Syllabus - Romans
and Galatians
I. PURPOSE:
A. An in depth study of Paul’s letters to the
Church at Rome and to the churches of Galatia.
II. TEXTBOOK:
A. The King James Version of the Bible only.
III. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
A. Each student is required to read both books
EVERY WEEK
1. Each student will be on the honor system to
fulfill the weekly reading assignment.
2. This counts as 1/4 of your final grade.
B. Each student will send me one question with
their own answer to the question for each of the three hours we are in
class. These questions are to be taken from the material covered that
hour.
1. This is one question (with the student’s
answer) from the first hour and one question (with the student’s
answer) from the second hour and one question (with the student’s
answer) from the third hour.
2. These questions will count 1/4 of your
final grade.
a. The questions will be graded by how much
thought the student puts into each question, as well as their
answer.
b. If the student is just “trying to get
by” with their questions and answers, this will reduce your
grade.
C. The questions must be emailed to me no later
than midnight, the following Monday night.
D. Each student is required to make their own
outline of each book as we are studying the book in class.
1. When we finish the study of a specific
book, the student must email me a copy of the outline by midnight of
the following Monday night.
2. Notice: This is to be their own personal
outline, not borrowed from some other source.
3. The outline is to have the proper headings,
subheadings, etc.
a. I will email each student an example of
the style to be used.
IV. BOOKS REQUIRED
A. Required: R. L. Whiteside: A New Commentary on Paul’s
Letter to the Saints at Rome.
B. Required: A Commentary on Galatians by J. Noel Merideth (Photo copies can be obtained from the Phillips Street church of Christ – Contact Tom L. Bright).
C. Suggested Reading: A Commentary of Galatians by Jerry Brewer.
D. Suggested Reading:
Studies in Romans by Robert R. Taylor.
E. Suggested Reading: Studies in Romans by Tom
Wacaster.
V. MEMORY VERSES
A. Galatians 1:6-8; 2:16, 20; 3:23-26; 4:16;
5:4; 5:19-23; 6:7-8
B. Romans 1:1-5; 1:16-17; 2:16; 3:20; 4:6-7;
5:6-8; 6:3-4; 8:1-4; 10:1-4; 11:26; 12:1-2; 14:12; 15:4
VI. SCHEDULE OF THE COURSE
Session 1 – Background to the Galatian
Epistle; Introduction and Chapter 1
Session 2 – Chapters 2
Session 3 – Chapter 3
Session 4 – Chapter 4
Session 5 – Chapters 5-6
Session 6 – Background & Introduction to the
book of Romans; Chapter 1
Session 7 – Chapter 2
Session 8 – Chapter 3
Session 9 – Chapter 4
Session 10 – Chapter 5
Session 11 – Chapter 6
Session 12 – Chapter 7
Session 13 – Chapter 8
Session 14 – Chapter 9
Session 15 – Chapter 10
Session 16 – Chapter 11
Session 17 – Chapters 12 & 13
Session 18 – Chapters 14-16
VII. TESTS
A. There will be a test on each book.
B. The test will be emailed out the day we
finish the book and will be due by the following Friday night at
midnight.
VIII. TERM PAPER
A. A term paper of approximately 1,800-2000
words total will be required. It should be produced in a format which
can be transmitted by e-mail and must be in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word or
RTF format. All pages must be of consistent fonts and font sizes in
headers, titles and text body, and it must include page numbering. It
must be double spaced, formatted with 1 inch margins on all sides and
be checked for spelling, grammar and punctuation.
1. Papers are due by midnight, May 30.
My email address is: tlbright@oabs.org
2. My mailing address is: OABS,
912 Phillips St., Dyersburg, TN 38024
B. The title of the Term Paper will be: “What
Is Meant by ‘The Righteousness of God?’ ”
*Note: The student can begin on the Term Paper
whenever they desire, but must wait until the completion of the course
to turn it in to the Instructor.
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