Master of Biblical Studies
A systematic study of the canonical books through hermeneutics, biblical theology, and covenant theology.
Curriculum Based on the curriculum of The Log College & Seminary.
About the program
The MBS program provides students with a systematic study of the Canonical books incorporating Hermeneutics, Biblical Theology, and Covenant Theology. The MBS program consists of 47 academic credit hours that may be transferred into the M.Div. program. The program requires a baccalaureate degree (in any field) or equivalent for admission.
Admission
Bachelor degree (in any field) or equivalent; open to male and female students; 30 hours maximum transfer credit allowed; all courses will transfer into MDiv program.
Requirements
- Complete the Comprehensive Final Exam
- All written assignments (with the exception of the thesis) should follow current MLA formatting.
- All numbered assignments (lecture outlines/notes, summaries, chapter summaries, papers, etc.) must be submitted to your mentor for grading.
- Please report any broken links to info@logcollege.net
Courses
LCS curriculum: 47 credits · School layer: 24 credits · Total: 71 credits
Added by the school: the original Westminster vision
The school copies the LCS curriculum in full and adds its own courses on the 1647 text of the Westminster Standards, read with the Scottish and continental Reformed tradition. These credits are added to the LCS credits; no LCS course is replaced. A layer course already completed in an earlier program is not repeated: its credits carry forward.
The original Westminster vision
18 creditsThe Scottish and continental Reformed tradition
6 creditsMore from the school's catalog (optional, not counted in the total)
OptionalThese courses add no credits to the program. Take any of them for your own study.
- BL101 Biblical Hebrew I-II 6 credits Self-study
- BL102 New Testament Greek I-II 6 credits Self-study
- BS551 Exegesis from the Original Texts: Method and the Reformed Exegetical Tradition 3 credits Self-study
- BS552 Old Testament Exegesis IV: The Prophets 4 credits Self-study
- BS553 New Testament Exegesis II: The Pauline Epistles 4 credits Self-study
- BS554 New Testament Exegesis III: Hebrews, the General Epistles and Revelation 3 credits Self-study
The LCS curriculum, copied in full
Courses
47 credits- BS502 Hermeneutics 3 credits Self-study
- BS531 Old Testament History and Theology 6 credits Self-study
- BS532 The Pentateuch 3 credits Self-study
- BS533 Old Testament Historical Books 3 credits Self-study
- BS534 Old Testament Wisdom Books 3 credits Self-study
- BS535 Old Testament Prophetic Books 3 credits Self-study
- BS541 New Testament History and Theology 6 credits Self-study
- BS542 Gospels and Acts 3 credits Self-study
- BS543 New Testament Epistles 3 credits Self-study
- BS544 Revelation 2 credits Self-study
- TH530 Biblical Theology 3 credits Self-study
- TH534 Covenant Theology 3 credits Self-study
- BS690 Master's Thesis 6 credits Self-study
Total: 71 credits