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 class will meet twice weekly for two-hour sessions for five weeks. 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 two-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). This exam corresponds to the German qualifying examination for Ph.D./Th.M. students in the Center for Advanced Theological Studies who are required to take four units of this research language.