Overview…

Shalom!  Welcome!  I am excited to introduce
“Ariel College of the Bible and Messianic Jewish Studies.”

This short overview is a great place to begin as you consider taking one course or an entire degree program with us.

May the God of Jacob guide your steps,

Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, ThM, PhD

Founder

Ariel College of the Bible and Messianic Jewish Studies

WHAT IS ARIEL COLLEGE OF THE BIBLE AND MESSIANIC JEWISH STUDIES?

MISSION STATEMENT:

“Ariel College of the Bible and Messianic Jewish Studies (ACB-MJS) is an online Bible college that specializes in teaching the Bible and Theology from a Messianic Jewish perspective, for the glory of God and the good of His people.”

 

VISION STATEMENT:

“The vision of ACB-MJS is to be recognized as the best online Bible and Messianic Jewish Studies college in the world, in the eyes of God and His people.”

 

FOUNDING:

  • Ariel Ministries was founded in 1977 by Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, ThM, PhD.
  • In 2016 the Ariel Board decided to launch a new online educational division of Ariel.
    • Stage One was to produce college-level Ariel online courses.
    • Stage Two was to establish Ariel’s online college, ACB-MJS.

CAN I JUST TAKE ONE OR TWO COURSES?

  • Yes!  You can take a course, “a la carte,” any time!
  • You will learn more about this in STEP 2, “CHOOSE A PLAN.”

 

DEGREES:

  • All degrees are in one major only, “Biblical and Messianic Jewish Studies.”
  • Completion of 20 full-credit ACB-MJS courses earns students an Associate’s Degree, 40 courses a Bachelor’s, and 60 courses a Master’s. All courses are three credit-hours each except the planned Foundation courses (see “Foundations” in the “List of Courses” section below).
  • All students, regardless of prior training, courses, or degrees, begin at the Associate’s Level.  We do this because of our unique focus on the Messianic Jewish perspective in all of our courses as well as our theological and doctrinal positions.
  • Students pursuing a degree from us can select any of our Tier 1 or Tier 2 courses in any order they desire.  However, those courses comprised of multiple parts, (e.g. the four Life of Yeshua courses and the two Eschatology/Revelation courses) must be taken in sequential order.
  • Also, after the four “Foundations” courses are developed and launched, students will need to take these prior to graduation (FND 101-104).  These Foundations courses are planned to be completed in 2024. Three of these courses will be one-credit courses.
  • We are a new college and we will be adding 3-5 new courses each year. 

COSTS AND FEES:

  • The tuition cost for non-credit (audit-only) courses ranges from $50 to $75.
  • The cost for full-credit courses ranges from $125 to $375. This is far below what most other colleges charge for online courses.  
  • We keep our prices extremely low because we do not want the costs to be a burden to any of our students.
  • We are only able to provide these courses at such low prices because of the sacrificial financial giving of believers who donate to this division of Ariel. 
  • You will see specific course prices in the “Catalog” item on the navigation bar.

 

ACCREDITATION:

We are a new school and are not currently seeking accreditation.  Our focus now is to develop our courses and program in ways well-pleasing to God so that we are fully aligned with His Word and His will.  If at some point the Lord wants us to seek accreditation then of course we will do that.  If you need a degree from an accredited college for work/employment, or for ordination from a denomination, or to transfer credits to another college, or to apply to another college/seminary, then you would need a degree from an accredited college, so ACB-MJS would not be the right choice in such cases.   

LIST OF ACB-MJS COURSES:
CURRENT AND PLANNED

Click the arrows to the left of each of the eight headings below (A-H) for the listings of the courses under each discipline. 

