Introduction to New Testament Greek, Part I

This is a two-track, unified course – with students in one track focusing on basic grammar and vocabulary of New Testament Greek; and the students in other track on intermediate readings, syntax and advanced vocabulary.

Evaluation:

Evaluation for the introductory (beginner’s) track (A) will include the following: Class participation 10%; Weekly Quizes 20 %; Midterm Exam 30%; Final Exam 40%.
Evaluation for the intermediate (second year) track (B) will be based on weekly recitations, quizzes on principal parts and vocabulary, and each student’s demonstrated ability to engage the texts read and discussed.

Class Meetings

(Track one indicates core assignments for LG-561; Track two for LG-661):

Week One
September 4, 2012
Track one: Chapter 1-2, Letters and Sounds Pronunciation
Track two: Chapter 2, The Sentence and Its Parts, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Two
September 11, 2012
Track one: Chapter 3, Verbs
Track two: Chapter 3, Declensions, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Three
September 18, 2012
Track one: Chapter 4, Nouns of the Second Declension
Track two: Chapter 4, Adjectives Large and Small, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Four
September 25, 2012
Track one: Chapter 5, Nouns of the First Declension
Track two: Chapter 5, Pronoun, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Five
October 2, 2012
Track one: Chapter 6, Adjectives
Track two: Chapter 6, Articles, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Six
October 9, 2012
Track one: Chapter 7, The Greek Sentence
Track two: Chapter 7, Prepositions, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Seven
October 16, 2012
Track one: Chapter 8, Prepositions – Mid Term Examination
Track two: Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Eight
October 23, 2012
Track one: Chapter 9, Personal Pronouns
Track two: Chapter 8, Overview of Greek Inflections, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Nine
October 30, 2012
Track one: Chapter 10, Demonstrative Pronouns
Track two: Chapter 9, Greek Tenses, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Ten
November 6, 2012
Track one: Chapter 11, Present Middle and Passive
Track two: Chapter 10, The Infinitive, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Eleven
November 13, 2012
Track one: Chapter 12, Imperfect Active
Track two: Chapter 11, The Participle, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Reading Week
November 20 - No class

Week Twelve
November 27, 2012
Track one: Chapter 13, Imperfect Middle and Passive
Track two: Chapter 12, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Particles, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Thirteen
December 4, 2012
Track one: Chapter 14 Future Active and Middle
Track two: Chapter 13, Greek Clauses, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Fourteen
December 11, 2012
Track one: 15, First Aorist
Track two: Chapter 14, The Greek of the New Testament, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Week Fifteen
December 18, 2012
Track one: Chapter 16, Second Activist, Final Examination
Track two: Recitation, Vocabulary, Readings and Principal Parts as Assigned

Required Texts:

1. Title: Essentials of New Testament GreekAuthor: Ray Summers, revised by Thomas Sawyer Publisher: Broadman and Holman, Nashville Tennessee, 1995ISBN: 0-8054-1001-5
2. Title: (Nestle-Aland) Novum Testamentum Graece Editors: Eberhardt and Erwin Nestle, Kurt Aland, current publisher: American Bible Society 2001ISBN 3438051087 (original publisher: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1898, 1979 and ISBN: 3438051001)
3. Title: Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament, Prepared by: Barclay M. Newman, Jr. Publisher: American Bible Society 1971

Suggested Additional Texts

1. Title: Mastering Greek Vocabulary, Second Revised EditionAuthor: Thomas A. Robinson Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody Mass. 1990, 1991.ISBN: 0-943575-45-1
2. Title: A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament Prepared by: Editrice Pontifico Istituto Biblio, Roma, Italy 1996ISBN: 88-7653-588-8