DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to prepare theological students to successfully pass the foreign language doctoral examination in German. Tied closely to the competencies actually tested on the examination, the course will concentrate on written and sight translations from the Old and New Testaments as well as the writings of German-speaking theologians, e.g., Barth, Bultmann, Moltmann, Pannenberg.

Scholarly access to vast theological literature written in German and largely untranslated.

The course will meet twice each week for five weeks for two-hour sessions of lecture, discussion, and practice. A four-hour homework assignment will be given after every class meeting.

Rogalla, H. and W. Grammar Handbook for Reading German Texts. New York: Langenscheidt, 1985.

Ziefle, Helmut, ed. Modern Theological German: A Reader and Dictionary. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997.

It is also recommended that one of the following be acquired:

Traupman, John C. The Bantam New College German and English Dictionary. New York: Bantam, 1981.

Messinger, Heinz. Langenscheidt's New College German Dictionary. Munich: Langenscheidt, 1973.

Terrell, Peter et al. Collins German-English, English-German Dictionary. Glasgow: Collins, 1991.

Oxford-Duden German Dictionary. 1990.

Regular assigned reading from reading list and weekly handouts. A four-hour homework assignment will be given after every class meeting.

LG558 or equivalent. No audits except for those with transcript evidence of previous study of German.

Elective.

Yes. Two written-translations and one sight passage (2-hour length).