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== '''Course 4 (PhD): Sensus Plenior and Apostolic Method''' ==
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=== '''Week 1 – Recovering the Apostolic Lens''' ===

* '''Day 1:''' Introduction: The Apostolic Reading of Scripture
** Overview of New Testament use of the Old
** Apostles as Spirit-led interpreters post-cross
* '''Day 2:''' Emmaus Road as Methodology
** Luke 24 as the foundation of sensus plenior
** Discussion: “Did not our hearts burn?”

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=== '''Week 2 – Tools of Apostolic Interpretation''' ===

* '''Day 3:''' SP, Typology, and Pattern Recognition
** Apostolic interpretive techniques 
** From shadow to fulfillment via structure and symbol
* '''Day 4:''' Thematic vs. Predictive Fulfillment
** Prophecy is not prediction—it is patterned
** Workshop: identifying layered prophecy in Torah

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=== '''Week 3 – Case Study: Peter in Acts''' ===

* '''Day 5:''' Pentecost and Joel: Rereading in the Spirit
** Apostolic use of time and theme
** Patterns of judgment and renewal
* '''Day 6:''' David and the Resurrection
** Apostolic reading of Psalms (Psalm 16, 110)
** Workshop: Peter’s logic in Acts 2

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=== '''Week 4 – Case Study: Paul’s Hermeneutics''' ===

* '''Day 7:''' Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah (Galatians 4)
** Allegory, structure, and spiritual lineages
** Reading backwards through the cross
* '''Day 8:''' Israel in the Wilderness (1 Corinthians 10)
** “These things were written for our instruction”
** Symbolic reading of physical events

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=== '''Week 5 – Case Study: Hebrews''' ===

* '''Day 9:''' Melchizedek and Eternal Priesthood
** Genesis and Psalm 110 as pattern, Christ as fulfillment, the message
** High priesthood revealed in layers
* '''Day 10:''' Tabernacle and Sacrifice
** Physical layout as symbolic prophecy
** From shadow to heavenly reality

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=== '''Week 6 – Apostolic Method vs. Modern Hermeneutics''' ===

* '''Day 11:''' Comparing Methods: Apostolic vs Historical-Critical
** Where modern tools fall short
** When literalism obscures deeper meaning
* '''Day 12:''' Workshop: Comparative Paper Planning
** Choose a passage cited by an apostle
** Outline modern vs apostolic approach

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=== '''Week 7 – Midrash and the Rule-Based Method''' ===

* '''Day 13:''' Practicing First-Century Midrash with Apostolic rules
** Consistent symbol use, cross-confirmation, narrative layering
** Case study: the serpent lifted up (Numbers → John 3)
* '''Day 14:''' Workshop: Student Proposals for Midrashic Readings
** Group review and refinement
** Emphasis on rule-based legitimacy

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=== '''Week 8 – Prophetic Structure in Torah''' ===

* '''Day 15:''' Narrative as Prophecy: Genesis Genealogies
** Symbolic names and structural foreshadowing
** Tracing cross patterns before Sinai
* '''Day 16:''' Prophetic Cycles in Exodus and Numbers
** Egypt, wilderness, water, and rebellion as repeated arc
** Class presentations begin

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=== '''Week 9 – Teaching the Emmaus Method''' ===

* '''Day 17:''' From Discovery to Discipleship
** Making apostolic reading accessible to the church
** Teaching others to trace Christ in narrative and pattern
* '''Day 18:''' Peer Presentations (Round 2)
** Continued student-led Torah case studies
** Group discussion and constructive critique

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=== '''Week 10 – Integration and Application''' ===

* '''Day 19:''' Final Project Presentations: Emmaus-Style Readings
** Each student presents a pericope from the Prophets
** Must include SP structure and apostolic logic
* '''Day 20:''' Conclusion: From Apostolic to Prophetic Teacher
** Final discussion on implications for scholarship and preaching
** Blessing and commissioning for rule-based prophetic readers