Erskine Theological Seminary
SB 00: Bible
Survey
Summer 2003
Due West,
9:00 am-5:00 pm on 5/24, 6/7, 6/21, 7/5, and 7/19
Professor:
Don Fairbairn
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Office
Phone: (864) 379-6694 |
Email:
fairbairn@erskine.edu |
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Home
Phone: (864) 379-8627 |
Fax: (864) 379-3171 |
To view or download PowerPoint presentations or study guides from this course, please click on the links below:
Presentation 1: Introduction Study Guide for Exams and Final
Presentation 2:
Pentateuch, History Supplemental Study
Guide for Final
Presentation 3:
Poetry, Prophecy Bible Geography
Questions
Presentation
5: Acts, Pauline Epistles
Presentation 6:
General Epistles, Revelation
I. Course
Description:
In this course, students lay a foundation for other
seminary courses by reading through the entire Bible, Old and New Testaments.
The major events, persons, places, and chronologies of the Biblical materials
are introduced, as well as the major themes of each individual book. Finally,
the redemptive-historical thread of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is expounded.
(Students may exempt themselves from this course by passing a Bible knowledge
examination administered through the Bible department.) Required. Three hours.
II.
Course Purpose
The mission of Erskine Theological
Seminary is to “educate persons for ministry in the Christian Church.” A
thorough knowledge of the Bible is essential and foundational to anyone’s
educational preparation for ministry.
This course is offered in lieu of the
Bible Content Examination. By the end of the course, the student should be able
to pass the final exam. This exam will test the student’s basic understanding
of the Bible.
III. Textbooks:
James
A. Meek. “Bible Content Overview:
Course Syllabus.” (Reproduced with permission from the author and
available for purchase on the first day of class.)
NIV
Study Bible. 10th
Anniversary Edition. Grand Rapids: Zondervan: 1995. (ISBN: 0310925681)
IV. Course
Requirements
A. Bible Reading
Each student will read the entire Bible during the summer, following the schedule below.
B. Exams (95% of the
total grade)
1. There will be four one-hour exams covering material
presented in class and assigned Bible reading. They will not be cumulative. The best three of these will
each count 20% of the total grade. (The lowest exam grade will be dropped.)
2. The final exam
(35% of the total grade) will be cumulative and will cover all material for
which the student is responsible. Failure
to pass the final exam will result in an incomplete or failure for the course,
regardless of performance on previous work.
C. Class Attendance
(5% of the total grade)
1. 5%
of the grade will be determined by class attendance.
2. Each student will be held responsible
for all material presented in class, whether or not the student is present at a
given class session.
D. Extra Credit
Students who wish to do so may answer a series of questions on Biblical geography (in four installments, given at each of the class meetings) using The Holy Land Satellite Atlas in book and CD-Rom form. Students who answer all four sets of questions will receive extra credit of one letter grade for the course. Students can also receive a lesser amount of extra credit by answering two or three sets of questions. Students may elect to do this extra credit work at any time prior to August 15, 2003.
V. Grading:
The
Seminary’s grading scale is as follows:
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Grade |
Value |
GPA |
Grade |
Value |
GPA |
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A |
95-100 |
4.0 |
C- |
78-79 |
1.7 |
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A- |
93-94 |
3.7 |
D+ |
76-77 |
1.3 |
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B+ |
91-92 |
3.3 |
D |
72-75 |
1.0 |
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B |
88-90 |
3.0 |
D- |
70-71 |
0.7 |
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B- |
86-87 |
2.7 |
E |
65-69 |
0.0 |
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C+ |
84-85 |
2.3 |
F |
0-64 |
0.0 |
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C |
80-83 |
2.0 |
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VI. Incomplete
Policy
The
grade of ‘Incomplete’ can be assigned only when two conditions are met: 1) The
student has completed the majority of the requirements for the course. 2) The
student has been providentially hindered from completing the remaining
requirements for the course. An ‘Incomplete’ granted for this course will
automatically become an ‘F’ unless course requirements are fulfilled by
November 1, 2003.
VII. Course
Schedule
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Date |
Class Discussion Topic |
Assignment for the next class |
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May 24 |
Introduction Overview of
the Bible Genesis – 2
Kings |
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June 7 |
Exam 1
1 Chronicles –
Isaiah
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Read
1 Chronicles – Isaiah
(Meek, pp. 14-20)
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June 21 |
Exam 2
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Read
Jeremiah – John
(Meek, pp. 21-34)
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July 5 |
Exam 3 Acts –
Revelation |
(Meek, pp. 35-48) Prepare for Exam 4 and Final |
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July 19 |
Exam 4
Final
Exam
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