Required Courses

Research Principles and Methods (1 credit)

Advanced Biblical Hebrew (2 credits)

Advanced Biblical Greek (2 credits)

Reading and Exegeting Old Testament Texts: Hebrew (2 credits)

Reading and Exegeting New Testament Texts: Greek (2 credits)

A course in Biblical Theology (Old Testament Theology, New Testament Theology, or some combination) (4 credits)

Elective Courses
Of the final twelve credits of course work, at least six must be in the field of Biblical Studies. Examples of possible electives are:

Pentateuch
Psalms
Wisdom Literature
The Intertestamental Period: Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and Qumran Writings
A Synoptic Gospel
The Johannine Literature
The Letters of Paul
Formation of the Canon
Gnostic Texts (including the Nag Hammadi literature)
The Bible in Christian-Muslim Encounter
Arab Christian Interpretation of the Bible
Biblical Archaeology
Egypt and the Bible
Near Eastern Background to the Bible
Coptic Language
Guided Reading in Selected Areas