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recommendation by the Faculty of Divinity. Candidates for this degree must have received a degree of Bachelor of Arts on an approved course of study or show that they have had an education equivalent to that of a college graduate.

Students in the School may be candidates for the degrees of MASTER OF ARTS and DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY. These degrees are given on recommendation by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. (See below.)

The buildings of the Divinity School are situated on Divinity Avenue, and comprise DIVINITY HALL, dedicated in 1826, in which are the Chapel of the School and rooms for students, and DIVINITY LIBRARY, completed in 1887, containing the library and lecture-rooms of the School. Semitic Museum adjoins the buildings of the School.

THE FACULTY OF DIVINITY.

CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT, A.M., LL.D., President.

The

FRANCIS GREENWOOD PEABODY, A.M., D.D., DEAN, and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals.

CRAWFORD HOWELL TOY, A.M., LL.D., Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages.

EPHRAIM EMERTON, Ph.D., Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History. GEORGE FOOT MOORE, A.M., D.D., LL.D., Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion.

DAVID GORDON LYON, Ph.D., D.D., Hollis Professor of Divinity, and Curator of the Semitic Museum.

EDWARD CALDWELL MOORE, Ph.D., D.D., Parkman Professor of Theology.

EDWARD HALE, A.B., S.T.B., Assistant Professor of Homiletics. WILLIAM WALLACE FENN, A.M., S.T.B., Bussey Professor of Theology. JAMES HARDY ROPES, A.B., S.T.B., Bussey Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, and Dexter Lecturer on Biblical Literature.

HENRY HARRISON HAYNES, S.T.B., Ph.D., Instructor in Semitic Lan

guages.

IRVAH LESTER WINTER, A.B., Assistant Professor of Elocution.

BERTEL GLIDDEN WILLARD, A.B., Instructor in Elocution.

ROBERT SWAIN MORISON, A.M., S.T.B., Librarian, and Secretary of the Faculty.

ADMISSION OF STUDENTS.

Testimonials. All candidates for admission must furnish testimonials of character and scholarship.

Resident Graduates. Graduates of Theological Schools are admitted as Resident Graduates, provided the courses of study which they have pursued are satisfactory to the Faculty.

Candidates for the degree of S.T.B. All candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity must have received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, representing a course of study approved by the Faculty, or must satisfy the Faculty that their education has been equal to that of graduates of the best New England colleges.

A candidate for the degree may be admitted to advanced standing upon examination. But a candidate who is also qualified to enter as a Resident Graduate may be admitted to the Senior Class without examination.

Special Students. A person who is not a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity may enter the School as a Special Student, provided he holds a degree in arts, literature, philosophy, or science, which represents a course of study approved by the Faculty, or provided he satisfies the Faculty that his education has been fully equivalent to such a

course.

In all the instruction of the School reference is freely made to German and French books. Students are urgently advised to acquire a reading knowledge of these languages, especially of German, before entering the School.

Every student is expected to be present at the opening of the academic year.

COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.

The following Courses of Instruction are classed as full courses or halfcourses, according to the estimated amount of work in each, and its value in fulfilling the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. In the following list all courses are full courses, unless the contrary is stated, with the exception of the Courses of Research, which count towards the degree to an extent determined in each case by the instructor, but usually as full courses.

Students are free to choose any studies which they are qualified to pursue, but candidates for the degree are not allowed to neglect entirely any one of the following departments: Old Testament, New Testament, Church History, Theology, Homiletics. Students must in every case leave with the Secretary at the beginning of the year, for the approval of the Faculty, lists of the courses which they propose to take.

Introduction to the Study of Theology.

Eight lectures (first half-year). (Not counted for a degree.)

Pro

fessor G. F. MOORE.

Old Testament.

1. Hebrew. Davidson's Introductory Hebrew Grammar. Explanation of parts of Genesis and of the Book of Psalms.

at 10. Professor LYON.

2. Hebrew (second course).

Mon., Wed., Fri.,

Syntax. Interpretation of parts of the Prophets and the Poetical Books. Text-criticism. Tu., Th., at 2.30. Professor Toy.

3 hf. Jewish Aramaic. Marti's Biblisch-Aramäische Grammatik. — Interpretation of parts of Ezra, Daniel, and the Targums. Half-course. Wed., at 9. Dr. HAYNES.

3a hf. Classical Aramaic (Syriac). Half-course. Wed., Fri., at 10.

