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Posting time:
5/4/06
10:30

• Thursday, 5/04/06
• Covers:
• Lesson 15 - Mt. 6:5-15
• Lesson 16 - Mt. 6:16-18


---Don't forget the final exam assignment due Tuesday May 9



• For those who might be interested:
• For $10 plus $2 shipping and handling fee, you can receive a CD containing all of the materials covered this semester relating to the Sermon on the Mount, as well as the three part coverage of the entire sermon created for the Sunday School class.
• To order, send me an email request containing your summer mailing address.
• The CD will contain over a thousand pages of notes and commentary on Matthew 5-7.
• By Wednesday morning, you can check WebGrade for your semester grade.

---Thursday, May 4

---Thursday, May 4

• Lesson 15 - Mt. 6:5-15
• Lesson 16 - Mt. 6:16-18
---Don't forget the final exam assignment due Tuesday May 9

---Thursday, April 27

---Thursday, April 27

• Lesson 14 - Mt. 6:2-4
• Lesson 15 - Mt. 6:5-15

For the final exam requirement, you need to submit a revised copy of the interpretative assumptions that you did at the first of the semester. This needs to be turned in electronically (use Assignment Turn in inside the Online Forms) as an attached file by midnight Tuesday, May 9. Keep your original reflections in the same document; just add your revisions below in the same document. A part of the grading will be evaluative comparisons between the two. We will not be meeting during the final exam week. The last class period of the semester will be Thursday, May 4.

---Thursday, April 20

---Thursday, April 20

• Lesson 13 - Mt. 6:1
• Lesson 14 - Mt. 6:2-4

---Annual Greek Party

• When: Thursday Evening, April 27
• Time: 6:00 to 8:00 pm
• Where: Dr. & Mrs. Cranford's home
• 105 Twin Lake Drive - Boiling Springs
• Map
• Directions:
• From campus, go north on Main Street
• At the John Deere dealership, turn left on to West Homestead Drive
• Appx. .8 of a mile, turn right onto Twin Lake Drive.
• We're the second house on the left.
• Sign up: Use the online signup form
• Click on form under Meetings
• You can bring one guest
• Sign up by Tuesday, April 25
• Sign up critical, since the dinner will be catered.

----Revised Schedule for next two weeks:

• New meeting times:
• Tuesday, Apr. 4 - 2:40-5:00
• Tuesday, Apr. 11 - 2:40-5:00
• These class periods are optional attendance
• Come first to my office, LND 232 for the class sessions.
• ---On either Tuesdays
• 
• Rescheduled for Thursday, Apr. 20
• 2:40 - 3:40
• The second half of the class period will pick up where the exegesis has ended on April 11. A new posting will explain the details.

 

Theta Alpha Kapha Conference Wednesday  April 5, 2006 Blanton Auditorium

Schedule of Events  9:00 Welcome (Blanton Auditorium)  9:10 Session One of Presentations Robert Wise – The “Christ” in Luke’s Jesus  Brian Davidson – The Motivation for Discipleship in Mark  Amanda Miller – Isaiah 52:13-53:12: Vicarious Suffering as seen in the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East 10:20 Break 10:30 Session Two of Presentations  Charles Haws (Carson Newman) – The Narrative function of Miracles in the Gospel of Mark with Reference to the Life of Apollonius of Tyana Matthew Thomas – Baptist Concepts of Religious Liberty in the Writings of Isaac Backus and John Leland 11:45 Lunch  12:45 Dr. Chuck Bugg, Dean, Gardner-Webb Divinity School  1:00 Plenary Session with Dr. Daniel Goodman  2:20 Break  2:30 Session Three of Presentations Aaron Wilkinson – An Analysis of the Prophetic Calls in the Old Testament with Emphasis on Isaiah and Jeremiah David Parkhurst – What Amos Was Caused To See: Amos 7:1-6 Justin Webb – Motivations Behind Textual Variants of Codex Bezae in Acts  3:45  Departure ********************************************************** BONUS POINTS: For each of the above sessions a maximum of three bonus points will be given! The following instructions must be exactly followed in order to receive the bonus points: Submit your request for bonus points using the Assignment Turn-in page in the Online Forms section. Complete the required id information boxes; skip over the Browse field. In the Copy and Paste Short Assignment box enter the following: Identify the session time(s) attended and the paper presenter Write out a two to three sentence summation of the essence of the paper as you understood it. Click the Submit icon at the bottom of the form.

---Quiz 9
• Will be admindstered at the beginning of the class on Thursday, Mar. 30
• Covers the material in Lesson 08: Mt. 5:31-32
• Pay extra attention to the Summary and the Supplementary Texts sections in the completed doc file for this lesson.
• Be prepared to:
• Translate selected portions of the above Greek text
• Parse selected words from the above Greek text
• Answer objective / short answer essay questions based on the above text.
• Note: the scheduled exam 2 will be delayed a week since Greek 202 has their exam 2 scheduled for Monday Mar. 27.




