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MW 622 Varieties of Islam and Christian Mission

A. H. Mathias Zahniser

Required reading will be taken from the following resources in accordance with the schedule of modules identified below. Notice the annotated bibliography in The World of Islam CD-ROM. I have posted an additional bibliography in the Course Center. The CD also contains the Qur’an we will read in Module 2. If you want to buy a copy of the Qur’an, go to www.islamicmedia.com. You can order a Qur’an by going to “browse” on the left of their web page and clicking on “Qur’an.” Several options show up on the Qur’an page. I recommend the A. Yusuf Ali translation. An English only edition is available for $4.95, though that is not shown on the web site. It is product #BYAE). If you even dream of learning Arabic, I recommend you get either the $19.95 or the $14.95 edition. The English only edition and the English part of the other two editions is the same as the one in your CD. Because of its King-James-Bible English, you can tell whether it addresses Muhammad (singular “thou/thee”) or a group (plural “you/ye).” American Muslims recognize this edition. If you already have a Qur’an, you may certainly make use of it rather than the translation on the CD. If your edition is published by the Ahmadiyyah sect, check with the translation on the CD, if your response or point hinges upon a particular verse. The Ahmadiyyah sect is to Islam as the Mormon church is to orthodox Christianity. If you wait to purchase a Qur'an until you initiate a relationship with a Muslim guide, the guide's faith community may provide you with a Qur'an. Items to Purchase from the Cokesbury Bookstore John L. Esposito. Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam. New York, NY and Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2002 (172 pages, including notes and a glossary). Suzanne Haneef. What Everyone Should Know about Islam and Muslims. Chicago: Kazi Publications, 1982 (192 pages, including annotated bibliography and a glossary). Charles Kurzman. Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook. New York, NY and Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1998 (330 pages, including a glossary). Selected readings. The World of Islam: Resources for Understanding. CD-ROM, version 1.0. Global Mapping International, 2000. Selected readings.
NT 500 Concise Greek

Garwood P. Anderson

Black, David Alan. It's Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1998. Cotterell, Peter and Max Turner. Linguistics and Biblical Interpretation. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1989. Douglas, J. D., ed. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale, 1993.
NT 511 The Gospel of Mark

Garwood P. Anderson

David Thompson. Bible Study That Works. Rev. ed. Nappannee, Ind.: Evangel, 1994. (I'm not sure that this is the most recent publisher.) Gordon Fee and Doug Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. 2d ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993. Mark Allan Powell. What is Narrative Criticism? Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990. David Rhoads, Joanna Dewey, and Donald Michie. Mark as Story: An Introduction to the Narrative of a Gospel. 2d ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1999
NT 520 Introduction to the New Testament

Garwood P. Anderson
NT 520 Introduction to the New Testament

Garwood P. Anderson

Achtemeier, Paul J., Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson, Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Message. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2001 [heretofore INT]. Witherington, Ben, New Testament History: A Narrative Account. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 2001 [heretofore NTH].
NT 520 Introduction to the New Testament

Garwood P. Anderson

Achtemeier, Paul J., Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson, Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Message. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2001 [hereafter abbreviated INT]. Witherington, Ben, New Testament History: A Narrative Account. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 2001 [hereafter abbreviated NTH].
NT 615 Exegesis of the Gospel of Luke

Garwood P. Anderson

Gordon D. Fee. New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors. 3d ed. Louisville: WJKP, 2002. Joel B. Green. The Gospel of Luke. NICNT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. Craig A. Evans. Luke. NIBCNT. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1990 Mark Allan Powell. What Are They Saying About Luke? Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist, 1990.
NT 633 Colossians (and Philemon)

Garwood P. Anderson

Garland, David E. Colossians and Philemon. NIVAC. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. ISBN: 0310484804 O'Brien, P. T. Colossians, Philemon. WBC Waco: Word, 1982. ISBN: 0849902436 Wallace, Daniel. The Basics of New Testament Syntax. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000. ISBN: 0310232295 Fee, Gordon. New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Pastors and Students. 3rd ed. Louisville: WJKP, 2002. ISBN: 0664223168
NT 500 Concise Greek

