manthano

Well, back in the daily grind of academia here at BJ of U. Classes started on Wednesday, and everything is in full swing as evidenced by a full load of homework this weekend. To copy a friend of mine, here is a list of the classes I'm taking this semester in no particular order.

• NT 460 ~ Gospels and Acts
• ALG 201 ~ Intermediate New Testament Greek
• Pr 301 ~ Junior Preacher Boys class: Ministry and Law / Church Education
• En 202 ~ Early British Literature
• RPA 302 ~ Pulpit Speech
• CpS 109 ~ Introduction to Programming: VB.NET
• OT 320 ~ Historical Books: Joshua - Esther

All in all… 18 credits. Add to that 15 hours of work on stage crew per week, it makes for a pretty busy schedule.

For those that don't know, I'm a Junior Bible major, (and as of this semester) with a minor in Information Technology (IT). (The major/minor combo explains the Bible and CpS classes, the fact that Bob Jones University is a liberal arts school explains the literature.)

Well, got to get back to that homework… Mmmm, Beowulf…

manthano - koine greek for “I am learning.” That’s what this blog is about, what I am learning - be it about the Bible, computers, etc.

So why koine Greek? Koine Greek is the language I am learning right now at school. I’m leaming it so I can study the Bible (at least the NT) in it’s original language. I have had a year of it so far, and I will continue learning it this year.

Another cool word is mathetes. This word is the noun form of manthano. It literally means “learner.” In the Bible it is usually translated “disciple.” It is used of the original 12 as well as others who followed Christ. That is what I desire to be, one who follows Christ, a mathetes. I am still learning.