Melville Divinity Hall
BS101 · 4 credits · Undergraduate

Old and New Testament Introduction

Syllabus

  1. Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.

  2. Reading Read in the order given. Public-domain and free texts are linked; purchases are optional and never required.

    Total: 4,230 pages

  3. Assignment Write a research paper of 10-20 pages on a topic drawn from the lectures and readings of this course. Argue from Scripture, the Westminster Standards (1647 text) and the Three Forms of Unity, cite the primary sources you read, and state the points on which the sources differ.

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  4. In Spanish (supplementary) Spanish-language lectures and readings, supplementary. The English lectures above remain the core; strong English lectures are translated rather than replaced by weaker Spanish ones.

    • Libros historicos del AT (16 MP3 lectures and slides) Larry Trotter (Lawrence C. Trotter N., Ph.D.) 16 lectures (01-Texto_Canon through 16-Ester); durations not printed Open source Supplementary Seminario Reformado Guadalajara; Trotter is pastor of Florida Coast Church (PCA) and adjunct at Knox Theological Seminary PCA minister (confirmed on floridacoastchurch.org: 'Florida Coast Church (PCA)'), so a Westminster subscriber on the 1788 American text; the seminary serves the Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de Mexico (Presbiterio del Bajio), which also uses the American 23.3. His lectures on WCF chs. 20, 23 and 31 are therefore...
    • Profetas y poetas (MP3 lectures and slide decks) Larry Trotter (Lawrence C. Trotter N., Ph.D.) 15 lectures on the page (01-Isaias to 16-Cantares; number 14 is not posted); durations not printed Open source Supplementary Seminario Reformado Guadalajara; Trotter is pastor of Florida Coast Church (PCA) and adjunct at Knox Theological Seminary PCA minister (confirmed on floridacoastchurch.org: 'Florida Coast Church (PCA)'), so a Westminster subscriber on the 1788 American text; the seminary serves the Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de Mexico (Presbiterio del Bajio), which also uses the American 23.3. His lectures on WCF chs. 20, 23 and 31 are therefore...
    • Los Evangelios (14 MP3 lectures, slides) Larry Trotter (Lawrence C. Trotter N., Ph.D.) 14 lectures (01-CanonNT through 14-TemasEspeciales2); durations not printed Open source Supplementary Seminario Reformado Guadalajara; Trotter is pastor of Florida Coast Church (PCA) and adjunct at Knox Theological Seminary PCA minister (confirmed on floridacoastchurch.org: 'Florida Coast Church (PCA)'), so a Westminster subscriber on the 1788 American text; the seminary serves the Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de Mexico (Presbiterio del Bajio), which also uses the American 23.3. His lectures on WCF chs. 20, 23 and 31 are therefore...
    • Introduccion al Antiguo Testamento (Spanish edition; scanned and edited PDFs on the course page) Edward J. Young Open source Supplementary Free Young (OPC) is a subscriber, but the Spanish edition is in copyright and the seminary does not state permission. Role doctrinal, access free, link to the course page; do not mirror the file.
    • Introduccion al Nuevo Testamento (selections; 'IntroNTEverett.pdf' on the course page) Everett F. Harrison Open source Supplementary Free Non-subscribing evangelical authors assigned by the seminary's course descriptions. Harrison supplementary (NT introduction, not doctrine); Guthrie and Hurlbut not listed.

Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.