Diploma in Bible
Scripture Training Program
Unofficial title
The present Diploma in Bible, as a training program in Sacred Scripture, is offered within a framework of contextualized interpretation of biblical texts. This has given life to numerous religious movements that proclaimed the Kingdom of God in diverse historical contexts through a millennial process of readings and rereadings. The history of the effects of the various scriptural hermeneutics has installed interpretations in preaching, theology and pastoral praxis, producing in many occasions pretended common senses alien to the biblical text.
It is therefore necessary to return again and again to the biblical text. A return that will be all the more fruitful the more profound and systematic it is. Hence, the context of production of the biblical text, its contexts of transmission, its place in the canon and our current context of reading constitute some of the indispensable aspects to be considered in order to recover an attentive, rigorous and ethical reading of the Sacred Scriptures. The necessary return to the text will be, at the same time, the movement that will enable a new and liberating reinterpretation that will help us to respond to various current problems.
Who is the Diploma in Bible Studies for?
- Teachers working in the field of formal or non-formal education linked to institutions, organizations and communities identified with the Christian faith.
- To the personnel of diaconal institutions, foundations and Christian civil associations engaged in the execution of actions and projects in the socio-community area.
- To members of Christian communities that develop diverse ministries and tasks that demand a well-founded knowledge of the Bible.
- To the general public, interested in acquiring competencies that allow them to understand and value the influence of the Christian Scriptures as a relevant factor in diverse areas of our societies and their cultures.
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
To introduce the knowledge of the Sacred Scriptures from an integral perspective that will address the process of their formation, transmission and interpretation in light of current challenges in the areas of human rights, ecological and economic justice, gender diversity and migration, among others.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
- Understand the process of canonization of the Old and New Testaments.
- To inquire into the socio-cultural and literary contexts associated with biblical texts.
- Appreciate the various themes and issues present in the different books of the Bible.
- Appropriate exegetical tools used in the study of biblical writings.
- Develop skills for biblical interpretation.
- To become familiar with the basic reference bibliography for the study of the Scriptures.
At the end of the Diploma in Bible the student will be able to:
- To be part of biblical animation teams.
- Perform a contextualized reading and interpretation of biblical texts.
- Recognize literalist, forced interpretations that do not do justice to the horizon of the text.
- Encourage or coordinate Bible studies.
- Produce biblical aids for liturgical, catechetical and diaconal animation in the communities.
- To critically approach the Sacred Scriptures for the discernment of current issues.
The course is organized in four modules of two thematic units each. Each thematic unit is developed over four classes (weeks):
Module 1: Old Testament
- Unit 1: Pentateuch and historical
- Unit 2: Prophets and Sapiential
Module 2: New Testament
- Unit 1: Gospels and Acts of the Apostles
- Unit 2: Epistles and Revelation
Module 3: Biblical interpretation tools
- Unit 1: Interpretation tools I. Text analysis
- Unit 2: Interpretation tools II. The text and its literary and historical context
Module 4: Bible and Daily Life
- Unit 1: Hermeneutical issues
- Unit 2: Approaches and perspectives
Below is a table showing the development of the contents in a chart that reflects the sequencing of the curriculum throughout the 32 weeks of the course:
MODULE | UNIT | Contents week 1 | Contents week 2 | Contents week 3 | Contents week 4 |
I Old Testament (8 weeks) First four-month period | Pentateuch and Historical | Geographical and historical location TA Canon and Content | Pentateuch | Pentateuch | Historical |
Prophets and Sapiential | Prophets | Prophets | Sapienciales | Sapienciales | |
II New Testament (8 weeks) First four-month period | Gospels and Acts | Geographical and historical location Canon and content of the NT | Mark and Matthew | Luke and Acts | John |
Epistles and Paulines | Pauline Letters I | Pauline Letters II | Universal letters | Apocalypse | |
III Interpretation tools (8 weeks) Second four-month period | Interpretation tools I | Interpretation and use. The limits of interpretation. | The Different Versions of the Bible: Case Study | The text and its historical context | Intertextual analysis |
Interpretation tools II | The literary genre | The text and its literary context | Style analysis I | Style analysis II | |
IV Bible and daily life (8 weeks) Second four-month period | Hermeneutical issues | From the biblical world to ours | The "situation" of the reader | The "Exegesis" of our context | Share the text |
Approaches and perspectives | Gender reading | Socioeconomic reading | Ecological reading | Reading from Native Peoples |
The Diploma is offered under the "distance learning" modality through the REET Foundation's e-learning platform. This format combines synchronous and asynchronous activities. Synchronous activities consist of classes that are delivered via zoom in the format of videoconferences in which all students must participate at the same time. They will be held on Wednesdays every two weeks at 7:00 PM (ARG: 7:00 PM). The asynchronous sessions are made up of on-line work proposals such as participation in forums, work completion, video viewing, bibliography reading and collaborative tasks among students.
