Teaching Method

Students learn most about the specific methodology of Biblical exegesis and ancient languages in seminars and activities where active participation is required and where the student can practice what he has learnt in practical exercises which are subject to formative evaluation. It is also in this context that the student learns how to link, via the detailed analysis of texts, a variety of disciplines: philology, literature, the history and culture of the Biblical world, hermaneutics. Incidentally, in the main lecture activities, the syllabi promote a combination of teaching and research.
The syllabi of the various activities foresee a variety of teaching methods, depending on the way languages and exegesis methods are being learnt. The fact that, in the analytical activities, specific issues are envisaged promotes a variety of approaches per theme involving different types of knowledge and skills.
Seminars are the best place to vary the learning approach : independent study (at the library and with the help of the tools provided by new technology), group work and debates, coaching by the teacher. Moreover, the low number of students means the latter have ample opportunity to interact with the teacher in his lecture hall, where study situations can be altered depending on the short or medium-term objective in the activity.

The modes of evaluation are outlined in the syllabus for each activity. For seminars, formative evaluation is foreseen in the syllabus. Evaluation is mainly carried out in the form of a classic oral or written exam and written work with formative evaluation.
Courses in Biblical languages to be followed for two years (Biblical Hebrew and Greek) will be subject to one evaluation at the end of the two years ; the evaluation will take into account the philological skills acquired by the student. In the first year, course participation will be validated where it has been active.