Dr. HAYNES.

4. History of Israel, political and social, till the capture of Jerusalem by the Romans. Tu., Th., and (at the pleasure of the instructor) Sat., at 11. Professor LYON.

5. History of pre-Christian Hebrew Literature. Tu., Th., at 2.30. fessor G. F. MOORE.

Pro

6. History of the Hebrew Religion with comparison of other Semitic religions. Mon., 3.30-5.30. Professor Toy.

7. Assyrian. Tu., Th., at 10. Dr. HAYNES.

8. Assyrian (second course). Tu., Th., at 10. Professor LYON.

20. Research courses. The instructors will arrange and supervise for any properly prepared student a line of special study on such topic as may be agreed on.

The Semitic Conference holds meetings twice a month throughout the academic year. There are essays and discussions. In addition to the regular work letters from foreign correspondents are read from time to time, and notes are presented calling attention to new publications, to travels, explorations, and discoveries, and to additions to the Semitic Museum and the Semitic Library. The meetings are held in the Semitic Museum.

New Testament.

2 2hf. Introduction to the Study of the New Testament. The teaching of Jesus Christ, and the theological and ethical ideas of the New Testament writers. Half-course (second half-year). Mon., Wed., Fri., at 9. Professor ROPES.

[3. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Three times a week. Professor ROPES.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

[61hf. The Gospel and Epistles of John.— Selected portions. Half-course (first half-year). Twice a week. Professor ROPES.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

72hf. The Apostolic Age.

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Study of the Acts of the Apostles. Half

course (second half-year).

Three times a week. Professor ROPES.

8 2hf. The Epistles of Paul. Selected portions. Half-course (second halfyear). Three times a week. Professor ROPES.

[13. The Apocalyptic Literature, with special study of the Revelation of John. Twice a week. Professor ROPES.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

15 hf. The Theological Method of Jesus and Paul. Half-course (first Tu., Th., at 10. Professor FENN.

half-year).

20. Advanced study and research. Professor ROPES will, in the second half-year, arrange and supervise special work of competent advanced students on such topics of New Testament study as they may desire to undertake.

Church History.

1. General Church History to the end of the Seventeenth Century. Tu., Th., Sat., at 11. Professor EMERTON.

[2a 'hf. The Formation of the Catholic Church. Half-course (first halfyear). Tu., Th., at 9. Professor EMERTON.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

[26 2hf. The Roman Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. Half-course (second half-year). Tu., Th., at 9. Professor EMERTON.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

Tu.,

3. The Era of the Reformation in Europe, from the rise of Italian Humanism to the close of the Council of Trent, 1350 to 1563. Professor EMERTON.

Th., Sat., at 9.

4. The Church since the Reformation. Mon., Wed., Fri., at 11. Professor E. C. Moore.

[5. History of Christian Thought, considered in its relation to the prevailing philosophy of each period from the earliest time to the Eighteenth Century. Tu., Th., at 9. Professor EMERTON.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

6 hf. Selected Topics from the Canon Law. Half-course. Once a fortnight, Fri. at 2.30. Professor EMERTON.

7 'hf. History of Christian Literature until the Time of Augustine. Halfcourse (first half-year). Fri., at 4.30. Professor E. C. MOORE.

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2. History of Religions in Outline. Mon., Wed., Fri., at 2.30. Professor G. F. MOORE.

Theology.

1 'hf. Theism. Half-course (first half-year). Mon., Wed., Fri., at 11. Professor FENN.

22hf. Outlines of Systematic Theology. Half-course (second half-year). Mon., Wed., Fri., at 11. Professor FENN.

3 hf. New England Theology.

Half-course (first half-year).

Tu.,

3.30-5.30. Professor FENN.

[42hf. Typical Systems of Christian Theology. Half-course (second halfyear). Tu., 3.30-5.30. Professor FENN.]

Omitted in 1904-05.

5 2hf. The History and Philosophy of Christian Mysticism. Half-course (second half-year). Tu., 3.30-5.30. Professor FENN.

6. The History of Christian Thought since Kant, including a discussion of the present state and tendencies of theological thought. Mon., Wed., Fri., at 12. Professor E. C. MOORE.

20. The Theology of Ritschl and of the Ritschlian School, upon the basis of the works of Ritschl, Herrmann, and Kaftan. Fri., 3.30-4.30. Professor E. C. MOORE.

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