  1. Academic Foundations: Introduction to college-level writing skills, academic/theological reading methods, evaluating arguments and truth claims, and academic research methods (1 credit) (FND 101)*
  2. Personal Foundations: Spiritual, Physical, Mental, Emotional, Financial, Relational, Marital, Social, and Vocational Health (1 Credit) (FND 102)*
  3. Doctrinal Foundations: The Gospel, Essential Truths, and ACB-MJS Distinctives (1Credit) (FND 103)*
  4. Interpretive Foundations: Introduction to Hermeneutics and Bible Study Methods (FND 104)*
  5. Bachelors and Masters Graduation Capstone – Paper/Presentation (0 Credits) (FND 105)
  6. Mastering Logos Bible Software (1 credit) (FND 201)
  7. Advanced Topics in Biblical Hermeneutics (FND 202)
  8. Advanced Topics in Dispensationalism (FND 203)

*FND 101, FND 102, and FND 103 are all one-credit courses, and are, in addition to FND 104, required of all Tier 1-2 students who are seeking a graduation certificate from ACB-MJS.

  1. Introduction to the Messianic Jewish Faith: The Biblical Basis for the Messianic Jewish Distinctive, Historical Survey, Relationship to Modern Judaism and the State of Israel, Law of Moses/Law of Messiah and the Sabbath (JHC 101)
  2. Introduction to the Messianic Jewish Life:   Evangelism, Discipleship, MJ Congregations, Customs, Practices, Organizations, and Controversies (JHC102)
  3. Introduction to Judaism and Rabbinic Judaism: Basic Tenets, Historical Survey, Contemporary Landscape, Customs, and Practices (JHC 103)
  4. Messianic Prophecy (JHC 104)
  5. The Feasts and Fasts of Israel (JHC 201)
  6. Messianic Jewish Apologetics I (JHC 202)
  7. Messianic Jewish Apologetics II (JHC 203)
  8. The Holocaust and the History of Antisemitism: A Historical and Theological Study (JHC 204)
  9. Survey of Rabbinic Literature and Rabbinic Interpretation: Past and Present (JHC 205)
  10. Messianic Jewish Leadership: Planning, Planting, Managing, Serving, and Leading a Messianic Jewish Congregation (JHC 301)
  11. Messianic Jewish Exposition: Preaching, Teaching, and Communication Skills (JHC 302)
  1. The Life of Yeshua from a Messianic Jewish Perspective, Part One: From Birth to the Public Proclamation of His Messiahship (BHD 101)
  2. The Life of Yeshua from a Messianic Jewish Perspective, Part Two: From the Beginning of His Public Ministry to the National Rejection of His Messiahship and His Journey to Jerusalem in Preparation for the Feasts of Tabernacles. (BHD 102)
  3. The Life of Yeshua from a Messianic Jewish Perspective Part Three: The last six-month period of the life of Messiah, from the Feast of Tabernacles to the agony of Gethsemane. (BHD103)
  4. The Life of Yeshua from a Messianic Jewish Perspective, Part Four: From the Arrest, Trials, and Crucifixion to His Resurrection and Ascension. (BHD 104)
  5. The Book of Acts (BHD 105)
  6. The Book of Romans (BHD 106)
  7. The Messianic Jewish Epistles, Part One: The Book of Hebrews (BHD 107)
  8. The Messianic Jewish Epistles, Part Two: James, I & II Peter, and Jude (BHD 108)
  9. The Books of 1st and 2nd Corinthians (BHD 202)
  10. The Books of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon (BHD 203)
  11. The Books of First and Second Thessalonians, First and Second Timothy, Titus, First, Second, and Third John (BHD 204)
  12. *The Book of Revelation is covered in MJT 204-205
  1. The Book of Genesis: Part 1 (TNK 101)
  2. The Book of Genesis: Part 2 (TNK 102)
  3. The Book of Exodus (TNK 103)
  4. The Book of Leviticus (TNK 104)
  5. The Book of Numbers (TNK 105)
  6. The Book of Deuteronomy (TNK 106)
  7. The Books of Joshua (TNK 201)
