Why my schedule sucks...

[The Dark]

OK, I know my schedule's not as tech-heavy as a lot of y'all's, but it's going to be evil this semester. I'm taking 18 hours, and here's how my classes break down:

Monday-Wednesday-Friday:

8:00-8:55 Calculus
9:05-10:00 Microeconomics
11:15-12:10 Macroeconomic Theory
2:15-3:10 Hellenistic Greek

Tuesday-Thursday:

8:00-9:20 Biblical Hebrew
Sometime (afternoon, website's down right now): Doctrine of God (senior level theology).

I have 8AM classes every day of the week... . Last semester I didn't have class before 11.

[darthdavid]

Why are you taking biblical classes? Are you going to one of those christian universities?

[Lt. Dan]

What's wronge with taking Biblical classes?

[darthdavid]

Well, they usually only show up in christian universities wich tend to ignore things such as science, the real word any other thought system etc...

[Joe]

Well, they usually only show up in christian universities wich tend to ignore things such as science, the real word any other thought system etc...

The Dark is a Christian, try to be a little less insulting.

[Dalton]

You know, Chuck Sonnenburg is an ordained minister and taught high-school physics at one point.

What you've got there, DD, is a gross generalization.

[Nathan F]

Well, they usually only show up in christian universities wich tend to ignore things such as science, the real word any other thought system etc...

So, any Christian university isn't worth going too. Riiiiiight... I guess that the fact that most universities offer a few courses in Christian biblical studies (right next to other religious studies). Like Dalton said, try to keep away with the gross generalizations.

[Lt. Dan]

Well, they usually only show up in christian universities wich tend to ignore things such as science, the real word any other thought system etc...

The Dark is a Christian, try to be a little less insulting.

As am I.

[kojikun]

Uh.. Biblical HEBREW.. suggesting, you know, the JEWISH Bible.. but regardless, its a LANGUAGE class not a bible class.

Hellenistic Greek.. I'm impressed Dark. I hear Hellenistic Greek is a bitch.

[Xenophobe3691]

Uh.. Biblical HEBREW.. suggesting, you know, the JEWISH Bible.. but regardless, its a LANGUAGE class not a bible class.

Hellenistic Greek.. I'm impressed Dark. I hear Hellenistic Greek is a bitch.

Biblical Hebrew's also a language very different from Modern Hebrew. Good luck in it

[Captain Cyran]

Yeah, and to make matters even worse for you he's the same sect of Christian as I am...

And why the hell would you take biblical hebrew? I mean...dude...*shrug*

Beyond the crappy times most of that stuff looks pretty interesting.

What's Doctrine of God like? I'm gonna assume that you're going to a United Methodist university. Is it a discussion of the bible?

[Sea Skimmer]

Well, they usually only show up in christian universities wich tend to ignore things such as science, the real word any other thought system etc...

Stupid generalizations like that are what give atheists a bad name in America. So please don't do it.

[The Dark]

And why the hell would you take biblical hebrew? I mean...dude...*shrug*

Two reasons:

1: I'm thinking of going into Old Testament scholarship, so I should probably try to pick up one of the six languages that requires early.

2: I want to be able to read the Bible in its original language so I can translate properly (no English translation is quite right).

What's Doctrine of God like? I'm gonna assume that you're going to a United Methodist university. Is it a discussion of the bible?

It's an upper-level theology course. I believe it's mostly dealing with the various doctrines, such as the Trinity. I haven't started yet, but I'll let you know if I learn anything interesting.

And I am at a UM campus. Florida Southern College is a 1500-undergrad population campus, with a total of 35 religion students between two majors (making them the second and third smallest majors, after philosophy). The only major science we don't have a degree program in right now is physics, and that's because no students have requested a physics program (we had it until the last student graduated and no current students were physics majors).

And most colleges were religious at one point, even ones that most people think of as heavily secular. Take West Florida Seminary, for example. Never heard of it? It's the original name of Florida State University.

[weemadando]

My schedule:

Mon-Fri (24 hours a day).

