PASTORAL DUTIES • - Broad us' Preparation and Deli very of Sermons (revised edition),

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IX. PASTORAL DUTIES •

JJROFESSOR

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T:tught this ^)*C~r b)· President l\It1llins.

(T\\"O Lecture a \Veek .)

Tl1is subject is presented by 111eans of lectures a11d a text-book. The

course is n1ade to en1brace the ,,rl1ole ra11ge of a 111i11ister's duties not es1)eciall)~ included in tl1e scl1ool of Ho111iletics. Earnest effort is 111ade to in1press t1pon tl1e students the fact that tl1ey are called to be past,11"s as ,,·ell as J)reachers; ^and also to in1 JJress tl1en1 ,vith the great importa11ce of tl1is part of tl1eir 111inisterial ,,~or k. Special attention is

paid to the n1atter of tl1e n1inister's self-culture i11 personal piety, as ,,7'ell as in otl1er directions. Tl1e \"arious li11es of Pastoral Du ties are

full)· considered, and suc11 practical suggestio11s are n1ade concerning the perfor1nance of these duties as, it is l101)ed, ,,·ill r11ost help the

bretl1ren to meet the great and gro,,~ing de111and of the churcl1es for in-

telligent and faithful pastors, ,,,110 ,,~ill rigl1tly te11d ^the flock of God.

The subject of Parlia1ne11tar)r La,v is gi\re11 a s1)ecial place in this

department, so that tl1e ^student 111ay be trai11ed for J)residing over church meetings, and associations, a11d other deliberative assemblies.

Text-BooJ~s.

lioppin~s Pastoral Theology; Kerfoot's Parlia111e11tary La,v.

*\⁷a.cancy to be filled b)" the Board of Trustees in 1'iay, ^1900.

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Tl1e peculiar plan of tl1is institution for bids the admission ad

ett1zde11i ·

grad11,1z of students ,vho have taken part of a course at other semi-

naries, and all applications to this effect have been necessarily de-

clined. But the plan offers special facilities for graduate study, in that

the subjects are all taught independently and at different hours, so that besides Special Classes a resident graduate may attend the regular

lectures in any subject l1e pleases.

Various collateral studies l1a ve been organized into definite special ...

ties. 1""hese may be taken up not only by resident graduates of this or of an)' other theological seminary, but by st11dents engaged in the reg-

ular studies ,vl10 n1ay desire to add in any session some one or more

specialties for ,vl1ich tl1ey ha,:-e preparation a11d tin1e.

Tl1ese courses are offe1·ed each )

ear and classes are farmed at the

request of t,vo or more students, and acco1·ding as the time at the dis-

posal of the professor may per111it .

• PROFESSOR SAi\IPEY AND ASSIS'l'ANT PROFESSOR ~IcGLOTHLIN.

AI~ABic.-From thirty to forty st1ras of the I<.oran are studied criti-

call}'. Special ,vork on the life of 11al1on1et, the Composition of the I<.oran, and the History of Islam is done by different members of the class. Constant attention is given to the relation bet,veen I-Iebre,v and

Arabic.

Text-Boolcs.

Lansi11g's Arabic Manual; the Arabic l{oran. Lexicons are furnished from the Library.

ARAi1A1c.-The class reads extended selections from the Ta1·gums,

chiefly that of Onkelos, and makes special study of Biblical Aramaic.

Text-Book.

Riggs' Manual of the Chaldee Language.

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PENT.:\TEt:c1-I ..

-\L CR11--1crs:\1.-1 7 or ^tl1e fi1·st ti111e si11ce his connection ,,·itl1 tl1e Se111i11ar)~ tl1e Prof esso1· of Old 1-.esta111ent Interpretation has l1ad

class co111posed e11ti1·el)"

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,,,110 l1ad already studied Hebrew tl1ree )·ears. Tl1ese picked 111e11 l1a ,-e go11e over the Pentateuch and

J osl1ua in tl1e original, and l1a,

e studied tl1e i1111Jorta11t literary and his- torical questions con11ected ,,·itl1 tl1e fou11dation books of tl1e Bible.

