Course: SAS 601 Course Title: Introduction to Scripture Term: Fall 2016 Instructor: Fr. Randy Soto, SThD, Email : [email protected]1. Course Description This course is an introduction to Sacred Scripture and therefore to theology and the history of salvation. Special attention is given to select biblical texts that have been foundational in western theological tradition with a special emphasis on the various methods of scriptural interpretation will also be covered. Online only. 2. Envisioned Learning Outcomes Unit 1: Fundamental Biblical and Theological Vocabulary Objective: The students will demonstrate knowledge of the different technical words used in the Theology and Scripture fields; through a series of discussions, reflections and activities based on the book: Hahn, Scott, Faith and Revelation. Semester Edition (Woodridge, 2009). Unit 2: The Multicultural Environment (Sitz im Leben) of the Bible text. Objective: The students will demonstrate knowledge of the different technical words used in the Theology and Scripture fields; through a series of discussions, reflections and activities based on the book: Hahn, Scott, Faith and Revelation. Semester Edition (Woodridge, 2009). Unit 3: Catholic Principles of Hermeneutics and Exegesis. Objective: Students will demonstrate an ability to identify and explain the key principles of Catholic exegesis by reading the Magisterial documents called: Dei Verbum (1963), and Interpreting the Bible in the Catholic Church (PBC 1993); the CCE §§ 101-141 (1997); and Verbum Domini (2010).
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Course: SAS 601
Course Title: Introduction to Scripture Term: Fall 2016
This course is an introduction to Sacred Scripture and therefore to theology and the history of salvation. Special attention is given to select biblical texts that have been foundational in western theological tradition with a special emphasis on the various methods of scriptural interpretation will also be covered. Online only.
2. Envisioned Learning Outcomes
Unit 1: Fundamental Biblical and Theological Vocabulary
Objective: The students will demonstrate knowledge of the different technical words used
in the Theology and Scripture fields; through a series of discussions, reflections and
activities based on the book: Hahn, Scott, Faith and Revelation. Semester Edition
(Woodridge, 2009).
Unit 2: The Multicultural Environment (Sitz im Leben) of the Bible text.
Objective: The students will demonstrate knowledge of the different technical words used
in the Theology and Scripture fields; through a series of discussions, reflections and
activities based on the book: Hahn, Scott, Faith and Revelation. Semester Edition
(Woodridge, 2009).
Unit 3: Catholic Principles of Hermeneutics and Exegesis.
Objective: Students will demonstrate an ability to identify and explain the key principles of
Catholic exegesis by reading the Magisterial documents called: Dei Verbum (1963), and
Interpreting the Bible in the Catholic Church (PBC 1993); the CCE §§ 101-141 (1997); and
Verbum Domini (2010).
Unit 4: Pastoral Application
Objective: The students will demonstrate an ability to expand their self-awareness of what
it means to be Teacher of the Faith; through writing a Term Paper on specific Biblical and
Theological Words.
3. Calendar
The schedule below begins by expounding on the basic concepts and criteria used in Biblical and
Theological Sciences: “Word, Revelation, Transmission, Truth in Scripture, Canonicity,
Authenticity, Integrity, Magisterium, Tradition, etc.” Then it will acquaint the students with the Book
of the Bible per se: languages; traditions, the text, translations, manuscripts, papyri, codices,
uncials, the Textus Receptus, and contemporary editions. A third unit is dedicated to explaining
the Catholic principles for hermeneutics and exegesis. A particular emphasis is placed in teaching
the methods used by the Fathers of the Church and Lectio Divina.
