Course information | 111 Interpreting the Bible (HNS CHC DL) S1 2025

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Christchurch Campus

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Distance Learning

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Henderson
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New Zealand

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Welcome

Announcements

Weekly Zoom Link for Lecture for students not joining campus classes. Class time - Thursday 1.30-4.30pm

24 February - 2 March

Video: Welcome and Introduction

Module 1 Introduction

Module 2 Terminology

Module 3 Video: Hebrew

Module 3 Hebrew

Klein, Blomberg and Hubbard, Chapter 1 "The Need for Interpretation"

Goldsworthy The Necessity for Hermeneutics

Duvall and Hays, 85-87

Duvall and Hays, 196-202

Hebrew alphabet

Hebrew alphabet song

3 March - 9 March

Video: Overview of Week

Module 1 Video: Texts and Versions

Module 1 Versions and Texts

Module 2 Video: Canon

Module 2 Canon

Module 3 Video: Nature of Scripture; Hebrew

Module 3 Theology of Scripture; Hebrew

Schnabel History Theology and Biblical Canon

Lim How Was the Canon Formed

Gignilliat God Speaks Hebrew

Meadowcroft 2 Peter 1.19-21

Marshall, Re-engaging with the Bible

Vanderkam DSS and OT

de Jong Textual Criticism, the Textus Receptus and Adoniram Judsons Burmese New Testaments

Bruce - History of New Testament, 21-59

Miller and Huber - The Bible: A History, 48-51

Wegner - The Journey, 102

Video: Tim Meadowcroft on Translations and Textual Variants

Video: Christ Files: The Gnostic and New Testament Gospels

100321 Hebrew Vowels

10 March - 16 March

Video: Overview of Week

Module 1 Video: Genre

Module 1 Genre

Module 2 Video: Bible Translations

Module 2 Bible Translations

Module 3 Video: Text in its Literary Context

Module 3 Text in its Literary Context

Video: Hebrew

Gorman Chapter 4: Contextual Analysis

Duvall and Hays, 150-162

Strauss Bible translation and myth of literal accuracy

Hurtado KJV and biblical scholarship

Osborne - The Hermeneutical Spiral, 22 - 27

Tate Chapter 4 "The Bible as Literature and Literary Forms"

Sermon on Mount text

R France Structure Sermon on Mount

17 March - 23 March

Video: Overview of Week

Evans New Testament Use of the Old Testament

Juel Interpreting Israels Scriptures in the New Testament

24 March - 30 March

Video: Overview of Week

Module 1 Video: Form, Structure and Movement of Texts

Module 1 Form, Structure and Movement of Texts

Module 2 Video: Analysing Matt 6:25-34

Module 2 Analysing Matt 6:25-34

Module 3 Video: Hebrew and Greek

Module 3 Hebrew and Greek

Gorman Chapter 5 "Formal Analysis"

Duvall and Hays, 45-47 - "The Art of Observation"

Marshall - "Figurative Language and Rhetorical Devices"

Brown, "Stylistic Analysis I: Poetry," 63-77

Klein Blomberg and Hubbard "The Structure of Hebrew Poetry"

Klein Blomberg and Hubbard "Devices of Poetic Language"

Video: Tim Meadowcroft on the Bible's Original Languages

Exegetical Task 1 Format

Matt 6.25-34 text

Greek alphabet

31 March - 6 April

Video: Overview of Week

Module 1 Video: Biblical Languages, Word Meanings

Module 1 Biblical Languages, Word Meanings

Module 2 Video: Word Studies