(September 1946), published a Bible Study Course—New Testament, Bulletin No. 170. It was authorized by the Board of Education, April 23, 1946, and printed in The Dallas Public Schools Printshop, Dallas, Texas:
Foreword. … the Dallas public schools allowed one-half credit toward high-school graduation for the successful completion of a general survey course in the Bible, given in the churches and Sunday schools of the city. In 1939, it was decided to provide separate courses in the Old and the New Testaments, each course carrying one-half unit of credit toward high-school graduation.
E.B. Comstock,
Assistant Superintendent
in Charge of High Schools3911
INTRODUCTION
REGULATIONS GOVERNING
NEW TESTAMENT STUDY COURSE
1. Classes may be organized by any Sunday school or church or any other religious organization for the purpose of studying the Bible in their respective organizations with a view to obtaining high-school credit. Successful completion of the course gives one-half unit credit toward high-school graduation.
2. An application blank, giving necessary information about the class, must be filled out and filed with the Assistant Superintendent in charge of Dallas High Schools.
3. There must be a minimum of forty class periods of 90 minutes net teaching time; or sixty 60–minute periods, net time; or eighty 45–minute periods, net time. In no case will fewer than forty different class sessions be accepted.
4. The text used is the NEW TESTAMENT STUDY COURSE, a syllabus published by the authority of the Dallas Board of Education for use in Bible Study credit classes.
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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
(NEW TESTAMENT)
The course is itself a “minimum course,” since teachers are expected to supplement rather than subtract from the topics included. The following summary requirements are listed for purpose of emphasis and review:
1. Ability to name and classify the books of the Bible (common classifications).
2. General knowledge of the New Testament as outlined in the course of study. Reading of the entire New Testament is required.
3. Ability to reproduce the memory passages indicated in connection with the lessons and given in full in the appendix.
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APPENDIX
REQUIRED MEMORY VERSES
(for review purposes)
(Pupils should be able to reproduce from memory each of the following quotations when given the accompanying lead, the book, chapter, and verse reference.)
LESSON I.
1. The pre-existence of Christ:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. … And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (John 1:1, 3, 14)
LESSON II.
2. Jesus to the devil in the wilderness:
It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. … It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. … Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10)
LESSON III.
3. The purpose of Christ’s coming:
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
LESSON IV. … LESSON XLV.3914