Kevin L. Anderson

(1) David Alan Black, Learn to Read New Testament Greek (expanded edition; Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994). Learn. This is our primary text and must be studied with great care. (2) David Alan Black, It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998). Still Greek. This is a supplemental text. (3) Barbara Aland, et al., eds. Novum Testamentum Graece (27th ed.; Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993). NA27. This is your Greek New Testament. (4) W. Bauer, F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich, eds. A Greek- English Lexicon of New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (3d ed.; Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2000. BDAG. If you already own the second edition (BAGD), this is acceptable; but you are strongly encouraged to buy BDAG as soon as you can, since it is the state of the art in Greek lexicography. (5) GreekFlash Pro 2 (Portland, Ore.: Paradigm Software Development, 1996- 98). GFP. A flexible and powerful Greek flash card vocabulary program. The strength of this program is its audio option that will help distance learners drill cards orally.
NT 502 Comprehensive Greek II

Kevin L. Anderson

(1) David Alan Black, Learn to Read New Testament Greek (expanded edition; Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994). Learn. This is our primary text and must be studied with great care. (2) David Alan Black, It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998). Still Greek. This is a supplemental text. You will find this book helpful when you are doing research for your Translation Notebook. (3) Barbara Aland, et al., eds. Novum Testamentum Graece (27th ed.; Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993). NA27. (4) W. Bauer, F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich, eds. A Greek- English Lexicon of New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (3d ed.; Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2000. BDAG. If you already own the second edition (BAGD), this is acceptable; but you are strongly encouraged to buy BDAG as soon as you can, since it is the state of the art in Greek lexicography. You are also strongly encouraged to purchase the Shorter Lexicon (see under Reader’s Lexica in the Greek Resource List below). You will find this to be a helpful resource that you can use in any situation where you would not normally want to carry around a larger lexicon like BDAG. (5) GreekFlash Pro 2 (Portland, Ore.: Paradigm Software Development, 1996- 98). GFP. A flexible and powerful Greek flash card vocabulary program. The strength of this program is its audio option that will help distance learners drill cards orally. (6) Daniel B. Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997). Beyond. This is an intermediate grammar that you can use as a resource for understanding grammatical constructions you encounter while working on your Translation Notebook. You are also encouraged to purchase Brooks and Winbery’s Syntax of New Testament Greek (see under Intermediate to Advanced Grammars in the Greek Resource List below). It is a more portable alternative to Wallace’s grammar.
NT 520 New Testament Introduction

Kevin L. Anderson

“Core” Texts Wenham, David and Steve Walton, Exploring the New Testament, vol. 1: A Guide to the Gospels and Acts (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2001). I. Howard Marshall, Stephen Travis, and Ian Paul, Exploring the New Testament, vol. 2: A Guide to the Letters and Revelation (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2002). Remaining Texts Arthur G. Patzia, The Emergence of the Church: Context, Growth, Leadership, and Worship (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2001). David A. deSilva, New Testament Themes (St. Louis: Chalice, 2001). Jerry Camery-Hoggatt, Speaking of God: Reading and Preaching the Word of God (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1995). Students who can work with the Greek text of the New Testament may choose to use the following text in place of Camery-Hoggatt: Mary H. Schertz and Perry B. Yoder, Seeing the Text: Exegesis for Students of Greek and Hebrew (Nashville: Abingdon, 2001).
IS 502 Vocation of Ministry

Leslie A. Andrews

John Wesley Speaks on Christian Vocation by Paul Chilcote. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard J. Foster. Betrayal of Trust: Sexual Misconduct in the Pastorate by S. Grenz and R. Bell. The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life by O. Guiness. Listening to God in Times of Choice By G. Smith. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation. By Parker Palmer. and Calling and Character: Virtues of the Ordained Life. By William H. Willimon.
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Bill T. Arnold

LaSor, William S., David Allan Hubbard, and Frederic Wm. Bush. Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament. 2nd ed.; Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1996. Coogan, Michael David, editor. The Oxford History of the Biblical World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Alexander, T. Desmond. From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Pentateuch. Second Edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2002.
OT 520 Old Testament Introduction

Bill T. Arnold

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, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1996. Coogan, Michael David, editor. The Oxford History of the Biblical World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
OT 619 Exegesis of 1-2 Samuel

Bill T. Arnold

Arnold, Bill T., and John H. Choi. A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. NB: Students who purchased previous versions of this (A Guide for the Perplexed) may continue to use the older version. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph, eds. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-77. Holladay, William L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament Based upon the Lexical Work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1971. Scott, William R. A Simplified Guide to BHS. Berkley, Calif.: BIBAL, 1987. Seow, C. L. A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995.
OT 701 Biblical Aramaic

Bill T. Arnold

Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1907. Repr., Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1979. Elliger, K., and W. Rudolph. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1967-1977. Rosenthal, Franz. A Grammar of Biblical Aramaic. 6th ed. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1995. Course Packet available in the bookstore (see appendix below for contents).
SM 615 Supervised Mission Experience

