V. Bible Exegesis EXEGESIS-from the Greek verb meaning-to lead th e way out-suggests the real purpose of this study as bei ng the discove ry from the o ri g inal words of the text it se lf th e prima ry meaning und er the Spirit of Goel of the words g iven by di vin e in spira ti on. It is not imposing on the text any man's conception of truth but end eavo ring lo d raw out from th e text itself that conception which the Sp irit of Goel intends to convey . VI. Expos itory Bible Teaching Gncler this s tudy the endeavor is made to teach the st udent how to be a real expos ito r of the .Bible. Un fo lding the sac red Sc ri pture is one of th e fine arts of the Bible teacher and through thi s co ur se the student is trained in orde r that hi s teac hing of the .Bible may be expos itory, as ll'CII as that he himself may be feel on th e fi nes t of the wheat. VII. ·Biblical Introduction In this co urse th e simples t · facts a bout the .Bibl e as a book are taken up : The meaning o f the name .Bible; number a nd divisions of the books; the hi sto ry of the manuscripts, and of our English ve r sio ns; th e in spirat ion of the books; the canon of Scriptu re; th e geog raphy o f .Bibl e land s, especially Palestine and J erusa lem; th e t empl e, its locat ion and structur e ; the synagogue and it s sen ·ices. VIII. Biblical Criticism Bibl ical cr itici sm has been brought into d isrepute among many, because of the pr eva lence and a rroga nce o f destruct ive crit icism, but it has its proper pl ace in any thorough study of the Bible, and a thorough and candid study of Biblical critic ism neve r leads to destructive, but to constructive res ults. A ca re ful examinati on is made of the methods and a rguments of the destructive critics, and the falsity of th eir conclusions. T he pos itive argument for the Mosa ic author ship of tbe Pentateuch, for I sa iah 's author ship o f the entire book bear ing hi s name, and fo r Dani el being the a utho r of the book of Dani el, will he fully stated . IX. Christian Evidences (1) Th e proof that J cs us really arose fr om the dead. (2) Th e evidence that the Bible is the Viorel o f Goel. Ref er ence is made to the e,·iclence fr om th e monuments, from prophecy, fr om th e hi story of the book. fr om a compari son o f th e Bibl e with other books, together with a proof in personal ex peri ence that the Bible is th e \ -\lo rd of Goel. X. Church History This co urse is designed t0 familiarize the student with the g r ea t epochs and persons, th e doc trines and con trovers ies, the declines and rev ivals th at ha, ·e ma rked the hi sto ry of the church from the a postol ic period to th e period of the Reformation, and the great evangeli ca l rev ival s since th en.
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