New master's in Biblical Languages to be offered in fall 2009

7/22/2009

Houston Baptist University will begin offering its tenth master’s degree program, the Master of Arts in Biblical Languages, in August 2009. In addition to permitting students to establish a master’s level proficiency in both Hebrew and Greek, the program will include work in linguistics, hermeneutics and Aramaic.

Students completing the 30 hours in biblical languages required to earn the degree will learn from three nationally and internationally recognized linguists who each work in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic. The Master of Arts in Biblical Languages program will equip graduates to read the Bible and related literature in their original languages with an understanding of grammatical, syntactical, semantic, discursive, rhetorical, exegetical and hermeneutical issues.

The specialized Master of Arts in Biblical Languages builds upon HBU’s currently available Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Languages and enhances its existing Master of Arts in Theological Studies. Graduates of HBU's undergraduate biblical langauges program are presently attending premier graduate programs in biblical languages at universities such as the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa, and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

For more information on HBU’s new Master of Arts in Biblical Languages, including instructions on how to apply, please visit www.hbu.edu/MABL or contact Sharon Wiser, administrative assistant for the HBU School of Theology, at 281-649-3383 or swiser@hbu.edu.

Houston Baptist University is a Christian liberal arts university dedicated to the development of the intellect, the moral character, and the spiritual lives of its students. HBU offers what few other faith-based colleges or universities can - a dynamic learning environment on a diverse, real-world campus located in one of the nation's largest and most international cities.