• A finalized version of Lesson 08 will be sent out Monday evening.
• The preparatory materials for Lessons 09 and 10 will also be sent out in advance of class on Thursday.


---Here are the hyperlinks to the exegesis of the Sermon on the Mount completed as SS lessons

• The Sermon, Part One - Mt. 5:1-16: http://cranfordville.com/Cranfordville/Mt05_1-16SSLess.pdf (15 pages)
• The Sermon, Part Two - Mt. 5:17-6:18: http://cranfordville.com/Cranfordville/Mt05_17-6_18SSLess.pdf (35 pages)
• The Sermon, Part Three - Mt. 6:19-7:29: http://cranfordville.com/Cranfordville/Mt06_18-7_29SSLess.pdf (29 pages)
• This material was prepared for and taught in the M. Christopher White Men's Sunday School class at the First Baptist Church in Shelby on Mar. 6, 12 and 26. At the end of class this morning, the men requested that I extend the study through next Sunday since some of the scripture text materials were not covered due to lack of class time. So the study will continue through April 2.
• These materials are inside Cranfordville.com. To get there follow these steps:
• At the home page, Cranfordville, click on the "flipping book" icon at the right side of your screen.
• Then click on Bible Studies
• Next click on NT Studies
• Scroll down the Gospels column to the hyperlinks.

---Quiz 8
• Will be admindstered at the beginning of the class on Thursday, Mar. 23
• Covers the material in Lesson 07: Mt. 5:27-30
• Pay extra attention to the Summary and the Supplementary Texts sections in the completed doc file for this lesson.
• Be prepared to:
• Translate selected portions of the above Greek text
• Parse selected words from the above Greek text
• Answer objective / short answer essay questions based on the above text.
• After the quiz, we will cover lesson 08:
•  Lesson 08: Mt. 5:31-32
• The MS Word doc files on Lessons 07 and 08 have been sent to each member

---Quiz 7
• Will be admindstered at the beginning of the class on Thursday, Mar. 9
• Covers the material in Lesson 06: Mt. 5:21-26
• Pay extra attention to the Summary section in the completed doc file for this lesson.
• Be prepared to:
• Translate selected portions of the above Greek text
• Parse selected words from the above Greek text
• Answer objective / short answer essay questions based on the above text.
• After the quiz, we will cover lessons 07 and 08:
• Lesson 07: Mt. 5:27-30
• Lesson 08: Mt. 5:31-32
• The MS Word doc files have been sent to each member (as of Saturday evening)

Dr. Williams is putting together a trip to see the Dead Sea Scrolls on April 12th.  The cost is $16 for the ticket (which includes the 90 minute exhibit plus entry into Discovery Place).  Students can opt to carpool/drive themselves (parking is $5), or they can take a bus with other students and faculty ($12).  If there are not enough students who need transportation to warrant a bus, the cost will be less, as we will be able to use University transportation.  Money for the exhibit ticket is due by Wednesday March 8th, to either Sara Hartman (Religion Dept.) or Dr. Williams.  Check should be made out to Ron Williams.  Students should also indicate whether or not they will need transportation.  The bus will leave Gardner-Webb around 8 or 8:30 and return approx 3:30.

---Quiz 6 is cancelled for next Thursday

---Preparation for Lessons 06 and 07

• Lesson 06: Mt. 5:21-26
• Explore possible answers to the following questions:
• What type of possible relationship(s) exist between the six antitheses? Two sets of triplets?
• What is the nature of the three fold response of Jesus (antithesis) in 5:22?
• What is the explanation between the forbidding of mwrev  in 5:22 and Jesus' use of it (mwroiv) in 23:17?
• How do the expansion elements in 5:23-26 throw light on the premise/antithesis in 5:21-22?
• Lesson 07: Mt. 5:27-32
• Graded recitation on the Greek text
• Exegetical questions?
• What is the distinction between moiceuvw and porneuvw ? Be sure to check the cognate words with each root stem. Start with your lexicons.
• Are the expansion elements literal or hyperbole? What is their connection to the premise/antithesis in 5:27-28?

• Next Thursday, Feb. 23, 2:40-3:45
• Quiz 5 can be picked up at my office after noon on Monday for study purposes.
• Covers:
• Lessons 1-5
• Mt. 4:23-5:20
• Be prepared to:
• Translate selected portions of the above Greek text
• Parse selected words from the above Greek text
• Answer objective / short answer essay questions based on the above text.
• Be prepared to answer objective and short answer essay questions from the material in Lesson 01


---Lesson 06

• Mt. 5:21-26
• To cover: 3:50-5:10 next Thursday
• No graded recitation on Lesson 06
• The Doc files for Lessons 05 and 06 have been sent via email.

