poor research or understanding!
I would like to take a moment to reply to some of the above statements. I personally spoke to Walston, by email, and he stated to me that the reason he did lot list Bethany was because he had earned a good number of degrees and he did not feel like listing them all, not that he had anything against Bethany.
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It would really take a lot of time and space to list his Bethany degree, wouldn't it:laugh:
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Second, in reply to "No one on the Bethany faculty has an accredited PhD/ThD in Bible or Theology" is not true. Dr. E.G. Sherman, who chairs the Educational Theology Department, and serves as a Bethany professor, holds a Ph. D., from Purdue University, graduated 1986.
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Swing and miss #1: not in Bible/Theology . So, your claim is untrue!!
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Dr. Twanna Hall, Assistant Chair, and professor of English, holds a Ph. D., from Florida State University, graduated in 1991.
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Swing and miss #2: not in Bible/Theology . So, your claim is untrue!
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Dr. H. Fred Williams, who chairs the Biblical Theology Department and serves as a professor received his Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Seminary and his Master of Theology and Doctor of Theology from Luther Rice Seminary (now university).
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Swing and miss #3: LR was UNACCREDITED when Fred got his ThD :BangHead: ANY THD/PhD before LR was accredited IS unaccredited. So, your claim is untrue and you are OUT.!
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. Thesis submitted to Bethany are reviewed by a committee made up from the Academic Board.
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Which has on it no members with accredited PhDs/Thds in Bible/Theology
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Fourth, let me reply to offering a doctorate with no language requirements. As for the doctorate in theology, if one would look closely, Bethany offers a Doctor of Theological Studies, and not a Doctor of Theology. This doctorate does not require a language. Now days, most of the classic texts written in Greek and Hebrew have been translated into English. Moreover, there are many, many tools today whereby one can explore the original writings without having to know the language. Bethany does require doctoral candidates to either be efficient with the use of the computer or complete a course in computer. One will have to admit that one must learn the language of the computer in order to use it. Therefore, it is a language within itself. I will admit this is not Hebrew and Greek, but it is a language. If learning the computer is not a language it provides you with a tool to research the original texts. As for the PH. D., requiring a language, I do not think this is true in all cases, and even if it is true in all cases, there again, I refer you to the language of the computer. Thank you for allowing this reply.[/quote]
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ummmm, then Bethany of Dothan does NOt do what EVERY, EVERY accredited , evangelical seminaryin the USA does--they ALL (as in EVERY ONE) require Biblical languages to even BEGIN doc work in Bible!! ALL OF THEM!:tonofbricks: That makes B of D quite unique-- but in the wrong way. How wonderful for B of D to refuse to do what all those accredited, evangelical schools do! In other words a B of D doc grad cannot do what one beginning an accredited doc can do.
B of D sets its standard high: Do less .
Do you think that one without the languages can using those "many tools" explain why or why not harpagmos is an overlooked datum for functional inequality within the Godhead or whether the articular infinitive there is anaphoric? Simple task any Western Seminary MDiv grad should be able to do.