Subject Assignments
Week One:
General Introduction to the Class
N/A
Week Two:
Fundamental Vocabulary
F&R Chapter One
Study Questions 1, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 24
Exercises 2, 3, 4
Week Three:
Fundamental Vocabulary
F&R Chapter Two
Study Questions 1, 5, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19
Exercises 2, 3, 5
Week Four:
The Text of the Bible: The Inspired Word of God
F&R Chapter Three
Study Questions 1, 3, 6, 9, 14, 16, 19
Exercises 1, 2, 3
PowerPoint of the Section of the Catechism on Scripture CCC §§ 101-141
Week Five:
The OT and NT Sitz im Leben
F&R Chapter Four
Study Questions 1, 3, 4, 8, 12, 29, 30
Exercises 2, 5, 6
Week Six:
History of Salvation: Promise-Fulfillment Binomial and the OT Covenant
F&R Chapter Five
Study Questions 2, 3, 5, 8, 14, 17, 33
Exercises 1, 9, 10
Week Seven:
Jesus Christ: Fullness of Divine Revelation
F&R Chapter Six
Study Questions 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 16, 27, 31
Exercises 4, 7
Week Eight:
The Church Transmits God’s Revelation
F&R Chapter Seven
Study Questions 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 17, 28
Exercises 2, 4, 9
Week Nine:
The Vatican II on Revelation. Read Dei Verbum
Post a PowerPoint on Dei Verbum (1965)
Week Ten:
The Pontifical Biblical Commission on The Reading of the Bible in the Church Parts I-II
PowerPoint of Interpreting the Bible in the Church Parts I-II (1993)
Week Eleven:
The Pontifical Biblical Commission on The Reading of the Bible in the Church Parts III-IV
PowerPoint of Interpreting the Bible in the Church Parts III-IV (1993)
Week Twelve:
Ordinary Synod on the Role of Scripture in the New Evangelization Part I (2009 )
Summary or PowerPoint of the Apostolic Exhortation: Verbum Domini Part I (2010)
Week Thirteen:
Ordinary Synod on the Role of Scripture in the New Evangelization 2009
Summary or PowerPoint of the Apostolic Exhortation: Verbum Domini Part II (2010)
Week Fourteen:
Ordinary Synod on the Role of Scripture in the New Evangelization 2009
Summary or PowerPoint of the Apostolic Exhortation: Verbum Domini Part III (2010)
Week Fifteen:
Post a PDF of your Term Paper
Term Paper Due
4. Classroom Procedure and Grading
1. The students will read the following books:
a. Scott Hahn, Faith and Revelation: Knowing God through Sacred Scripture. Semester
Edition (Woodridge, 2009)
b. Scott Hahn, Faith and Revelation. Semester Edition (Woodridge, 2009).
c. Catechism on Scripture (PDF) CCC §§ 101-141
d. Dei Verbum (PDF)
e. Interpreting the Bible in the Catholic Church (PDF)
f. Verbum Domini (PDF).
2 The students will read and post every week the assigned questions by the instructor.
3. Grades will be based on seven lesson exercises 35%; seven PowerPoints of Magisterial
Documents 35; and the Term Paper 30%.
5. List of Words for research and presentation (Term Paper).
Students will choose one or two items from among the list below for the Term Paper. The format
of the paper is a Dictionary Entry (follow the way an article is presented in a Biblical Dictionary),
to present his or her definition(s) definition(s). While there is no limits to its length, I suggest it be
no longer, than five pages.
Concepts Institutions Persons
Salvation History Greeks and Romans Peter
Creation OT Priesthood Paul
Covenant Publicans and Sinners King Herod
Retribution Philistines and Assyrians Andrew
Jerusalem Apostles and Elders John
Temple Worship Prophets and Scribes James the Greater
Major Feasts Zealots and Nazarenes James the Lesser
Sanctuaries Anahuim and Essenes Bartholomew and Phillip
Blessings and Curses Angels and Cherubim Judas Thaddeus & Joseth
Desert and Sea Sanhedrin and Herodians Simon the Zealot
Sheep Jesus Christ Salome & Zebedee
Vine Babylonians and Persians Mary of Cleopas
Biblical Stones Seleucids and Ptolomites Our Lady
Biblical Animals Marriage Mary Magdalene
Biblical Plants Monarchy Mary, Martha, Lazarus
Biblical Fish Evangelists Thomas
Types Sadducees and Pharisees Judas Iscariot
6. Selected Bibliography
A. Magisterial Teachings
1. Primary Sources:
CCE, Catechismus Catholicae Ecclesiae, (Romae, 1997). Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
Louis, C. (ed.), Rome & the Study of Scripture: A Collection of Papal Enactments on the Study of
Holy Scripture Together with the Decisions of the Biblical Commission (7th ed.). St. Meinrad,
IN: Abbey Press, 1964.
Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Historicity of the Gospels. Boston: Daughters of St. Paul,
1964.
Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church. Boston: Daughters
of St. Paul, 1993.
Pope Leo XIII. Providentissimus Deus (Encyclical on the Study of Sacred Scripture, 1893).
Boston: Daughters of St. Paul.
Pope Benedict XV. Spiritus Paraclitus (Encyclical on the Fifteenth Centenary of the Death of St.
Jerome, 1920). Boston: Daughters of St. Paul.
Pope Benedicct XVI., Verbum Domini (Apostolic Exhortation on the Word of God, 2010).
Pope Pius XII. Divino Afflante Spiritu (Encyclical on the Promotion of Biblical Studies, 1943).
Boston: Daughters of St. Paul.
Vatican II. Dei Verbum (The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, 1965). Boston:
Daughters of St. Paul.
2. Secondary Sources:
Bea, Augustin. The Study of the Synoptic Gospels. New York: Harper & Row, 1965.
_______. The Word of God and Mankind. Chicago, IL: Franciscan Herald Press, 1967.
Harrison, Brian W. The Teaching of Pope Paul VI on Sacred Scripture. Rome: Pontificium
Athenaeum Sanctae Crucis, 1997.
Megivern, James J. (ed.). Official Catholics Teachings: Bible Interpretation. Wilmington, NC:
McGrath, 1978.
Myers, Edith. What Does the Church Really Say About the Bible? St. Paul, MN: Wanderer Press,
1979.
Pope, Hugh. The Catholic Church and the Bible. New York: Macmillan, 1928.
B. Biblical Inspiration and Authority ({P} = Protestant)
Benoit, Pierre, Aspects of Biblical Inspiration. Chicago: Priory Press, 1965.
Benoit, Pierre and P. Synave. Prophecy and Inspiration: A Commentary on the Summa
Theologica II, Q. 171-178. New York: Desclee, 1961.
Burtchaell, James T. Catholic Theories of Biblical Inspiration Since 1810. New York: Cambridge,
1969.
Carson, Donald A. and J. D. Woodbridge (eds.). Scripture and Truth. Grand Rapids, MI:
Zondervan, 1983. {P}
Conn, Harvie (ed.). Inerrancy and Hermeneutic: A Tradition, A Challenge, A Debate. Grand
Rpaids, MI: Baker, 1988. {P}
Farrow, Douglas. The Word of Truth and Disputes About Words. Winona Lake, IN: Carpenter
Books, 1987. {P}
Geisler, Norman (ed.). Inerrancy. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1979. {P}
Hagerty, Cornelius. The Authenticity of Sacred Scripture. Houston, TX: Lumen Christi Press,
1969.
Hannah, John D. (ed.). Inerrancy and the Church. Chicago: Moody Press, 1984. {P}
Levie, Jean. The Bible, Word of God in Words of Men. New York: P. J. Kenedy, 1961.
McDonald, H. D. Theories of Revelation: An Historical Study 1700-1960. Grand Rapids, MI:
Baker, 1979. {P}
Most, William. Free From All Error: Authorship, Inerrancy, Historicity of Scripture, and Modern
Dumm, Demetrius, Flowers in the Desert. A Spirituality of the Bible, New York: Paulist
Press, 1987.
