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1-1-2005 NT 638 Epistle to the Romans Kenneth Schenck
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Recommended Citation Schenck, Kenneth, "NT 638 Epistle to the Romans" (2005). Syllabi. Book 1334. http://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1334
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Note: Please maximize your window to view the syllabus in the intended formatting (the middle box in the upper right hand corner of this screen). Instructor: Kenneth Schenck E-Mail Address: Use the Office Icon in our Class; In Emergency: [email protected] Office Phone (765) 677-2258 Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 8:00-9:00 EST (until the time change, then 9-10); Other Times by Arrangement
Some Preliminary Remarks: 1. Different IBS Professors do things differently In general, this course will involve more group work/collaborative learning and more engagement with New Testament scholarship than most IBS courses.
2. This course assumes basic awareness of IBS method While we will review the method at every point (and then extend our knowledge, hopefully), it is worth mentioning that this course does assume you have had the basic Matthew or Mark introductory course. I will be glad to fill in any gaps you feel you have, but I am assuming you have already done a survey, a detailed observation, a word study, etc... at least once before.
3. A request for grace/feedback I fully believe we will operate in an atmosphere of grace as we communicate and work in the online medium, extending all the same courtesies online that we would in a real time classroom.
One form that your grace might take to me is to make comments on the assignments, readings, and discussions. Are they working? Are you learning from them? Are you having problems? Have I estimated the time it should take you to prepare for each model fairly and accurately? What should I change about this course when I offer it again? Please let me know.
4. And a final formality The development of this extended learning syllabus and the modules that follow is intended for distribution to members of the course and others by my permission and by the permission of the seminary. It is not intended for general distribution on the internet. Permission to copy, in whole or in part, must be requested from the professor (Kenneth Schenck) and the seminary (Asbury Theological Seminary). Much of this course was created in conjunction with a grant from the seminary. That portion is the property of Asbury Theological Seminary.
Personal Greetings: Let me welcome each and every one of you into the Spring 2005 Romans IBS community. It is my prayer that your time in the course will be personally rewarding and enriching for your ministry.
First of all, my name is Ken Schenck. I'm a professor of New Testament at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana. I'm 38 years old, married to Angela and have four children (13, 11, 5, and 4).
I did my undergraduate work at Southern Wesleyan University (1987), my M.Div. at our own Asbury Theological Seminary (1990), an MA in Classics at the University of Kentucky (1993), and I received my PhD in New Testament at the University of Durham, England (1996). The Epistle to the Hebrews was my focus. I am also an ordained minister in the Wesleyan Church.
Now it's your turn:
Be sure and update your Resume on the FirstClass email system. Expand on your Resume (limit it to 100 words) and place it in the NT(IBS)638 Discussion Center by the end of the first week of class . If you prefer, make it a casual profile.
Feedback is important. I look forward to interacting with you online in a whole host of different ways. Please help me (and others) to "see your facial expressions."
To the Church at NT(IBS)638 ExL classes are community experiences: students interacting with seminary staff, faculty, and other students. May this class never seem like an independent study course but as a learning community. Let me remind you of some of the elements of our Asbury ExL community:
(1) ExL Support Community
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