News and Events Archive July 2009

BCS Bookstore Now Open

The Bethlehem College and Seminary Bookstore is now open for business!  If you are a student at the college or seminary, you can see your class book lists and order your books directly online. Some of our Bethlehem Institute course book lists are also available at the bookstore.  If you are a friend of BCS perusing our bookstore, feel free to order books directly through our store. The book store uses an Amazon.com portal. By purchasing your books through the BCS Bookstore, not only do you take advantage of the prices and convenience of Amazon.com, but you also support BCS.

Jul 17, 2009 5:34 PM

2010-2011 Seminary App Available Now

The Bethlehem Seminary application for the 2010-2011 academic year is now available online. You may read more about the M.Div. program or simply download the application. The application deadline is December 1, 2009.

Jul 10, 2009 2:45 PM

Support BCS

Bethlehem College and Seminary's inaugural year is almost here. The first class of Master of Divinity students have been accepted and are preparing to begin studies in late August. The INSIGHT program is still accepting students. Books are being added to the Resource Center, classrooms are being painted, and professors and instructors are looking forward to the start of classes.

Our hope is that you, if you are excited about the vision of BCS, would partner with us in prayer. First and foremost we need the guiding hand of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will accomplish all things for us. As you pray, please seek the Lord to see if you might be led to also support us financially.

If you feel led to support us, please visit our Donate page.

We are thankful for your prayers and support for this fledgling ministry.

Jul 10, 2009 2:30 PM

Degree Completion Program

Bethlehem College’s Degree Completion Program is designed for students who have completed an associate’s degree or its equivalent (at least 50 semester credits). This program allows students to build on previous education to complete a Bachelor of Theology degree (Theological Studies major) in a shorter (16-months), non-traditional, accelerated, church-based, cohort-based format.

The scheduled start date for the program is Tuesday, August 25 (contingent on at least eight students being officially admitted to the program prior to August 25). The application Deadline is August 1, 2009.

Download the Degree Completion and Information Packet.

Jul 6, 2009 9:13 AM

A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew

Yesterday, July 1, B & H Academic published A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, authored by Duane Garrett and Jason DeRouchie. Jason, the new Associate Professor of Old Testament at Bethlehem College and Seminary, has been working for several years on this grammar. BCS started using this as our grammar of choice within the TBI Apprenticeship program during the summer 2008 Hebrew class. From the back cover:

A first-year resource to guide introductory Hebrew courses, A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew is a complete revision of Duane Garrett's previous textbook titled A Modern Grammar for Classical Hebrew. Written with the student in mind, this new textbook provides an innovative overview of the essentials of grammar while moving the learning into the original text as early as lesson eight, providing first-hand experience in God's Word. Some of the distinct features are as follows:

  • Completes all essential first-year material in 26 lessons.
  • Clarifies the rules for accent shift and vowel change very early.
  • Overviews the verb within the first weeks of study.
  • Enables early mastery of weak verbs.
  • Initially introduces weak roots and derived stems first through principal parts.
  • Includes intermediate topics in the final chapters and appendixes.

A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew includes tables, charts, and "blackboards" for further emphasis and features a CD containing additional helps for the student and the teacher. Flexible teaching plans guide the learner through the essentials, whether the goal is an understanding of only the rudiments of traditional first-year biblical Hebrew or an appreciation of intermediate issues like Masoretic cantillation, textual criticism, lexicography, or discourse grammar and literary structure in prose and poetry. Appendixes include introductions to the standard Hebrew text and use of a lexicon, as well as a glossary, vocabulary lists, and verb paradigms.

In addition, A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew Workbook is also available.

Jul 2, 2009 12:04 PM

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