COURSE OVERVIEW

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COURSE OVERVIEW

• PENTATEUCH
• THE BIBLES FIRST 5 BOOKS

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Essential Foundations

• The first four stories of Genesis
• Origin of the Hebrew people
• Story of the Exodus
• Origin of Ten Commandments
• Prophecies types of Christ

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COURSE FEATURES

• New text Weirsbe commentary
• Class lectures handouts
• Course notebook
• Course paper
• Small group work
• Brief written assignments
• Review quizzes and unit exams

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Course Tools

• Holy Bible
• Textbook
• Assignment Schedule
• BHU Writing Guide
• Notebook and handouts

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Course Paper Standards

• Syllabus, pp 4 6
• BHU Writing Guide
• Turabian style footnotes
• Turabian style bibliography
• Minimums on pages, notes, and bibliography

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Core values of BHU

• Biblical Inerrancy
• Integrity
• Global Missions
• Dedicated Servanthood
• Diversity

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Keys to Course Success

• Evidence of effort to learn
• Punctuality and consistency
• Honesty in research and testing
• Diligence in following syllabus
• Development of good notebook -
• With a well developed vocabulary section.

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The Vocabulary Section

• Key Words in First Assignment
• Transcendent, immanent,
• Tetragrammaton, Shema, echad, sepher, toledot,
  Akkadian,
• lingua franca, canon, testament, Tanakh,
  Masoretic, Apocrypha, Targums, Septuagint,
• Higher criticism, Neoorthodoxy

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TAKE HOME THOUGHT

• Good things that you are doing are often enemies
  of the best thing that you should be doing.
• Learn to prioritize!