Trump

Texts Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998. Green, Joel. Hearing the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995. Douglas, J.D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. Wheaton, IL:Tyndale, 1993.
NT 501 Comprehensive Greek I

Mark Trump

Required Materials 3.1. Required Texts Bauer, et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2000. Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. Black, David Alan. Learning to Read New Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed. 3.2. Recommended Texts Trenchard, Warren C. Student’s Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament, rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. Wallace, Daniel. The Basics of New Testament Syntax. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. OR Wallace, Daniel. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. For future or further study, also recommended is: Liddell and Scott. Greek English Lexicon with a revised supplement Oxford: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), 1996.
NT 502 Comprehensive Greek II

Mark Trump

Required Materials 3.1. Required Texts Bauer, et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd rev. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2000. Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. Black, David Alan. Learning to Read New Testament Greek, rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994. Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th ed. 3.2. Recommended Texts Trenchard, Warren C. Student’s Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament, rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992. Wallace, Daniel. The Basics of New Testament Syntax. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. OR Wallace, Daniel. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. For future or further study, also recommended is: Liddell and Scott. Greek English Lexicon with a revised supplement Oxford: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), 1996.
CL 610 Theology of Servant Leadership

Thomas F. Tumblin

Readings: 1. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership by Henri Nouwen. (NY: Crossroad/Herder & Herder, 1993) ISBN: 0824512596 (81 pages). 2. Being as Communion by John Zizioulis. (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997) ISBN: 0881410292 (269 pages).
CL 616 DM 811 Leading Change

Thomas F. Tumblin

Required Reading: Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within by Robert E. Quinn (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996), 236 pages. (ISBN: 0787902446) Diffusion of Innovations, 5th ed. by Everitt M. Rogers (New York: The Free Press, 2003), 512 pages. (ISBN: 0743222091) Leading Change by John P. Kotter (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1996), 187 pages. (ISBN: 0875847471) Leading Congregational Change by Jim Herrington, et al. (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000), 240 pages. (ISBN: 0787947652) Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, 2nd ed. by William Bridges (New York: Perseus Publishing, 2003), 144 pages. (ISBN: 0738208248)
MS 610 MB 710 Learning a Language and Culture

Dale F. Walker

Books and Materials: Required books for the course: Abbott, Edwin A. (1884; 1979) Flatland: A romance of many dimensions. NY; Dover. Agar, Michael (1994) Language Shock: Understanding the Culture of Conversation. NY: Quill. Brewster, E Thomas, and Brewster, Elizabeth S (1976) Language Learning Made Practical. Pasadena: Lingua House (This book plus cassette is available from the instructor for $21.00) Marshall, Terry (1989) The Whole World Guide to Language Learning. Yarmouth: Intercultural Press. Nida, Eugene A. (1960; 1990) Message and Mission: The communication of the Christian Faith. Pasadena: Wm Carey. Sandoz, Mari (1953; 1992) Cheyenne Autumn. Lincoln: Univ of Nebraska Press.
OT 706 Semitic Language Seminar

Dale F. Walker and Bill Arnold

Course Objectives 2.1. To provide the student with a basic understanding of Northwest Semitic grammar and particularly Classical Hebrew. 2.2. To improve student’s basic vocabulary of Classical Hebrew by exposure to cognate languages. 2.3. To demonstrate the elementary principles of comparative Semitics through comparison of Epigraphic Hebrew, Phoenician, Moabite, and Biblical Hebrew. 2.4. To provide the student with the broad linguistic, historical, and sociological contexts of the Old Testament, illustrated by these texts.