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---The final semester grades are now posted on WebGrade.
 

Merry Christmas!!

Presentations:
• Exam Day next week:
• Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 2:00-4:00 pm.
• Come to my office, LND 232
• Format:
• Scott Henson's paper on Greek participles in 1 Peter in formal presentation: 2:00 - 2:30
• Matt Alexander's formal response in critique of the paper: 2:30-2:50
• Class dialogue: 2:50 - 3:30
• Scott will send an electronic copy of his paper to everyone by midnight Sunday evening, Dec. 11. Matt has only an oral response obligation.
• Grading as defined in the Syllabus:
• Divinity School students
• Grade on the formal paper
• Grade on the presentation
• Undergraduate students
• Grade on the presentation


Semester Grade:

Just as soon as the exams, etc. have been graded and recorded, they will be uploaded into the WebGrade system. You can view your semester grade in the WebGrade. The overall grade posted there will be what is being turned into the registrar's office for the official grade for each section of this class. Once that is done, I will post an announcement here in the class Bulletin Board. Usually this work is completed within 24 hours after the exam.

--For an explanation of the Attendance Codes in the WebGrade see the above FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page:

• No quiz for next Thursday, since it is the last regular class period of the semester.
• We will complete the 2:18-25 pericope during the first part of the class.
• Be sure to check on the Christushymnus issue in 2:22-24
• In the second part of the class we will work on 3:1-7.
• The MS Word file with the Greek text is now posted in the Schedule page.

Reminder of Two Items: We must decide on an Exam date for the paper presentation and critique during Final Exam week, Dec. 12-16. Scott will be emailing each class member a copy of his presentation paper on participles in 1 Peter. Matt will be the formal respondent, but David and Justin are free to participate in the critique. The grade calculation of this differs according to whether a div school student or undergraduate student. See the course Syllabus under Exams for details.

 

Because I will be attending the national SBL meeting next week in Philadelphia, we will not have class. We will resume class on Dec. 1 with 1 Peter 2:18-25. Check Schedule page for downloadable Greek text. No quiz on Dec. 2.

----No quiz this week.
 

A van will be taking interested students / faculty to attend the Tuesday morning / early afternoon sessions of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention in Winston-Salem on November 15.  The van will leave from in front of the DCC at 6am.  We anticipate arriving back at campus around 5-5:30pm.  For information, contact Kent Blevins at 4458 (email: kblevins@gardner-webb.edu).  Deadline for indicating interest:  Wednesday, Nov 9.

 

Reminder of two things (2:12) to check out in grammars, commentaries, translations etc.: 1) What is the specific function of the relative clause introduced by the preposition phrase ejn w/| (en ho)? Temporal? Causal? etc. 2) What is the time frame of the i&na  (hina) clause? This world? Eschatological?

• We should complete the exegesis of 2:11-17 on Thursday.

----Quiz 8

• Next Thursday, Nov 3, at the beginning of class
• Text covered: 1 Peter 2:1-10
• What to expect:
• Translation of Greek text into English
• Parsing of selected words
• See Guide to Parsing for details on procedure
• Short answer essay/objective questions over diagrams and interpretative issues arising from the Greek text
• A wrapup quiz over this entire pericope
• After the quiz, we will begin 2:11-17 with Graded Recitation.

----Quiz 7

• Next Thursday, Oct. 27, at the beginning of class
• Text covered: 1 Peter 2:1-10
• What to expect:
• Translation of Greek text into English
• Parsing of selected words
• See Guide to Parsing for details on procedure
• Short answer essay/objective questions over diagrams and interpretative issues arising from the Greek text
• A wrapup quiz over this entire pericope
• After the quiz, we will begin 2:11-17 with Graded Recitation.

----Quiz 6

• Next Thursday, Oct. 20, at the beginning of class
• Text covered: 1 Peter 2:4-8
• What to expect:
• Translation of Greek text into English
• Parsing of selected words
• See Guide to Parsing for details on procedure
• Short answer essay/objective questions over diagrams and interpretative issues arising from the Greek text
• After the quiz, we will finish the exegesis of 2:1-10 and begin 2:11-17.

--Note some important information and hyperlinks below!

• Several GWU student mission trip opportunities are available:
All the "Click on here" hyperlinks below are formatted in the MS Word doc file form
• Click on here for a listing of the schedule for this academic year through next summer.
• Click on here for an application form to apply to go on one of these trips
• Click on here for list of needed items for Gulf Coast mission trip over fall break
• For more details check the GWU Campus Ministries web page at http://campusministries.gardner-webb.edu/
• For information about your mid-term grade that will be turned into the Registrar's Office, be sure to check your WebGrade that can be accessed from the link on the left side of your screen. If you spot an error, contact me immediately at GWU@cranfordville.com or leave a voice message at 704-434-5657.

