Knox Virtual was created with flexibility in mind – flexibility for Christians around the world seeking to continue their theological education and for our residential students who desire a hybrid approach to their theological education of on-campus classes mixed with some online courses to meet the demands of ministry schedules.
All of the courses can be taken as continued studies or applied to any of our degree programs. We currently have several course offerings in New Testament and Old Testament studies. Recording and production is ongoing and we have a suite of courses that are currently in development. Our course offerings will soon expand to include selections from our Christianity and Culture masters program where you will study the Great Tradition of literature through the careful lens of Scripture.
Gospel and Acts – 3 Credit Hours
This course presents critical and introductory issues in the scholarship of the Gospel and Acts. The issues will be such topics as: the synoptic problem, seeming contradictions between the gospels, an introduction to the historical Jesus conversation, and historical considerations in the book of Acts. This class will divide itself into three sections: first, the background of second–temple Judaism before the birth of Christ, second, the Gospels and particular exegetical issues inherent in Gospel scholarship, including the life of Jesus; third, the book of Acts and introductory/historical issues that are particular to this important book of Church History.
Epistles and Revelation – 3 Credit Hours
This course will present critical and introductory issues in the New Testament epistles. The issues will include such topics as authorship, normative vs. cultural understanding of commands contained in the epistles, the authorship of disputed epistles, and the life and work of the apostle Paul. These issues will be in addition to the typical introduction and overview of the books from Romans to Revelation.
Currently in Development
Genesis to 2 Samuel – 3 Credit Hours
This course is the first of two classes that constitute a survey of the Old Testament canon. Beginning with the creation account in Genesis, this class traces the redemptive-historical development through to the end of King David’s reign. The emphasis is on the narrative of the Bible story as presented through sacred history.
Available Spring 2011
2 Samuel to Malachi – 3 Credit Hours
This course completes the survey of the Old Testament canon and the conclusion of the redemptive-historical story up to the time of Christ. Much attention will be given to the Hebrew Psalmody and wisdom literature as well as the prophetic oracles that established the contours of the history of Israel.
Currently in development
Plato and Augustine – 3 Credit Hours
As the foundational course in the Christianity and Culture program, this class presents the two visions of culture as represented by the images of two cities: the City of God and the city of man. The course incorporates full readings of Plato’s Republic, Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days, and excerpts from Homer and Vergil, set in contrast with significant portions of Augustine’s City of God.
Currently in development
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