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Introduction to New Testament Greek, Part I (LG-651)
Fall 2008 |
The focus of this intermediate course, which assumes participants have either taken LG-561 and LG-562, or the equivalent, or have instructor’s permission, is a review of grammar and and the building of more advanced vocabulary in New Testament Greek. Students will read selected passages of the New Testament, practice diagramming, and build vocabulary as well as some of the skills needed for New Testament exegesis.
Meeting
Day, Time and Dates:
Tuesdays from 2 p.m. to 4:20 p.m., beginning September 9, 2008
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Edward F. Duffy
Adjunct Professor of New Testament and Minister of the First Presbyterian Church, Fairfield, CT
Contact
Information:
phone: (860)
509-9500
email:
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Course
Syllabus
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Course Syllabus
Textbooks:
David Alan Black, It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy to Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek
Bruce M. Metzger, Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek, ISBN-10: 0801021804
Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece
Class will meet: Tuesdays 2 p.m. to 4:20 p.m., September 9th - December 9th, There will be no class Tuesday November 25th - Reading Week.
Ground Rules: Students who must be absent should contact the professor in advance of the class if at all possible, and are required to be caught up with the rest of the class within two weeks at latest. Assignments should be returned on time, but no more than one week late. In case of health related emergencies, arrangements may be made to write the exams later, at a time convenient to the professor, but no more than ten days after the scheduled time for the exams.
CLASS MEETING SCHEDULE (In addition to the topics listed beside each week, below, reading assignments will be made in William D. Mounces, A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek (cf. above) – the timing of which will be adjusted to the pace of the class's progress. The date and timing of the Mid term Exam is to be discussed and announced.
Week One
September 9, 2008 Chapter One: Parts of Speech and their Function
Week Two
September 16, 2008 Chapter Two : The Sentence and its Parts
Week Three
September 23 Chapter Three : The Greek Cases, Declensions
Week Four
September 30 Chapter Four: Adjectives
Week Five
October 7th Chapter Five : Pronouns
Week Six
October 14th Chapter Six: The Article
Week Seven
October 21st Chapter Seven : Prepositions
Week Eight
October 28th Chapter Eight: The Greek Verb: Tenses, Optative and Imperative
Week Nine
November 4th Chapter Nine: Greek Tenses, continued
Week Ten
Week of November 11th Chapter Ten: The Infinitive
Week Eleven
November 18th Chapter Eleven: The Participle
Week Twelve
November 25th No Class – Reading Week
Week Thirteen
December 2 Chapter Twelve: Adverbs, Conjunctions, Particles
Week Fourteen
December 9th Final Exam – and Chapter Thirteen: Greek Clause