The participation in all these activities and the completion of the tasks involved demands a weekly dedication of approximately 4 hours (240 minutes) for each student. The outline of activities for each module is presented below:
UNIT | Week | Synchronous Activity | Asynchronous Activity |
1 | 1 | Yes: class (videoconference of approx. 90 min.) | Yes |
1 | 2 | No | Yes |
1 | 3 | Yes: class (videoconference of approx. 90 min.) | Yes |
1 | 4 | No | Yes |
2 | 5 | Yes: class (videoconference of approx. 90 min.) | Yes |
2 | 6 | No | Yes |
2 | 7 | Yes: class (videoconference of approx. 90 min.) | Yes |
2 | 8 | No | Yes |
This scheme is applied to the teaching of each of the 4 (four) modules. At the end of each one of them, at the end of the eighth week, there will be two free weeks that will be dedicated to the completion of the concluding work of the module. The delivery of this work is the condition for the approval of each module. Its length will be between 3 and 5 pages and each teacher will give the respective instructions.
The Diploma in Bible is a pedagogical proposal of articulated, sequenced and integrated formation in Sacred Scriptures. However, each of the modules can be taken autonomously or independently, since there is no correlation between them. In this way, the integration of students will be favored at the beginning of each one.
In addition, it is established that the approval of the Diploma in Bible can be presented at the REET Foundation to approve by equivalence the subject "Introduction to Biblical Theology" in the framework of the Introductory Cycle of the future University Degree in Theology.
Calendar 2024
- Public presentation together with the EEH-NS: November 21 at 7 pm.
- Free informative on-line chat: December 13, 2023, 7:00 PM ARG (7:00 PM). Request link to participate at secretariareet@gmail.com
- First round of promotional registrations (2023): from December 1 to December 22, 2023.
- Second round of registration (2024): from February 5 to March 8.
- Free informative on-line chat: Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 7:00 PM ARG (7:00 PM). Request link to participate at secretariareet@gmail.com
- Introduction to the Virtual Environment and Socialization (free admission course): from February 20 to March 18.
- Start of Module 1: March 13.
- End of Module 1: May 7.
- Start of Module 2: May 22.
- End of Module 2: July 16.
- Start of Module 3: July 31.
- End of Module 3: September 24.
- Start of Module 4: October 9.
- End of Module 4: December 3.
- End of the 2024 academic year of the Diploma in Bible Studies: December 20.
The academic, pedagogical, administrative, technical and communicational management of the Diploma in Bible (DB) is under the responsibility of the REET Foundation. The DB has a coordinator appointed by the academic management team of REET and a teaching team responsible for the teaching of the modules. The coordination of the DB works in conjunction with the REET Academic Secretariat with which it coordinates all the details related to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all aspects related to the Diploma.
Tuition fees are paid in 11 annual payments. The first of these corresponds to the tuition fee, the payment of which is one of the conditions for enrollment. Then, 10 consecutive monthly installments are to be paid from March to December, inclusive.
DB students who have the support and endorsement of the same educational or diaconal institution, community or ecclesial congregation of belonging and register through the same, will be able to access the benefit of 3 x 2 in all academic fees. This means that they study 3 and pay 2.