Asbury Theolgoical Seminary

Asbury Seminary's Master of Arts program in World Mission and Evangelism is essentially a two year (60 semester credit hours) academic degree beyond the B. A. (or equivalent) which prepares informed practitioners for careers in cross cultural mission and ministries of evangelism. Because of the focus on practice and the indispensable value of the action/reflection model for lifetime learning, the program requires some exposure and/or involvement in a cross cultural field with appropriate reflection on mission theory observed and the impact of the experience on the student.
Extended Case Guidelines

Asbury Theological Seminary

The case study is a way of doing theology which does not divorce theory from practice or action from reflection. It may be helpful to read The Bible in Human Transformation by Walter Wink in this connection. The case study will help the participant in the following ways.
Extended Case Guidelines

Asbury Theological Seminary

The case study is a way of doing theology which does not divorce theory from practice or action from reflection. It may be helpful to read The Bible in Human Transformation by Walter Wink in this connection. The case study will help the participant in the following ways.
IR 700 Senior Reflection Community

Asbury Theological Seminary

GOALS/OBJECTIVES GOAL #1: PARTICIPANTS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP/STRENGTHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH GOD. Objective A: Students will share their seminary spiritual life journey. Objective B: Students will affirm and support each other through fellowship and acts as a Christian community. Objective C: Students will design and covenant to maintain a personal and corporate devotional practice. GOAL 2: PARTICIPANTS WILL CONTINUE TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR VOCATION. Objective A: Students will develop spiritual, intellectual, personal and vocational goals for their first year in ministry. Objective B: Students will develop a list of questions regarding their first year in ministry. GOAL #3.: PARTICIPANTS WILL CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION Objective A: Students will reflect on given case studies and interact with other students in their IRC community. Objective B: Students will write a Theology of Ministry.
SM 511 611 711 and SM 512

Asbury Theological Seminary

You answered God’s call and came to seminary to prepare for ministry. How will that happen? Before you graduate you will read scores of books, sit through hundreds of hours of classes, write papers and pass exams. But that will not guarantee preparation for ministry. Your spiritual and vocational formation is the heart of preparation for ministry. A servant of God is formed through the integration of Being, Knowing, and Doing. It takes place in community, as God graciously works in and through each person. Formation calls for biblical/theological and theoretical foundations, the developing of ministry skills, the doing of those skills in field experience and opportunity to reflect with others on what is being learned.
SM 601, 602, 603 Supervised Ministry Handbook

Asbury Theological Seminary

Lay Leadership for Ministry Training, Field Supervisors Handbook: Local Church, Field Supervisors Handbook: Institutional
SM 601 602 Supervisor Handbook

Asbury Theological Seminary

Supervised Ministries is an important component of training at Asbury Theological Seminary. Each Master of Divinity student is required to take two courses in this supervised field-based learning experience. Each year approximately 200 men and women representing a wide range of denominational backgrounds are placed as volunteers in over 80 settings. Field Settings presently being used include churches, correctional institutions, comprehensive care centers, nursing homes, children’s homes, inner-city social service agencies, acute/general admission hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, and evangelism outreach centers. Opportunities are available from Cincinnati to Lake Cumberland, from Louisville to Appalachia.
SM 603 Handbook

Asbury Theological Seminary

Supervised Ministries is an important component of training at Asbury Theological Seminary. Each Master of Divinity student is required to take two courses in this supervised field-based learning experience. Each year approximately 200 men and women representing a wide range of denominational backgrounds are placed as volunteers in over 80 settings. Field settings presently being used include churches, correctional institutions, comprehensive care centers, nursing homes, children’s homes, inner-city social service agencies, acute/general admissions hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, and evangelism outreach centers. Opportunities are available from Cincinnati to Lake Cumberland, from Louisville to Appalachia
Student Pastor's Handbook

Asbury Theological Seminary

The program of Supervised Ministries at Asbury Theological Seminary is designed to meet certain goals. These goals are embraced by the following Statement of Purpose: The Supervised Ministries program seeks to provide a supervised action/reflection experience in ministry through which students will achieve the following goals. 1. DEVELOP A VALID PERSONAL CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF MINISTRY. 2. LEARN HOW TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE. 3. LEARN HOW TO DO THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION ON EXPERIENCES IN MINISTRY. 4. DEVELOP EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY. 5. HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEST AND FULFILL THEIR CALL TO MINISTRY.