Timetabling
This unit introduces students to the original language of the New Testament. It provides sufficient knowledge of the vocabulary, grammar and syntax to enable them to begin to translate and interpret the New Testament from the Greek text. Several short passages from the New Testament will be translated.
Description
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
translate fairly simple sentences and passages from New Testament Greek into English
translate simple sentences from English into New Testament Greek
know the meaning of words that occur frequently in the New Testament
analyse the grammar and syntax of fairly simple sentences in New Testament Greek
apply their knowledge of Greek to the exegesis of passages in the New Testament
Teaching Methods:
a) A two-day presessional class
Assessment:
Weekly tests (30%, outcomes 1–4)
2 short homework exercises (20%, outcomes 1–2, 4–5)
1 x 2 hour written examination (50%, outcomes 1–5)
Mode of Teaching:
Semester
Bibliography:
*Aland, Barbara and Kurt Aland, The Greek New Testament . 4th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. New York: United Bible Societies, 1993. [Normally supplied by courtesy of The Bible Society.]
Bauer, Walter, Frederick Danker, et al.A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature . 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Croy, N. Clayton. A Primer of Biblical Greek . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007.
*Duff, Jeremy. The Elements of New Testament Greek . 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. [The CD-ROM often packaged with this is optional.]
Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar . 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.
Newman, Barclay M. A Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament . Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. New York: United Bible Societies, 1993. [Normally bound in the same volume as The Greek New Testament. ]
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