Fees are updated periodically. For more information and registration, please contact our secretariat: secretariareet@gmail.com
Self-registrations through our catalog
The present Diploma in Bible, as a training program in Sacred Scripture, is offered within a framework of contextualized interpretation of biblical texts. This has given life to numerous religious movements that proclaimed the Kingdom of God in diverse historical contexts through a millennial process of readings and rereadings. The history of the effects of the various scriptural hermeneutics has installed interpretations in preaching, theology and pastoral praxis, producing in many occasions pretended common senses alien to the biblical text.
It is therefore necessary to return again and again to the biblical text. A return that will be all the more fruitful the more profound and systematic it is. Hence, the context of production of the biblical text, its contexts of transmission, its place in the canon and our current context of reading constitute some of the indispensable aspects to be considered in order to recover an attentive, rigorous and ethical reading of the Sacred Scriptures. The necessary return to the text will be, at the same time, the movement that will enable a new and liberating reinterpretation that will help us to respond to various current problems.
Who is the Diploma in Bible Studies for?
- Teachers working in the field of formal or non-formal education linked to institutions, organizations and communities identified with the Christian faith.
- To the personnel of diaconal institutions, foundations and Christian civil associations engaged in the execution of actions and projects in the socio-community area.
- To members of Christian communities that develop diverse ministries and tasks that demand a well-founded knowledge of the Bible.
- To the general public, interested in acquiring competencies that allow them to understand and value the influence of the Christian Scriptures as a relevant factor in diverse areas of our societies and their cultures.
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
To introduce the knowledge of the Sacred Scriptures from an integral perspective that will address the process of their formation, transmission and interpretation in light of current challenges in the areas of human rights, ecological and economic justice, gender diversity and migration, among others.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
- Understand the process of canonization of the Old and New Testaments.
- To inquire into the socio-cultural and literary contexts associated with biblical texts.
- Appreciate the various themes and issues present in the different books of the Bible.
- Appropriate exegetical tools used in the study of biblical writings.
- Develop skills for biblical interpretation.
- To become familiar with the basic reference bibliography for the study of the Scriptures.
At the end of the Diploma in Bible the student will be able to:
- To be part of biblical animation teams.
- Perform a contextualized reading and interpretation of biblical texts.
- Recognize literalist, forced interpretations that do not do justice to the horizon of the text.
- Encourage or coordinate Bible studies.
- Produce biblical aids for liturgical, catechetical and diaconal animation in the communities.
- To critically approach the Sacred Scriptures for the discernment of current issues.
The course is organized in four modules of two thematic units each. Each thematic unit is developed over four classes (weeks):
Module 1: Old Testament
- Unit 1: Pentateuch and historical
- Unit 2: Prophets and Sapiential
Module 2: New Testament
- Unit 1: Gospels and Acts of the Apostles
- Unit 2: Epistles and Revelation
Module 3: Biblical interpretation tools
- Unit 1: Interpretation tools I. Text analysis
- Unit 2: Interpretation tools II. The text and its literary and historical context
Module 4: Bible and Daily Life
- Unit 1: Hermeneutical issues
- Unit 2: Approaches and perspectives
Below is a table showing the development of the contents in a chart that reflects the sequencing of the curriculum throughout the 32 weeks of the course:
MODULE | UNIT | Contents week 1 | Contents week 2 | Contents week 3 | Contents week 4 |
I Old Testament (8 weeks) First four-month period | Pentateuch and Historical | Geographical and historical location TA Canon and Content | Pentateuch | Pentateuch | Historical |
Prophets and Sapiential | Prophets | Prophets | Sapienciales | Sapienciales | |
II New Testament (8 weeks) First four-month period | Gospels and Acts | Geographical and historical location Canon and content of the NT | Mark and Matthew | Luke and Acts | John |
Epistles and Paulines | Pauline Letters I | Pauline Letters II | Universal letters | Apocalypse | |
III Interpretation tools (8 weeks) Second four-month period | Interpretation tools I | Interpretation and use. The limits of interpretation. | The Different Versions of the Bible: Case Study | The text and its historical context | Intertextual analysis |
Interpretation tools II | The literary genre | The text and its literary context | Style analysis I | Style analysis II | |
IV Bible and daily life (8 weeks) Second four-month period | Hermeneutical issues | From the biblical world to ours | The "situation" of the reader | The "Exegesis" of our context | Share the text |
Approaches and perspectives | Gender reading | Socioeconomic reading | Ecological reading | Reading from Native Peoples |
The Diploma is offered under the "distance learning" modality through the REET Foundation's e-learning platform. This format combines synchronous and asynchronous activities. Synchronous activities consist of classes that are delivered via zoom in the format of videoconferences in which all students must participate at the same time. They will be held on Wednesdays every two weeks at 7:00 PM (ARG: 7:00 PM). The asynchronous sessions are made up of on-line work proposals such as participation in forums, work completion, video viewing, bibliography reading and collaborative tasks among students.
