BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES
\ i\T est. T here will also be opportuni ties fo r the students to ob serve and study and pa rti cipate in the work of this rapidly growing church in all its many phases. 8. Advanced English A course will be given in Advanced E ngli sh ; that is, in li tera ry and plat fo rm E ngli h. T he students will be taught by lectu res, books and by actual pract ice not merely to speak gram matically but to speak logically, fo rcefully and convinci ngly, to speak so as to obtai n results. In thi s course the students will be trained to express t hemselves, both in wri ting and in speaking, cl ea rly, accurately, fo rcef ull y and attracti vely; but clearness, accuracy and vigo r of express ion will be emphas ized rathe r t han beauty of express ion. The students will be con stantly wa rned aga inst adopting so ornate and fascinating a style that people will lose t he t hought in their admirat ion for the words in which t he thought is exp ressed. T hey will be taught how to acquire a la rge, varied and choice vocabula ry, and to express themselves in telling phrases and incisive sen tences that will fas ten themselves in the memo ry, and t hus fi x the truth. T hey will al so be shown the proper a rrangenient of words and clauses in a sP.ntence in order t o prnduce the best effect . 9. Gretk and Hebrew 'vVe a re persuaded t hat a thorough knowledge of New Testament Greek is of great value to the mini ster of t he Gospel, and that a thorough knowledge of I-iebrew is of con siderable value ; but at the same time we a re convinced by long observat ion that a mere smatte ring of Greek or Hebrew is worse than no knowledge at all of these languages . Many of our seminari es, even t hose connected wi t h uni ve rsit;es that have the hi ()'hest scholarly rating, a re no longer requiring either Greek or Hebrew as a condi t ion of graduat ion or of taking t he B. D. degree. T here will be no attempt in the course at t he Insti tute to teach the rudiments of Greek, nor the rudiments of Hebrew. I f one has not a considerabl e knowledge of Greek before coming to the Inst itute, any knowledge that he could get in a three yea r course here, or anywhere else, would be of
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