  8. The Books of Judges and Ruth (TNK 202)
  9. The Books of First and Second Samuel (TNK 203)
  10. The Books of First and Second Kings (TNK 204)
  11. The Books of First and Second Chronicles (TNK 205)
  12. The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther (TNK 206)
  13. The Book of Job (TNK 301)
  14. The Book of Psalms (TNK 302)
  15. The Book of Proverbs (TNK 303)
  16. The Books of Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs (TNK 304)
  17. The Book of Isaiah (TNK 401)
  18. The Books of Jeremiah and Lamentations (TNK 402)
  19. The Book of Ezekiel (TNK 403)
  20. The Book of Daniel (TNK 404)
  21. The Books of Hosea, Joel, Amos, and Obadiah (TNK 501)
  22. The Books of Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (TNK 502)
  23. The Books of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi (TNK 503)
  1. Introduction to Systematic Theology, Bibliology, and Dispensationalism (MJT 101)
  2. Theology Proper and the Triunity of God (MJT 102)
  3. Christology (The Doctrine of the Messiah) (MJT 103)
  4. Pneumatology (The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit) (MJT 104)
  5. Angelology, Demonology, Satanology (MJT 105)
  6. Biblical Anthropology & Hamartiology (MJT 106)
  7. Soteriology & Sanctification (MJT 107)
  8. A Dispensational Israelology  (MJT 108)
  9. The Israelology of Covenantalism and Supercessionism (MJT 201)
  10. Ecclessiology (MJT 202)
  11. Biblical Nomology: The Law of Moses and the Law of Messiah (MJT 203)
  12. Eschatology and the Book of Revelation, Part One (MJT 204)
  13. Eschatology and the Book of Revelation, Part Two (MJT 205)
  14. Personal Eschatology: The Doctrine of the Future of the Soul (MJT 206)
  15. The Theology of Rabbinic Judaism (MJT 301)
  1. Introduction to Biblical Hebrew: Level One (HEB 101)
  2. Biblical Hebrew: Level Two (HEB 201)
  3. Biblical Hebrew: Level Three (HEB 202)
  4. Biblical Hebrew: Level Four (HEB 301)
  5. Biblical Hebrew: Level Five (HEB 302)
  6. Modern Hebrew: Level One (HEB 303)
  7. Modern Hebrew: Level Two (HEB 304)
  8. Introduction to Biblical Aramaic (ARM 305)
  1. Biblical Greek: Level One (GRK 201)
  2. Biblical Greek: Level Two (GRK 202)
  3. Biblical Greek: Level Three (GRK 301)
  4. Biblical Greek: Level Four (GRK 302)
  1. Zionism and the History of the State of Israel (IJT 201)
  2. Israel Today: Social, Political, Geographical, and Religious Overview (IJT 202)
  3. The Tabernacle, the Temple, and Jerusalem: Past and Present (IJT 203)
  4. Introduction to Biblical Archaeology in the Land of Israel (IJT 204)

WHO ARE THE LEADERS, FACULTY, AND STUDENTS?

LEADERSHIP:

  • Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, Founder
  • Dr. Tim Sigler, President
  • Dr. Mark Adler, Vice President and Provost
  • The Board of Directors is comprised of men who meet the biblical requirements for eldership and are fully aligned with Ariel Ministries doctrinal statement.

FACULTY:

  • Most courses are taught by Dr. Fruchtenbaum.
  • Only faculty that are in agreement with the ACB-MJS doctrinal statement are permitted to teach.
  • We require all faculty to have at least a Master’s degree, most will have terminal degrees (Th.D., Ph.D., D.Min.).

STUDENTS:

  • We have hundreds of students taking our courses from around the world. Most of our students are adult learners.
  • We maintain an open-enrollment policy and there are no entrance requirements for the Associate’s Degree program.
  • Students will need to pass a writing-proficiency requirement to earn a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from ACB-MJS.

 

Proceed to Step #2 “Choose a Plan”