The participation in all these activities and the completion of the tasks involved demands a weekly dedication of approximately 4 hours (240 minutes) for each student. The outline of activities for each module is presented below:
UNIT | Week | Synchronous Activity | Asynchronous Activity |
1 | 1 | Yes: class (videoconference of approx. 90 min.) | Yes |
1 | 2 | No | Yes |
1 | 3 | Yes: class (videoconference of approx. 90 min.) | Yes |
1 | 4 | No | Yes |
2 | 5 | Yes: class (videoconference of approx. 90 min.) | Yes |
2 | 6 | No | Yes |
2 | 7 | Yes: class (videoconference of approx. 90 min.) | Yes |
2 | 8 | No | Yes |
This scheme is applied to the teaching of each of the 4 (four) modules. At the end of each one of them, at the end of the eighth week, there will be two free weeks that will be dedicated to the completion of the concluding work of the module. The delivery of this work is the condition for the approval of each module. Its length will be between 3 and 5 pages and each teacher will give the respective instructions.
The Diploma in Bible is a pedagogical proposal of articulated, sequenced and integrated formation in Sacred Scriptures. However, each of the modules can be taken autonomously or independently, since there is no correlation between them. In this way, the integration of students will be favored at the beginning of each one.
In addition, it is established that the approval of the Diploma in Bible can be presented at the REET Foundation to approve by equivalence the subject "Introduction to Biblical Theology" in the framework of the Introductory Cycle of the future University Degree in Theology.
Calendar 2024
- Public presentation together with the EEH-NS: November 21 at 7 pm.
- Free informative on-line chat: December 13, 2023, 7:00 PM ARG (7:00 PM). Request link to participate at secretariareet@gmail.com
- First round of promotional registrations (2023): from December 1 to December 22, 2023.
- Second round of registration (2024): from February 5 to March 8.
- Free informative on-line chat: Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 7:00 PM ARG (7:00 PM). Request link to participate at secretariareet@gmail.com
- Introduction to the Virtual Environment and Socialization (free admission course): from February 20 to March 18.
- Start of Module 1: March 13.
- End of Module 1: May 7.
- Start of Module 2: May 22.
- End of Module 2: July 16.
- Start of Module 3: July 31.
- End of Module 3: September 24.
- Start of Module 4: October 9.
- End of Module 4: December 3.
- End of the 2024 academic year of the Diploma in Bible Studies: December 20.
The academic, pedagogical, administrative, technical and communicational management of the Diploma in Bible (DB) is under the responsibility of the REET Foundation. The DB has a coordinator appointed by the academic management team of REET and a teaching team responsible for the teaching of the modules. The coordination of the DB works in conjunction with the REET Academic Secretariat with which it coordinates all the details related to the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all aspects related to the Diploma.
Tuition fees are paid in 11 annual payments. The first of these corresponds to the tuition fee, the payment of which is one of the conditions for enrollment. Then, 10 consecutive monthly installments are to be paid from March to December, inclusive.
DB students who have the support and endorsement of the same educational or diaconal institution, community or ecclesial congregation of belonging and register through the same, will be able to access the benefit of 3 x 2 in all academic fees. This means that they study 3 and pay 2.
Fees are updated periodically. For more information and registration, please contact our secretariat: secretariareet@gmail.com