IX. THE DEPARTMENT OF BIBLICAL AND PATRISTIC GREEK

OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION

ERNEST DE WITT BURTON, D.D., Professor and Head of the Department of New Testament Literature and Interpretation.

SHAILER MATHEWS, A.M., D.D., Professor of New Testament History and Interpretation.
CLYDE WEBER VOTAW, D.B., PH.D., Assistant Professor of New Testament Literature.
EDGAR JOHNSON GOODSPEED, D.B., PH.D., Assistant Professor of Biblical and Patristic Greek,
Assistant Director of Haskell Oriental Museum.

FELLOWS, 1905-6

LESLIE MOULTHROP BURWELL, A.B., D.B.

CALVIN DONALD CAMPBELL, A.M., D.B.

INTRODUCTORY

The Department known in the Divinity School as the Department of New Testament Literature and Interpretation (XLII) is designated in the Graduate School and the Senior Colleges as that of Biblical and Patristic Greek (IX). The two titles emphasize different aspects of the work of the one Department. The aim of this Department is to provide instruction in the following lines of investigation:

1. The Greek of the New Testament, and of other Greek literature closely related linguistically to the New Testament, for students who already have a knowledge of classical Greek. In this division of the work opportunity is provided for the translation and grammatical study of the New Testament, of the Septuagint and other Greek versions of the Old Testament, of Jewish Greek Literature nearly contemporaneous with the New Testament writings, and of early Christian Greek literature. The special aim in this portion of the work is primarily, to give to all students the necessary linguistic foundation for the interpretation of the New Testament, and, secondarily, to afford to those who desire it an opportunity to form a broad basis for advanced original work in the various departments of New Testament study.

2. The documents of the New Testament text, and the theory and praxis of textual criticism as applied to them.

3. Historical Introduction to the study of the New Testament.

4. The Interpretation of the New Testament.

5. The Life of Jesus Christ. It will be the endeavor of the instructors to make all the previously men. tioned lines of study, especially as applied to the Gospels, contribute to the attainment and presentation of a true conception of the life and teaching of Jesus.

6. The History of the New Testament, including (a) the history of manuscripts and versions, (b) the history of the canon, (c) the history of interpretation, (d) the history of criticism.

The New Testament Club holds fortnightly meetings for the review of current literature and the presentation of papers on subjects connected with New Testament study.

In order to accomplish thorough and independent work in the study of the New Testament, it is necessary that the student should acquire at the outset a knowledge of the history of New Testament times, of the Greek language as used by New Testament writers, of the general character and content of the New Testament books, and of the fundamental principles of interpretation. With a view to the acquisition of this fundamentally necessary knowledge, all students who are candidates for a degree in the Graduate Divinity School are required to take Courses 1, 10, and 15 in the first four Quarters of their course, and are strongly advised to elect Course 25 in the second year. Students in the Graduate School who make the New Testament or Biblical Greek one of the subjects presented for a degree must also take these four courses. Course 27, 28, or 33 may be substituted for 25 by consent of the Head of the Department.

Students who make Biblical Greek their secondary subject for the Doctor's degree are required to complete work in that subject equivalent in the aggregate to not less than nine Majors, including the four Majors named above. The courses must be systematically arranged and must be approved by the head of the

Department. The student must be able to read the Septuagint version of the historical books of the Old Testament, any portion of the New Testament, and the Apostolic Fathers.

Students who make Biblical and Patristic Greek their principal subject for the Doctor's degree must be proficient in Jewish and Roman History from 175 B. C. to 325 A. D., and must have a good acquaintance with the Jewish and Christian literature of this period, and a thorough knowledge of the Greek of the Septuagint, the New Testament, and the Apostolic Fathers. They must be proficient in classical Greek, and have at least an elementary knowledge of Comparative Indo-European Grammar. They must also have such knowledge of Hebrew as can be acquired by the three preliminary Majors in the Old Testament Department together with the course in Hebrew Syntax. A knowledge of Aramaic is also required.

The requirements for a Master's degree, when the New Testament or Biblical Greek is the principal subject, are the same as for the Doctor's degree, when the New Testament or Biblical Greek is the secondary subject. When the secondary work for a Master's degree is done in this Department, a total of not less than six Majors, including the four Majors named in 1 above, and approved by the Head of the Department, will be required. Every student recommended by this Department for a degree must also be proficient in classical Greek and well acquainted with the Greek of the New Testament.

NOTE.-Students who wish to make New Testament Interpretation and Theology their principal or secondary subject are referred to the statements in connection with Department XLII in the Divinity Circular of Information.

COURSES OF INSTRUCTION

12. Social and Religious History of Palestine in
New Testament Times.

M. Second Term, Summer Quarter, 1905
PROFESSOR MATHEWS

13. History of the Apostolic Age of the Christian
Church.
Mj. Winter Quarter, 1906; 2:00
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR VOTAW

15. General Survey of the New Testament Literature.
Occasion, purpose, and content of the several
books of the New Testament. A required course
for D.B. degree.

Mj. Spring Quarter, 1905, 1906
PROFESSOR BURTON

16. Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels.- Detailed
examination of the resemblances and differences
of the first three gospels as bearing upon the
question of the sources and authorship of each.
Mj. Winter Quarter, 1907
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GOODSPEED

17. Introduction to the Gospel of John.-Internal and
external evidence bearing upon the origin of the
Fourth Gospel. A Seminar.

Mj. Autumn Quarter, 1906
PROFESSOR BURTON

19. The Life of Christ.- Historical study on the basis
of the gospel records.

Mj. Spring Quarters, 1905, 1906
PROFESSOR MATHEWS

Open to members of the Senior Colleges.

Mj. Autumn Quarter, 1905 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR VOTAW For the Colleges only.