NEW MAPI Course: "BIble vs Qur'an" (Jan.29-Mar.18) with Dr Janosik & Dr Smith

We introduce the 9th of our ten MAPI courses for our 'Master's Degree in Apologetics and Polemics to Islam' program (MAPI). This course is entitled IS509[24] "The Bible vs The Qur'an", taught by Dr Daniel Janosik & Dr Jay Smith every Monday evening from January 29 - March 18, 2024. Each week they will do comparisons between the Bible and the Qur'an in every important area, including which revelation has a better canonization, has been more corrupted, is more relevant, has better manuscripts, is more internally and externally reliable, is more historically accurate, and which can really claim to be the true 'Word of God'. Beginning on Monday the 29th of January (starting at 8:00 p.m. - Eastern Time) Dr Janosik and Dr Smith will be lecturing for 8 weeks, with each lecture followed by a 'live' discussion and Q&A between the students and themselves on the material introduced in each lecture. To register for the course just e-mail "Peter" before January 29th at: pdiaz@ves.edu Dr Janosik & Dr Smith will be lecturing 'live', via Zoom Webinar, every Monday evening from 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time - USA) until March 18. Since all of our teaching is by Zoom Webinar, you can watch the lectures from the comfort of your own home, anywhere in the world, or at any time, as they will be recorded and the URL will be sent to you by Dr Smith the next day by email. But you need to be a Christian to take this course, due to the fact that it is being taught at the 'Veritas International University' (VIU) which is a Christian seminary headquartered in New Mexico, and, therefore, only Christians can participate. Every lecture will be recorded, and the URL along with the PowerPoints and PDFs will be sent to every registered student, so that those who are asleep, or cannot be at the 'live lectures', can still watch them wherever they are, and at any time they choose. As we have in the past, we are offering this course for 3 categories of students: 1) Full-TIme Master's or Doctoral Degree Students: The first category are those students who want to take this course for a Master's or a Doctorate academic credit. This is a 3-credit course, so the fee for each credit is $330, which makes the cost for the whole course around $1,000 (depending on whether you are a returning or a new student). For these full-time students, the full course itself continues for 15 weeks, stretching from January 29, 2024 - May 20, 2024 (though there are only 8 weeks of lecture). This will give you ample time to read and then write logs on the books required for the course, participate in the discussions, write your Research papers, and write your final 'open book' exam. 2) Audit Students: The second category are those students who want to simply audit the course. The fee for this 8-week course is $325. An Audit student will not have any assignments, but will have access to the Populi site where the discussions and assignments are found (like the Full-time academic students), and will be able to listen to the lectures and will be sent the PowerPoints and PDFs to download. 3) Personal Enrichment Students: The third category are those students who simply want to take this course for their 'Personal Enrichment'. Their fee for the 8-week course is $225. Unlike the Full-time students or the Audit students, they will not have access to the Populi site, but will still have "live access" to all of the lectures and will be sent the PowerPoints and PDFs to download. To underline the distinctions, while all of the students in all 3 categories will have access to all of the lectures and to all of the PowerPoints and PDFs for the entire course, the full-time Academic (as well as the Audit students) will also have admission to the Populi site to participate in the ongoing weekly discussions, and will have access to the reading lists and assignments, though the full-time students will only be required to fulfill them. If you are interested in any of these 3 levels, simply e-mail the registrar 'Peter Diaz' at: pdiaz@ves.edu But you need to hurry, as the first lecture begins on Monday, January 29, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US). Just e-mail: pdiaz@ves.edu Lecture Topics: Week 1 - Which is the Word of God, the Bible or the Qur’an? Week 2 - Which is corrupt, the Bible or the Qur’an? Week 3 - Which is more relevant, the Bible or the Qur’an? Week 4 - Which is more canonical, the Bible or the Qur’an? Week 5 - Which has better manuscripts, the Bible or the Qur’an? Week 6 - Which is more internally reliable, the Bible or the Qur’an? Week 7 - Which is more historically accurate, the Bible or the Qur’an? Week 8 - Which Scripture is the real “Word of God”? We're looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Monday, January 29th, but do register first at: pdiaz@ves.edu © Pfander Centre for Apologetics & Polemics - US, January 15, 2024 (101,160) Music: 'Uplifting Blockbuster', by Rafael Krux, from Flmmusic-io