Dumm, Demetrius, Cherish Christ above All, the Bible in the Rule of St. Benedict,
NewYork: Paulist Press,
de Wahl, Esther, A Life-Giving Way, A Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict,
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1995.
Earle, Mary C., Broken body, Healing Spirit: Lectio Divina and Living with Illness, New
York: Morehouse Publishing, 2003.
Guenther, Margaret, The Practice of Prayer, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cowley
Publications, 1998.
Hall, Thelma, Too Deep for Words, New York: Paulist Press, 1988.
Keating, Thomas, Intimacy with God, New York: The Crossroad P. Company, 1994.
Keating, Thomas, “The Ancient Monastic Practice of Lectio Divina,” in Contemplative
Outreach News, Vol. 12, #2: Winter, 1998.
Magrassi, Mariano, Praying the Bible, an Introduction to Lectio Divina, Collegeville:
Liturgical Press, 1998
Masini, Mario, An Ancient Prayer that is ever new: Lectio Divina, New York: Alba House,
1998.
Merton, Thomas, Opening the Bible, Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1986.
Miller, Robert J., Falling Into Faith: Lectio Divina Series, Wisconsin: Sheed & Ward, 2000.
Miller, Robert J, Fire in the Deep, Wisconsin: Sheed & Ward, 2001.
Mulholland, Jr. M. Robert, Shaped by the Word, Revised Edition, Nashville, TN: The
Upper Room Books, 2000.
Pennington, Basil, Lectio Divina: Renewing the Ancient Practice of Praying the Scriptures,
New York: The Crosswords Press, 1998.
Salvail, Ghislaine, At the Crossroads of the Scriptures: An Introduction to Lectio Divina,
Boston, Massachusetts: Pauline Books and Media, 1996
Smith, Martin, The Word is Very Near You, A Guide to Praying with Scripture,
Massachusetts: Cowley Publications, 1989.
Stewart, Columba, Prayer and Community, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1998.
Vest, Norvene, Gathered in the Word, Praying the Scripture in Small Groups, Nashville,
TN: The Upper Room Books, 1996.
7. EVALUATION
(Students who have difficulty with research and composition are encouraged to pursue assistance with the
Online Writing Lab (available at http://www.holyapostles.edu/owl).
GRADING SCALE:
A 94-100; A- 90-93; B+ 87-89; B 84-86; B- 80-83; C+ 77-79; C 74-76; C- 70-73 D 60-69; F 59
and below
8. DISABILITIES ACCOMMODATIONS POLICY
Holy Apostles College & Seminary is committed to the goal of achieving equal educational
opportunities and full participation in higher education for persons with disabilities who qualify
for admission to the College. Students enrolled in online courses who have documented
disabilities requiring special accommodations should contact Bob Mish, the Director of Online
Student Affairs, at [email protected] or 860-632-3015. In all cases, reasonable
accommodations will be made to ensure that all students with disabilities have access to course
materials in a mode in which they can receive them. Students who have technological
limitations (e.g., slow Internet connection speeds in convents) are asked to notify their
instructors the first week of class for alternative means of delivery.
9. ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY
Students at Holy Apostles College & Seminary are expected to practice academic honesty.
Avoiding Plagiarism In its broadest sense, plagiarism is using someone else's work or ideas, presented or claimed
as your own. At this stage in your academic career, you should be fully conscious of what it
means to plagiarize. This is an inherently unethical activity because it entails the uncredited
use of someone else's expression of ideas for another's personal advancement; that is, it
entails the use of a person merely as a means to another person’s ends.
Students, where applicable:
Should identify the title, author, page number/webpage address, and publication date of works when directly quoting small portions of texts, articles, interviews, or websites.
Students should not copy more than two paragraphs from any source as a major component of papers or projects.
Should appropriately identify the source of information when paraphrasing (restating) ideas from texts, interviews, articles, or websites.
Should follow the Holy Apostles College & Seminary Stylesheet (available on the Online Writing Lab’s website at http://www.holyapostles.edu/owl/resources).