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Spring 2008 Online Semester Dates: January 12, 2008 - June 4, 2009
*** This course is Continuous...Enroll at any time (Recommended)



BIB 412 Genesis
Instructor:      Dr. N.V. Hare
Section:         01 Fellowship-Hall
Day/Time:      Monday, Thursday 4:00-7:50pm
Credit Hours: 5
Telephone:    910.324.5538 or 910.382.5795


Texts: Workbook
     - A Study Bible (such as the Harper's Study Bible or the Dickson Study Bible; please limit yourself
       to the Revised Standard, the New American Standard, the New International, the English
       Standard, or the New Revised Standard versions but the instructor will be using the King James
       Version).

     - Barrett, A Study in Genesis

     - Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (6th ed.)

     - Harvey, Writing with Sources

Course Description: This course will focus on the introduction, background, text, and discourse structure of the book of Genesis. Focus will be on the use of primary source material in understanding the Book of Genesis, especially the text of the Bible itself. As a sidelight, the use of the text as it applies to current controversies will be considered.

Course Objectives: Please call for a complete course Outline and Objectives.

Assignments, Assessment, and Grades

Assessment of whether the objectives have been met will be based on the student's performance on homework and tests assigned by the teacher and on the student's ability to do relevant research on his or her own in papers described below.

Your grade for the class will be based on three major exams (including a comprehensive final exam), a typed six to ten-page research paper with proper documentation, attendance and pop quizzes over the reading, collected in-class work, and collected homework.

The extra credit papers may be either handwritten or typed; the introduction and researched paper should be typed. One page is defined as 27 double-spaced typewritten lines (counting the title, but not your name or page numbers) with 1" margins, or one handwritten page on narrow rule paper, or one and a quarter handwritten pages on wide rule paper (handwritten pages have no right margin, are complete to the bottom, and skip no lines). The typed papers should be written using the Turabian style guide. Non-Bible majors may petition to use MLA instead.The introduction and extra credit papers may be either handwritten or typed; the researched paper should be typed.

The introduction must be at least two full pages, not counting the cover sheet (required) and bibliography (also required). A minimum of two sources is required. An introduction should include such items as information on the author, the audience, the date of composition, the background to the letter, relevant culture and geographical information, main ideas, and structure of the book.

The research paper must be at least six full pages, not counting the cover sheet (required) and bibliography (also required). The topic will be assigned. Exam questions can come from the lectures or assigned readings from either the textbook or the Bible. The final exam will cover material from the whole course.

Additional readings/quizzes/essays/maps may be assigned.

The final grade will be based on your work in the following way:

Introduction and Map 5%
Six-page Researched Paper 10%
Attendance 10%
Pop Quizzes/Homework 10%
Major Tests 40%
Final Exam 25%