Academic Programs - Dallas Theological Seminary

COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
OLD TESTAMENT
STUDIES
Robert B. Chisholm Jr., Department Chair, Professor
Eugene H. Merrill, Distinguished Professor
Richard A. Taylor, Professor
John W. Hilber, Associate Professor
Gordon H. Johnston, Associate Professor
Brian L. Webster, Associate Professor
Dorian G. Coover-Cox, Assistant Professor
David L. Brooks, Adjunct Professor
Carl R. Anderson, Visiting Professor
The purpose of this department is to equip students to do
accurate exegetical work in the Old Testament and to expound
the Old Testament in their ministries, with the goal of meeting
contemporary needs. The required courses give students the
skills necessary for such work, including:
• Hebrew grammar, syntax, textual criticism
• lexicography
• literary forms
• Old Testament backgrounds
• critical theory
• hermeneutics
• biblical theology.
The elective courses provide opportunity for further development
of students’ proficiency in these disciplines as well as in
the exegesis of various kinds of Old Testament literature.
Department of Old Testament Studies
REQUIRED COURSES
Consult the program curriculum charts in the Academic Programs
section of this catalog for specific courses required in
each degree program.
Courses OT101–103 each require a reading-group component
that meets as a lab outside the regularly scheduled class time.
Consult the department for more information on this requirement.
OT101
Introduction to Old Testament Language
and Literature
The Department
A survey of the cultural, historical, literary, and theological
backgrounds of the Old Testament as well as an introduction
to the basic principles of Hebrew phonology and
morphology. 3 hours.
OLD TESTAMENT STUDIES
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