NBST 520 - New Testament Orientation II

NBST 520 Discussion Board Forums (2)

Discussion boards are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will participate in 2 Discussion Board Forums during the course in which the student will post a thread in response to the Discussion Board prompt and then respond to 2 different students’ threads. Each Discussion Board thread must contain at least 400 words; each reply must contain at least 200 words. Any sources used, including textbooks, assigned videos or presentations, or outside resources must be documented with parenthetical citations and a bibliography of sources used. (MLO: A, B, C, D.)

NBST 520 Research Project

Students will write a paper on Michael Bird’s, Four Views on the Apostle Paul, not to exceed 15 pages in length, double spaced. In the paper the student will do five things:

• Introduce the book to the reader, identifying the contributors and assessing their perspectives and qualifications to write on the subject;

• Briefly summarize the perspectives and central thesis of each contributor;

• Choose one perspective with which the student has the most agreement and describe his/her reasons why this perspective makes the most sense.

• Choose one perspective with which the student has the most disagreement and describe his/her reasons why this perspective makes the least sense.

• Based on the student’s reading of, and interaction with, the various perspectives in the book, briefly describe his/her own understanding of Paul’s perspective on the four key areas each contributor addressed, identifying where his/her perspective has changed, if at all, after reading the book:

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• • Salvation

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• • Significance of Christ

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• • Paul’s basic theological framework

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• • Paul’s vision for the church.

(MLOs: A, B, C, D, E.)

NBST 520 Reading Reports (8)

The student will complete the required reading each module/week and report the completion of reading each module/week in Blackboard. (MLOs: A, B, C, D.)

NBST 520 Presentation Reports (8)

The student will complete the required visual presentations (video and PointeCast) each module/week and report the completion each module/week in Blackboard. (MLOs: A, B, C, D.)

NBST 520 Exams (4)

The student will take 4 exams, each focusing on material from the 2 most recent modules/weeks. Each exam contains 20 multiple-choice and true/false questions, is open-book/open-notes, and must be completed in 1 hour. (MLOs: A, B, C, D.)