Kuenen's l-Iexatet1cl1; Green~s U11it)~ of Ge11esis; Bissell's Pentatet1ch; Discus-

sions in 1--Iebraica, conducted by l)1·s. \\

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R. I-I arper and \V. H. Green. A ,,·ide range of literature l1as l)een examined by tl1e n1en1bers of the class.

s,-R1.~c.-.. .\ course in t11e S)

riac la11guage is offered to students in

the Se111itic departn1ent. After a11 examination of the principles of the language, ,,,.ith special con1parison of Hebre,v Gran1mar, the class read

selections from both the Old and Ne,,r Testaments. The value of the S):-riac \

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ersion for purposes of Interpretation and Textual Criticism is

pointed out.

Text-Books.

\\~ilson, S)·riac ~Iethod and l\·Ianua], and Elen1en ts of Syriac Grammar.

HEBRE\V EXEGETICAL SEz..tIN . .\RIU~t.

-1"'his class is expected to do a high grade of ,vork in Exegesis and Textual Criticism, and pays spe- cial attention to questions of Higher Criticism. Essays on l1istorical, linguistic, and doctrinal subjects are read by various men1bers of the

Seminarium. The best critical commentaries are kept in constant cir- culation among the students in this department. The Ancient Versions

are studied in connection ,vith tl1e Hebre,,,. text. During the present

session the Seminar1um has made a careful study of the entire book of Isaiah. Parallel reading this session comprises

Kings, Ruth, Nehe-

miah, Esther.

TEXTUAL CRITICIS1\I OF THE OLD TEST.~l\lENT

.-\Vork in this de- partment, after a fe,v introductory lectures by the professor, will com- prise three departmt:nts of research: ( 1) The stude11t ,vill be expected

to read at least one hundred chapters, equally distributed among ^the

books of legislation, history, poetry, and prophecy for a 111inute com•

parison of the Septuagint and Jerome's translation ,vith the l\1assoretic

Text. The results of this inductive study ,vill then be presented to

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the instructor

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tl1e form of an essay, to be handed in not later than the first day of l\

Iarcl1. (2) In con11ection ,vitl1 this investigation, each

stude11t ,vill be required to note tl1e peculiarities and the value of the main t111cials of the Septt1agint, arrangi11g tl1en1 in groups and pointing out a11y evidence of genealogical relation an1ong tl1e most important

manuscripts. Tl1e outcome of tl1is i11vestigation ,vill be included in the essay to be presented

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Iarcl1 1st. (3) Tl1e crowning ,vork of the year ,vill consist in tl1e application of tl1e l)rinciples gleaned from this

inducti,,,e study of the first five n1ontl1s. At least t,venty chapters of

the l\,Iassoretic Text, to be selected by tl1e instructor, will be corrected ,vith tl1e aid of the Septuagint, J eron1e, tl1e S)

riac, and other versions.

A paper giving the cor1·ections and t11e reasons for the same must be presented not later than 11ay rst.

JJROFESSOR ROBERTSON AND ASSIST.:\NT PROFESSOR CARVER.

COP1"1C

are read.

Library.

LANGU.-\GE.

-Portions of tl1e Gospels and tl1e · Pentateuch These, ,vith gran1mars and lexico11, are furnished from the

TEXTUAL CRITICIS:i\I OF THE

NE,v TESTAi\·IENT.-Members of this

class, in addition to the ,vork done in the Senior Greek Class, make a thorough study of ^vVestcott and I-Iort's system, ,vith many of the ex- amples discussed by them, and exa111ine ten or more chapters of Tischendorf's Greek Testan1ent ( eighth greater edition), ,vriting out

and discussing tl1e evidence as to all the note,vorthy variations.

PATRISTIC

GREEK.-Copious ^reading in the Greek Fathers, ,vith

lectures. Books furnished from the Library.

~10DERN

GREEK.-The Modern Greek is studied especially ,vith a

vie,v to the ligl1t it throws on the divergences of Ne,v Testament Greek from classic usage.