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Orange County Extension Teaching Site Calendar

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January 2012
January 16-21 TH580 Historical Theology (3 units/W. Nix)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: J.N.D. Kelly. Early Christian Doctrines.
Harold O.J. Brown. Heresies.
Henry Bettenson. Documents of the Christian Church (3rd edition).
Course End Date: April 27, 2012

February 2012
February 6-11 TH570 Ecclesiology and Eschatology (3 units/W. Nix)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: Norman Geisler, Systematic Theology (One Volume Edition - 2011)
Robert L. Saucy, God's Plan for the Church (Moody, 1972)
Robert Clouse, The Meaning of Millennium: Four Views (1977)
Course End Date: May 18, 2012

Semester Course (12 weeks): February 16 BLG502 Biblical Greek II (3 units/B. Harris)
Time: Every Thursday 6:00pm-10:30pm
Texbooks: Porter, Stanley E., Jeffrey T. Reed, and Matthew Brook O'Donnell. Fundamentals of New Testament Greek. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 2010.
Dobson, John H., and Jane McLarty. Learn New Testament Greek. Carlisle, U.K.: Piquant Editions, 2009.
Course End Date: May 3, 2012

March 2012
March 12-17 TH540 Theology Proper and Creation (3 units/N. Geisler)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks:Norman L. Geisler. Systematic Theology: Volume 2.
Course End Date: June 22, 2012

April 2012
April 23-28 RE505 Contemporary Cults (3 units/R. Rhodes)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbook: Ron Rhodes. The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions.
Norman L. Geisler and Ron Rhodes. Correcting the Cults.
Norman L. Geisler and Ron Rhodes. Conviction Without Compromise.
Course End Date: August 3, 2012

SATURDAY, MAY 5 - Unashamed Youth Apologetics Conference (Murrieta, CA)

May 2012
May 7-12 NT500 Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts for the New Testament
(3 units/G. Carle)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: TBD
Course End Date: August 31, 2012

VES Graduation Thursday, MAY 24, 2012 (Auditorium)

May 21-26 AP504 Christian Ethics (3 units/N. Geisler)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: Norman Geisler, Christian Ethics: Options and Issues (2nd Edition)
Course End Date: August 17, 2012

SUMMER BREAK: May 31 - August 31 (Independent and External Study Available)

Semester Course (12 weeks): September 6 BLH501 Biblical Hebrew I (3 units/TBD)
Time: Every Thursday 6:00pm-10:30pm
Texbooks: TBD
Course End Date: November 29, 2012

August/September 2012
August 27 - September 1 RW499 Research Methods and Technology Skills (P-F/W. Nix)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: TBD
Course End Date: December, 8, 2012

September 2012
September 24-29 AP503: Apologetics to Islam (3 units/C. Allers)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: TBD
Course End Date: December 30, 2012

October 2012
October 22-27 OT508: Leviticus: A Study of the Lord's Feasts
(3 units/A. Fructhenbaum)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: TBD
Course End Date: February 1, 2013

VES ANNUAL APOLOGETICS CONFERENCE - NOV. 9-10, 2012

November 2012
November 12-17 TBD (3 units/N. Geisler)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: TBD
Course End Date: TBD

December 2012
December 3-8 NT505: Hebrews (3 units/A. Fructhenbaum)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: TBD
Course End Date: March 15, 2013

December 10-15 NT Book Study: Epistles of John (3 units/W. Nix)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: TBD
Course End Date: March 23, 2013

***2011 Schedule for reference***

January 2011
January 24-29 NT500 The New Testament in its Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts
(3 units/A. Pitts)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: Bruce Winter. Seek the Welfare of the City (Eerdmans)
Stanley Porter and Craig Evans. Dictionary of NT Background (IVP)
Stegemann and Stegemann. The Jesus Movement (Fortress)
Course End Date: May 7, 2011

February 2011
February 21-26 PH530 History of Philosophy/Christian Thought II (3 units/N. Geisler)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbook: Primary Source Readings. Readings provided by VES.
Course End Date: June 4, 2011

March 2011
March 14-19 NT Exegesis of Galatians (3 units/A. Pitts)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbook:Nanos, Mark D. The Irony of Galatians: Paul's Letter in First-Century Context. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2002.
Hawthorne, Gerald F., Ralph P. Martin, and Daniel G. Reid. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1993.
Schreiner, Thomas R. Galatians. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan, 2010.
Course End Date: July 1, 2011

April 2011
April 11-16 OT500 Ancient Near Eastern Contexts for the Old Testament
(3 units/Adeeb F. Mickahail)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: Ehrlich, Carl S., ed. From an Antique Land: An Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Literature. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009.
Walton, John H. Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2006.
Van de Mieroop, Marc. A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007.
Van de Mieroop, Marc A History of Ancient Egypt. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Course End Date: July 22, 2011

April 25-30 TH560 Hamartiology and Soteriology (3 units/R. Lightner)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: Robert Lightner. Sin, Savior and Salvation.
Norman Geisler. Systematic Theology: Sin and Salvation (Volume III).
Course End Date: August 5, 2011

(ISCA) International Society of Christian Apologetics Annual Meeting 2011
Theme: The Problem of Evil

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina, April 29-30, 2011

May 23-28 OT515 Old Testament Survey (3 units/A. Fruchtenbaum)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbook: TBD
Course End Date: September 2, 2011

SUMMER BREAK: May 29 - August 28 (Independent and External Study Available)

August/September 2011
August 29-September 3 NT510 Jesus and the Early Church: The Gospels and Acts
(3 units/H. Wayne House)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: Walter Elwell and Yarbrough. Encountering the New Testament (Baker Books, 1998).
Norman Geisler. A Popular Survey of the New Testament (Baker Books, 2007).
H. Wayne House. Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament, 2nd ed.
Course End Date: December 9, 2011

September 19-24 NT520 Paul and the Later Church: The NT Letters and Revelation
(3 units/H. Wayne House)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbooks: Same as NT Survey I.
Course End Date: December 30, 2011

October 2011 - INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE
October 10-15 TH550 Christology and Pneumatology (3 units/R. Rhodes)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbook: John Walvoord. Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Robert Bowman and J. Ed Komoszewski. Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ.
E.W. Bullinger. Word Studies on the Holy Spirit.
Course End Date: January 20, 2012

Semester Course (12 weeks): October 27 BLG501 Biblical Greek I (3 units/A. Pitts)
Time: Every Thursday 6:00pm-10:30pm
Texbooks: Porter, Stanley E., Jeffrey T. Reed, and Matthew Brook O'Donnell. Fundamentals of New Testament Greek. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 2010.
Dobson, John H., and Jane McLarty. Learn New Testament Greek. Carlisle, U.K.: Piquant Editions, 2009.
****Pre-Assignment: Memorize the Greek alphabet (pronounciation and written)
Course End Date: January 19, 2012

VES NATIONAL APOLOGETICS CONFERENCE - OCT. 28-29, 2011

November 2011
November 14-19 TH530 Prolegomena and Bibliology (3 units/A. Pitts)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbook: Norman L. Geisler. Systematic Theology: Introduction and Bible. Volume 1.
Course End Date: February 17, 2012

December 2011
December 5-10 AP501 Introduction to Apologetics (3 units/N. Geisler)
Time: Monday through Friday 6pm-10:30pm, Saturday 9am-5:30pm
Textbook: Norman L. Geisler. Baker's Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics.
Course End Date: March 16, 2012