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The prevention of extremism, the strengthening of<\/strong> and the training of religious and lay leaders require a critical mastery of foundational texts. Francophone Africa is experiencing a revival of <strong>interreligious dialogue<\/strong> religious studies <strong>and faculties of theology, where inculturation, liberation, and reconstruction approaches renew the understanding of the Old Testament. This certificate addresses these challenges through a demanding training,<\/strong> confessionally neutral <strong>, grounded in international research standards.<\/strong>The UNIVGA method offers a 100% online, asynchronous system, requiring 5 to 8 hours per week. Learners work on<\/p>\n<p>(Masoretic Text, Septuagint, Qumran manuscripts), write academic essays, conduct <strong>primary sources<\/strong> and a brief research thesis. The pedagogical engineering articulates the historical-critical method, rhetorical, narrative, and semiotic approaches, as well as textual criticism (BHS, BHQ, G\u00f6ttingen editions). The entire program is strictly aligned with the standards <strong>exegesis exercises<\/strong> EPHE \u2014 Sorbonne \u2014 Strasbourg \u2014 \u00c9cole Biblique de J\u00e9rusalem <strong>, in dialogue with the academic practices of Yale Divinity, T\u00fcbingen, Louvain, and Strasbourg. The results are transferable to higher education, research, expertise for religious institutions, and<\/strong>public policies regarding religion <strong>At the end, participants can advance to roles as<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>, interreligious dialogue trainers, specialized journalists, experts for religious administration, and<strong>theology faculty teacher<\/strong>, <strong>in religious studies,<\/strong> specialized religion journalist <strong>, PhD candidate<\/strong>,<strong>institutional chaplain<\/strong>, de formateur en dialogue interreligieux, de journaliste sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9, d\u2019expert aupr\u00e8s des administrations des cultes, de <strong>The UNIVGA Professional Certificate is recognized by universities, seminaries, Catholic and Protestant institutes, confessional NGOs, media, and public administrations responsible for religious matters, particularly in the CEMAC region and Francophone Africa, where the demand for critical and contextualized expertise in<\/strong> or<strong>archiviste religieux<\/strong>. The UNIVGA Professional Certificate is recognized by universities, seminars, Catholic and Protestant institutes, NGOs, and media, as well as in public administrations due to religious matters in the CEMAC zone and in French-speaking Africa. It certifies the ability to produce a <strong>critical exegesis<\/strong> rigorous, to situate the texts within the history of Israel and the ancient Near East, and to contribute, with competence and ethics, to contemporary academic and societal debates.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced and certifying program in biblical sciences, based on exemplary academic rigor. 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