Zippo. Nada. Nil.

[phongn]

And most colleges were religious at one point, even ones that most people think of as heavily secular. Take West Florida Seminary, for example. Never heard of it? It's the original name of Florida State University.

Harvard was as well. Northwestern was a Methodist school and used to be called "The Fighting Methodists" until someone decided that sounded silly

[Xenophobe3691]

Two reasons:

1: I'm thinking of going into Old Testament scholarship, so I should probably try to pick up one of the six languages that requires early.

2: I want to be able to read the Bible in its original language so I can translate properly (no English translation is quite right).

Learn Aramaic, that's what most of it is written in.

[The Dark]

Yeah, Aramaic's language #2 for an OT scholar. It's not offered at my school, though, so I'm taking Hebrew.

From what I recall, a decent OT scholar needs to know:

Hebrew
Aramaic
Akkadian
Sumerian
Babylonian
Phoenician
German (to read papers 30 years old that still aren't translated)
and a smidgen of a few other languages that appear here and there...hieroglyphics can be useful, since some Egpytian writings mention Israelite kings.

[Xenophobe3691]

And one thing I keep reading about. Aramaic was the people's language, and Hebrew the priests'/scholars' language. So if you're reading it, expect a bit of Aramaic in places where common people talk

[The Dark]

And one thing I keep reading about. Aramaic was the people's language, and Hebrew the priests'/scholars' language. So if you're reading it, expect a bit of Aramaic in places where common people talk

After the Babylonian/Persian Exile, this is very true. Up through the Torah and parts of the Kehtubim and Nebi'im, however, only Hebrew is used. It gets complicated, especially since we don't know all of Aramaic (according to a guest speaker we had who does some work with the Dead Sea Scrolls), and we're still trying to learn the entire language.

[InnerBrat]

I'm impressed at your linguistic skills, Dark. Wow.

On the 'Christian Univeristies' thing - I assume DD would turn down Oxford and Cambridge on the same principles?

[BoredShirtless]

I'm taking 18 hours,

Pfft, try 30.

[InnerBrat]

I'm taking 18 hours,

Pfft, try 30.

I'm hoping that 18 hours is on coursework heavy modules.

Anyone who envies my 4th year with 9 hours should really compare the amoutn of actual work I was doing with my 22hour first year.

[The Dark]

I'm taking 18 hours,

Pfft, try 30.

What are you, a music major? We can't take over 21, even with Registrar's permission. 15 1/2 per semester is the average needed to graduate in 4 years, but 12 to 18 is what's ordinarily permissible.

And my courseload isn't horrible...the academic courses are a pair of 200s, a 300, and a 400 (2 sophomore, 1 junior, 1 senior course), and the languages are first semester (I already took 4 semester of French). It's going to get interesting next year when I have 4 400s and a pair of languages at a time.

[BoredShirtless]

I'm taking 18 hours,

Pfft, try 30.

What are you, a music major?

No. Graduate in BE (Computer Engineering) / BSc (Major: Computer Science).

We can't take over 21, even with Registrar's permission. 15 1/2 per semester is the average needed to graduate in 4 years, but 12 to 18 is what's ordinarily permissible.

Yeah. I know you arty type students have a lot of material to read.

And my courseload isn't horrible...the academic courses are a pair of 200s, a 300, and a 400 (2 sophomore, 1 junior, 1 senior course), and the languages are first semester (I already took 4 semester of French). It's going to get interesting next year when I have 4 400s and a pair of languages at a time.

TWO langauges at the same time? Respect.

[Xenophobe3691]

And my courseload isn't horrible...the academic courses are a pair of 200s, a 300, and a 400 (2 sophomore, 1 junior, 1 senior course), and the languages are first semester (I already took 4 semester of French). It's going to get interesting next year when I have 4 400s and a pair of languages at a time.

I feel your pain, worst part is, no one speaks biblical Hebrew or Hellenistic Greek, so it's a lot harder to learn those languages than the Spanish and modern Hebrew (Thank you Ben-Yehuda...) I took. Good luck man.