----Quiz 5

• Next Thursday, Oct. 13, at the beginning of class
• Text covered: 1 Peter 2:1-3
• What to expect:
• Translation of Greek text into English
• Parsing of selected words
• See Guide to Parsing for details on procedure
• Short answer essay/objective questions over diagrams and interpretative issues arising from the Greek text
After the quiz, we will continue the exegesis of 2:1-10.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------Important Information:

From: Frances Dempsey <dempsey@ncicu.org>
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 10:36:45 -0400
To: <bmoore@gardner-webb.edu>, <dcamper@gardner-webb.edu>, <ddavis@gardner-webb.edu>, <dgravett@gardner-webb.edu>, <jdire@gardner-webb.edu>, <mhardin@gardner-webb.edu>

Subject: NCICU Student Select Agreement with Microsoft

Good morning.
NCICU signed a Student Select agreement with Microsoft last November. Student Select allows individual students at NCICU institutions to purchase certain Microsoft licenses at prices well below the cost of the academic retail boxed product.

In addition, NCICU has just signed an addendum to the Student Select agreement that allows faculty and staff to purchase the same licenses at the same low costs!

The products are offered through our reseller which is TRC (Technology Resource Center) for the following prices:

Office 2003:  $69.95
Office Pro 2003:  $79.95
Office MacPro:  $79.95
Windows XP Pro:  $69.95

Colleges can handle the sale of these products in two ways.  Students can be directed to a special section of the TRC website
(https://www.shoptrc.com/students/ncicu) where they can place their orders themselves.  A similar website for faculty is in the process of being set up (www.shoptrc.com/faculty/ncicu).  Or the college can purchase a number of licenses and sell them on campus (i.e. through the bookstore).

This is a great opportunity for students, faculty and staff to purchase these licenses at terrific prices.  It also eliminates an institution's financial burden for student software.

If you have questions, please contact Matt Ryan with TRC (mattryan@gotrc.com or 800-517-2320 x231) or me.

Thanks,
Frances Dempsey
Program Manager/Director of Special Events
North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities
879 A Washington Street
Raleigh, NC  27605

(919) 832-5817 Phone
(919) 829-7358 Fax
dempsey@ncicu.org

Visit us on the web at www.ncicu.org

• Next Thursday for first half of class period, 2:40 - 3:30
• Covers: 1 Peter 1:1-25
• What to expect:
• Translation of selected texts in 1 Peter 1 according to specified translation methodology
• Parsing of selected words from 1 Peter 1
• Answer objective / essay questions regarding the diagrams and interpretation of 1 Peter 1

At 3:40, we will begin the analysis of 1 Peter 2:1-10

----Quiz 4

• Next Thursday, Sept. 29, at the beginning of class
• Text covered: 1 Peter 1:13-19
• What to expect:
• Translation of Greek text into English
• Parsing of selected words
• See Guide to Parsing for details on procedure
• Short answer essay/objective questions over diagrams and interpretative issues arising from the Greek text
• After the quiz, we will continue the exegesis of 1:13-25.

----Quiz 3

• Next Thursday, Sept. 21, at the beginning of class
• Text covered: 1 Peter 1:8-12
• What to expect:
• Translation of Greek text into English
• Parsing of selected words
• See Guide to Parsing for details on procedure
• Short answer essay/objective questions over diagrams and interpretative issues arising from the Greek text
• After the quiz, we will continue the exegesis of 1:13-25.

----Quiz 2

• Next Thursday, Sept. 15, at the beginning of class
• Text covered: 1 Peter 1:3-7
• What to expect:
• Translation of Greek text into English
• Parsing of selected words
• See Guide to Parsing for details on procedure
• Short answer essay/objective questions over diagrams and interpretative issues arising from the Greek text
• After the quiz, we will continue the exegesis of 1:3-9 at verse 8. Be prepared to read and translate 1:10-25 once the 1:3-9 passage is completed. Also, work on completing a diagram of 1:10-25 in the MS doc file. We will complete the block diagram as a part of the class activities.

----Quiz 1

• Next Thursday, Sept. 8, at the beginning of class
• Text covered: 1 Peter 1:1-2
• What to expect:
• Translation of Greek text into English
• Parsing of selected words
• See Guide to Parsing for details on procedure
• Short answer essay/objective questions over diagrams and interpretative issues arising from the Greek text

After the quiz we will begin working on 1 Peter 1:3-9

Be prepared to orally read and translate the Greek text in graded recitation

Parsing will not be a part of the graded recitation

The course is being offered jointly between the Department of Religious Studies and the M. Christopher White School of Divinity. The undergraduate students will be signed up for Greek 495H Independent Study (CRN 10446) and the divinity school students will be signed up for DSGK401A (CRN 11217) .

The assignments between the undergraduate and masters students will be similar, except for one very important difference. Those enrolled under DSGK401 will be required to write and then present in class a research paper in addition to the regular requirements. For the details of requirements for both levels of students see Course Requirements in the Course Syllabus, which spells out the requirements in more details.

This Course Room is currently being developed in anticipation of the spring semester. So check back periodically for more details about various updated aspects of the course, especially to be found in the Schedule page.

Also helpful would be to complete the Online Student Profile form before the first day of classes. This will help me better understand the level of computer and internet skills among the class members, as well as learn a little more about your background and career aspirations. Five bonus points will be added to the Participationgrade, if this online form is completed by the end of the second week of the semester.