EMMAUS 2004: ISRAEL PROGRAM
“The Life and Land of Jesus”
A Study in New Testament Backgrounds and Biblical Geography
May 18 – June 2, 2004

Academic Credit Information

If you are a registered student at an academic institution you may be eligible for academic credit. You must make your own arrangements for academic credit with the Academic Dean of your institution. See below for academic credit procedures. For those of you desiring academic credit, you must fulfill 4 academic requirements.

  1. You are required to read in advance of the program David Flusser’s book entitled Jesus (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2002; available at the JP website www.jerusalemperspective.com). It is not necessary to bring this book on the program; however, you may find it useful as a resource while on the program. A three-page (single-spaced) “book report and critique” is required and is to be received by Dr. Wink Thompson no later than April 1, 2004. Your book report is to be a critical assessment of the book and your personal response to the material presented. (For example): How did this reading offer new insight into your understanding of Jesus and the Jewish world of his time? Have you come to realize new elements that have benefited your understanding of the ministry and message of the historical Jesus? If so, what are they? Explain with examples and comparisons.     
  2. You are required to purchase and read portions of Carl G. Rasmussen’s NIV Atlas of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989 or later; available at most university bookstores). You are to read pages 5-56 and 160-208 of this atlas in advance of the program. You are to bring this atlas on the trip as a lecture and field resource. At the conclusion of the Jerusalem portion of the program you will be required to take an oral exam during which time you are to explain a biblical passage within its larger geographical setting and secondly, its more specific geographical locale within that region. The text will be offered to you several days in advance in order for you to prepare adequately. Group study is recommended but each student will take the oral exam independently. If you do not wish to take the oral exam, you may substitute a “book report.” This report is to be a three-page (singled-space) written report of how the following book has influenced you in your geographical understanding of the biblical world. If you elect to do a report rather than the oral exam, your report is also due no later than April 1, 2004. Report on Denis Baly’s The Geography of the Bible (New York: Harper & Row, 1974; 1957 edition if 1974 edition is not available; both editions are now out of print but can perhaps be found at your university’s library or through an interlibrary loan service).   
  3. An essay exam (“open field notes”) will be offered at the conclusion of the Galilee field study.  This essay exam will ask you to interact with a biblical passage based on your reading and fieldtrip experience.       
  4. A second essay exam will be offered at the conclusion of the Jerusalem field study.

Your book report(s) and essays will be graded and evaluated by Dr. Notley and Dr. Thompson.  Dr. Thompson will return to you your book report(s), your two essays, and will inform your Academic Dean (or other) that you have completed the academic requirements for credit and a grade has been assigned. Dr. Notley and Dr. Thompson assume no academic responsibility other than the grading of the Emmaus material assigned and presented. Your home institution is responsible for assigning and grading any additional academic requirements.

PROCEDURE FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT

Consult with the following individuals as needed:

    1. Your program Group Leader
    2. Academic Advisor
    3. Department Chairman
    4. Academic Dean

Once agreement has been reached that academic credit will be granted by your home institution for the Emmaus study program to Greece and Turkey, complete the following information and return it to Dr. Thompson (Emmaus Educational Services).

Student’s Full Name  ______________________________________________________

Institution Issuing Credit  ___________________________________________________

Upon completion of all academic requirements, to whom should the final grade be sent? Please provide name, title, complete mailing address and email address.

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Email Address  ___________________________________________________________

As confirmation that your institution has agreed to issue academic credit, please have the Academic Dean place his/her signature below and indicate the number of academic credit hours to be issued.

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Signature of Academic Dean                                                    Date                        Hours

Return this form to:

Dr. Wink Thompson, Administrator
Emmaus Educational Services
401 Blue Goose Lane
Newport, NC, 28570  USA

NOTE: It is highly recommended that you (the student) make a copy of this form after all information and signatures are complete. Store your copy in a secure location in the event there is an unforeseen administrative loss of information.