This course for students who have had three or four years of high school Spanish or have successfully completed Elementary Spanish II or have the instructor s approval, focuses on advanced grammar, further vocabulary building, written composition and conversational exercise. Hymns, the Bible and prayer are enjoyed. This course teaches more advanced grammar with complex syntax along with further vocabulary building in specific contexts. The student will tell Bible stories and pray in Spanish. A study of the vocabulary and grammatical forms of biblical Hebrew.
Special emphasis is given to acquiring an extensive vocabulary.
The course is designed to prepare the student to do limited translation work in the Old Testament and to understand commentaries based on the Hebrew. Since the second term will include translation and exegesis of biblical passages, the five credits in LANG 2125 may count as Biblical Literature credits. The five credits in LANG 2115 may be used to meet the language arts requirements listed under General Education requirements. The two preceding provisions do not apply if these courses are taken as part of the Biblical Languages minor. A course designed to provide the student with the essentials of the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of New Testament Greek.