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 weekly for two hours for lecture, discussion, and practice. A two-hour homework assignment will be given after every class meeting.

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

Other materials will be provided by the professor.

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

Betteridge, Harold T. Cassell's German-English, English-German Dictionary. New York: Macmillan, 1978.

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.

A beginning German course such as LG558 designed especially to precede this course.

Elective. In preparation for doctoral examinations.

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