2019-20 Capital Seminary & Graduate School Handbook

6. Dissertation Process

This section of the Biblical Studies Doctoral Handbook serves as the Dissertation Handbook.

Each candidate for the PhD in Biblical Studies must successfully complete a dissertation based on the candidate's own systematic inquiry into an area of biblical studies. The dissertation is intended to:

  1. demonstrate the student’s competency in research methodology;
  2. to demonstrate the student’s ability to think critically and systematically; and
  3. to make a significant contribution to the literature base of the field of biblical studies.