Course Description

Greek Exegesis 1 and 2 form the second year of the Biblical Greek curriculum. They build on the vocabulary and grammar (morphology and syntax) learned in BG111-112 (Biblical Greek 1 & 2), AND the exegetical method introduced in HE101 (Biblical Hermeneutics & Interpretation). Using variousNew Testament texts as our “learning sites”, students will develop their ability to read Biblical Greek, and gain further experience in the methods and tools involved in exegeting the New Testament.

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  • Location

    Online via Zoom

  • Dates

    Tuesday
    Jan 10, 17, 31
    Feb 7, 14, 21, 28
    Mar 7, 14, 21, 28
    Apr 4

    Closing Date for Registration:
    Jan 5, 2023

  • Time

    7:15–10.00PM

Instructor

Mr Quek Tze-Ming

Lecturer in New Testament

Mr Quek Tze Ming is the Lecturer in New Testament at BGST. After leaving legal practice, Tze Ming served in student ministry with the Fellowship of Evangelical Students (Singapore). He then commenced theological studies, receiving a DipCS from BGST, an MDiv and a ThM from Regent College. He is presently a PhD candidate in New Testament Studies at the University of Cambridge. His special area of studies is in the use of the Old Testament in the New. Tze Ming serves in the teaching ministry of his church. He is married to Sharon, and they have two daughters. He maintains a lively interest in local food, football, and movies.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    General

    • Course Synopsis

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    • Course Syllabus

    • Educational Resources

    • Luke 4.1-13 and parallels, from K. Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum.

    • Luke 4.1-13 and parallels, from K. Aland, Synopsis of the Four Gospels.
  • 2

    Session 1: Introduction to Gospel Exegesis

    • Readings

    • C. Blomberg, “Form Criticism”; and G. Osborne, “Redaction Criticism” in Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels.

    • "The Synoptic Problem" Notes (from NT101)

    • BG212-22 Gospel Exegesis Introduction (Widescreen)
  • 3

    Session 2: Getting to Know your Synopsis

    • Exercise:

    • “Index 1: Conspectus Locorum Parallelorum Evangeliorum”, from K. Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum.

    • Mark 4:21-25 and parallels, from K. Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum.

    • Mark 4:21-25 and parallels, from K. Aland, Synopsis of the Four Gospels.

    • Matt 7.1-5 and parallels, from K. Aland, Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum.
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    Session 3: Discussion of Mounce Chapter 4: Mark 8:27-9:8

    • Discussion of Mounce Chapter 4: Mark 8:27-9:8

    • C.E.B. Cranfield, The Gospel According to St Mark, pp. 266-296
  • 5

    Session 4: Discussion of Mounce Chapter 4: Mark 8:27-9:8 (cont'd)

    • Discussion of Mounce Chapter 4: Mark 8:27-9:8 (cont'd)
  • 6

    Session 5: Discussion of Mounce Chapter 10: Matt 13:1-23

    • Discussion of Mounce Chapter 10: Matt 13:1-23

    • D. Hagner, Matthew 1-13 (Word Biblical Commentary 33A), pp. 361-381
  • 7

    Session 6: Discussion of Mounce Chapter 10: Matt 13:1-23 (cont'd)

    • Discussion of Mounce Chapter 10: Matt 13:1-23 (cont'd)
  • 8

    Session 7: Use of the Old Testament in the New

    • Use of OT in the NT Lecture Notes

    • List of Recommended Readings (see below to download)

    • Hays, Richard B. and Joel B. Green. “The Use of the Old Testament by New Testament Writers.” Pages 122-39 in Hearing the New Testament.

    • Snodgrass, Klyne. "The Use of the Old Testament in the New." Pages 29-51 in The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts?

    • Ellis, E. Earle. “Biblical Interpretation in the New Testament Church.” Pages 691-725 in Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.

    • Barrett, C. K. “The Interpretation of the Old Testament in the New.” In The Cambridge History of the Bible (Original Edition).

    • Allison, Dale C. "The Old Testament in the New Testament." Pages 479 - 502 in The New Cambridge History of the Bible.
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    Session 8: Use of the Old Testament in the New (cont'd)

    • Lecture (cont'd)
  • 10

    Session 9: Discussion of Mounce Chapter 15: Acts 2:22-42

    • Discussion of Mounce Chapter 15: Acts 2:22-42

    • Gregory V. Trull, "Views on Peter's use of Psalm 16:8-11 in Acts 2:25-32," Bibliotheca Sacra 161 no 642 (April-June 2004): 194-214.

    • Gregory V. Trull, "An exegesis of psalm 16:10," Bibliotheca Sacra 161 no 643 (July-Sept. 2004): 304-321.

    • Gregory V. Trull, "Peter's interpretation of Psalm 16:8-11 in Acts 2:25-32," Bibliotheca Sacra 161 no 644 (Oct.-Dec. 2004): 432-448.
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    Session 10: Discussion of Mounce Chapter 15: Acts 2:22-42 (cont’d)

    • Discussion of Mounce Chapter 15: Acts 2:22-42 (cont’d)

    • Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., "The Promise to David in Psalm 16 and its Application in Acts 2:25-32 and 13:32-27," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 23 no 3 (1980): 219-229.

    • Richard B. Hays. "Christ Prays the Psalms: Israel's Psalter as Matrix of Early Christology." Pages 101-118 in The Conversion of the Imagination: Paul as Interpreter of Israel's Scripture.

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    Session 11: Discussion of Mounce Chapter 18: Rev 5

    • Discussion of Mounce Chapter 18: Rev 5

    • Robert H. Mounce, The Book of Revelation (NICNT; Rev. ed.; Eerdmans, 1997); on Rev 4-5
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    Session 12: Discussion of Mounce Chapter 18: Rev 5 (cont’d)

    • Discussion of Mounce Chapter 18: Rev 5 (cont’d)
  • 14

    Course Evaluation

    • Course Evaluation
  • 15

    Writing the Exegesis Paper

    • Exegesis Major Paper Assessment Form

    • Exegesis Paper
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    Assignment Submission

    • BG212 Short Assignments

    • Short Assignments