 

Scott Henson is looking for someone to attend the southeast regional Society of Biblical Literature meeting with him in Atlanta in March. The meeting is March 10-12, 2005 at the Atlanta Marriott Century Center. If you have interest, contact Scott at zao14@hotmail.com. See me for more details, if you have questions.


 
 

Dear GWU Students: Sometime this week, you will receive an e-mail from President Frank Bonner, asking you to complete an online survey related to your involvement at Gardner-Webb University. Dr. Bonner's e-mail originates from the address students@nssesurvey.org. My e-mail is to let you know that the survey is legitimate and is being done at our request. Our University leadership is very interested in making improvements in educational opportunities, and your response to this survey will help significantly with this endeavor. Thank you for helping make Gardner-Webb University a better place to learn. Sue C. Camp, Ed.D. Assistant to the President for Planning and Evaluation scamp@gardner-webb.edu Extension 4378

 

---Quiz 5
• Will be admindstered at the beginning of the class on Thursday, Feb. 16
• Covers the material in Lesson 04: Mt. 5:13-16
• Be prepared to:
• Translate selected portions of the above Greek text
• Parse selected words from the above Greek text
• Answer objective / short answer essay questions based on the above text.
• After the quiz, we will cover lessons 05:
• Lesson 05: Mt. 5:17-20

---Quiz 4
• Will be administered at the beginning of the class on Thursday, Feb. 9
• Covers the material in Lesson 03: Mt. 5:3-12
• Be prepared to:
• Translate selected portions of the above Greek text
• Parse selected words from the above Greek text
• Answer objective / short answer essay questions based on the above text.
• After the quiz, we will cover two lessons:
• Lesson 04: Mt. 5:13-16
• Lesson 05: Mt. 5:17-20
• Review the structural outline for an understanding of the literary context of these two periocopes.

 

CMA meeting at 9:25 am on Thursday, Feb. 9, in Noel 300. Why be interested? Every student enrolled in one of my classes, including Greek 496S, will receive five bonus points for each meeting attended and when the attendance sheet at the meeting is signed by the student. Everyone is invited to attend this meeing, whether or not you're a religion major or minor.

---Quiz 3

• Will be administered at the beginning of the class on Thursday, Feb. 2
• Covers the material in Lesson 02: Mt. 4:23-5:2
• Be prepared to:
• Translate selected portions of the above Greek text
• Parse selected words from the above Greek text
• Answer objective / short answer essay questions based on the above text.

After the quiz next Thursday, we will work on Lesson 03: Mt. 5:3-12

Here is the MS Word doc file with the Greek text for diagraming purposes

Be sure to study the material on Beatitudes.

Literary Structure of the Beatitudes

Matthean and Lukan Beatitudes compared

Block Diagram of Luke 6:17-26

Read through and be familiar with Luke 6:17-26 which stands parallel to Mt. 5:1-13.

A copy of the completed Lesson 2 with commentary notes etc. is being sent as email attachment to each class member.

---Quiz 2
• Will be administered at the beginning of the class on Thursday, Jan. 26
• Covers the material in Lesson 01
• Be prepared to answer objective and short answer essay questions from the material in Lesson 01
• A more detailed version of Lesson 01 has been sent to each class member via email attachment.
• Come to class prepared to complete the analysis of Lesson 02 covering Mt. 4:23-5:2.

• Quiz 1, originally scheduled for the beginning of class next Thursday, has been replaced by a reflections assignment.
• By the beginning of class next Thursday please turn in your reflections paper
• Use the Assignment Turn In page in the Online Forms on the left side of your screen to submit the assignment
• The reflections should cover the hermeneutical and theological assumptions you understand at the beginning of our study of the Sermon on the Mount. Build these off the class discussion last Thursday, covering the history of the interpretation of the sermon.
• For class next Thursday, we will:
• Deal with the literary structure of the sermon.
• ----
• Complete the analysis of 4:23-5:2
• 

• The Bulletin Board will work the same way it did for Greek 495J. Be sure to check it often.
• In the Schedule page (on the left side of your screen) you will notice a PDF version of some of the early lessons.
• For 5 points credit to your Class Participation Grade correctly fill out the online Student Profile form by January 22. The form won't be accepted for extra credit after this date.

 

For the initial class on Thursday we will begin working on the interpretative background to the semon. Thus, IMPORTANT: each student needs to download, save in their My Documents folder, the complete the Lesson 01 assignment: -or-.  This is one of the "joys" of a class meeting on one time per week. Get used to it, since graduate school classes function this way normally.

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