BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION

Online CE Certification Course

FEBRUARY 3-MARCH 29, 2025

Asynchronous Work, Plus four (4) Synchronous Class Meetings (via Zoom) from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Eastern Time

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Courses are designed to meet the requirements for the Christian Educator Certification in the PC(USA). This is an online course, with both synchronous and asynchronous assignments. Assignments and course documents will be posted on Blackboard. Each registered participant will receive login credentials to Blackboard, the seminary's learning management system.

Designed to address the calling of Christian educators to interpret and teach the Bible, this course provides a historical overview and practical examples of an array of approaches to biblical interpretation, emphasizing key elements of interpretation from the perspective of the Reformed Tradition. The course offers a guide for close reading of passages, featuring peer discussion of the meaning and message of selected biblical texts. In a final course project, students write a paper in which they present their exegesis (interpretation) of a biblical passage. Students also prepare a presentation in which they draw from the fruits of their exegetical study for a teaching-and-learning event. 
 

The course date is February 3-March 29, 2025. The synchronous class meetings will be via Zoom on TUESDAYS from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

*LIVE CLASS MEETING DATES AND TIMES:

02/18/25, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Eastern Time

03/04/25, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Eastern Time

03/11/25, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Eastern Time

03/25/25, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Eastern Time

 

REGISTRATION FEE:

Early Registration (ends January 19, 2025): $275

Standard Registration (begins January 20, 2025): $300
 

COURSE SYLLABUS:

We will share the course syllabus after participants register.
 

COURSE TEXT REQUIRED: 

• Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers, by Michael J. Gorman, 3rd edition (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2020). ISBN 978-1-5409-6031-3. The book is also available in Kindle edition (page numbers listed in the syllabus will be from the 3rd print edition). Be sure to obtain the third edition of this book.
• The Bible, in one of the recommended translations (especially recommended: New Revised Standard Version [NRSV] or Common English Bible [CEB])

Also Recommended (not required for this course):

• A Study Bible. Consult Gorman's discussion of several of the available options.

 

*These mandatory, synchronous (live) class meetings will take place via Zoom technology. Each registered participant will receive the class meeting link prior to the beginning of the course. The same link will be used for each session. All meeting times are Eastern Time.