Cognitive: The Student will:

The student is responsible to read Osborne, Ryken & Carson, Kuhatchek And Webb at a familiarity level. Additional posted on-line will be read at the exposure level. Each assignment MUST be completed before the class session so that the student will be able to participate intelligently in class and gain maximum benefit from class interaction. The student will keep a log recording that he/she has completed the assigned reading on time. [Note: according to Western Seminary policy there are several levels of reading. Mastery level reading will average about twenty pages per hour and assumes careful interaction with the material, note taking and will lead to accountability in class, papers and examinations. Familiarity level reading will average about forty-five pages per hour. It assumes highlighting and general familiarity with the ideas and will lead to accountability in class papers and tests at a familiarity level. Exposure level expects the student to have skimmed the material.]

Read entire book of Colossians five times (one sitting per reading).

Application notes ch. 2

Klein, et.al.: 1,.

Klein, et.al ch. 6; Carson ch. 4

Kaiser & Silva ch.12

Klein, et.al ch 2

Recommended: Bray, chs.2-10; Harrisville & Sundberg

Klein, et.al, Ch 4, 7

Osborne ch. 2

October 18

Osborne chs,13-14

Recommended: Cotterll, P. & M. Turner;

Klein et.al 5; 8-9; Carson ch. 3

Klein et.al.:10-11

The final grade will be determined on the following basis:

Work quality will be indicated by a letter grade for the textbook assignments. Reading completed on time (as indicated by the reading log) will receive a grade A). Interpretive assignments will be awarded a check plus (excellent), check (acceptable), check minus (minimum acceptable).

The basic grading scale is 100-93 = A, 92-85 = B, 84-77% = C, 76-70% = D. Borderline grades will be determined on the basis of class participation. Due dates are always subject to arrangement in advance to allow for your demanding schedule. If prior arrangements have not been made, the grade on assignments turned in late will be reduced at the rate of one-half letter grade per day and one letter grade per weekend up to a maximum deduction of two letter grades. Any requests for change of due dates must be confirmed in writing. Unless you qualify for an incomplete (cf. catalog, p. 84), all assignments must be turned in by 10:00 pm of the final day of class.

All assignments are due at the beginning of the class hour. No late work will be accepted without a valid excuse, e.g. illness, family emergency (WS catalog, 84-85).

All students are expected to perform at a graduate level (B grade). Higher or lower grade will be awarded for work that is of significantly higher or lower quality.

While attendance is not required, the student is responsible for all class content. This course entails instructions on the exegetical method that must be followed in the interpretive assignments. If you have to miss a class, you are still held responsible for the class material, both lecture content and assignment instructions. You need to make arrangements in advance with a classmate for any notes or audiotaping. Only if an absence is a last minute emergency will the instructor feel any obligation to accommodate a student.

The professor will not become involved in extended discussions of content with any student who has missed the class in which that content was covered.

Papers must be written to a near-thesis standard. That is, minimum format standards must be met, as defined below. English grammar, idiom and spelling must be up to graduate level. Always include a strong introduction paragraph—declare what you intend to show the reader—and conclusion paragraph. Qualities valued include clarity, succinctness, and precision. Essay style uses traditional paragraphs (and is thus distinctively different from instruction manual style which relies on outline numbers / letters for clarity). The use of section headings is expected in all papers. (These provide help for your reader and discipline for yourself, the writer, to organize your thoughts logically.)

Resist the temptation to try to sound like a Bible scholar. This requires a delicate balance, but you would not be in this class if you were already expert in Bible.

All work must reflect Master’s Level use of the English Language. Plagiarism will result in failure of the first assignment so discovered. A second instance will result in failure in the course. (Note seminary policy on plagiarism in Catalog, p. 29.)