Timetabling
Semester:
Second Semester
Notes:
Monday 10-1 and Thursday 9-10 (CTM)
This unit continues on from AL100. It provides further instruction in Greek syntax, grammar and vocabulary, using the same textbook as in the previous semester. About a third of the unit will be devoted to the translation of extended portions of the Greek New Testament (e.g., chapters from 1 John), prepared in advance by the students. These selected passages will be studied for syntactical grammatical analysis and translation into English, but also to see how engaging with a biblical text in its original language can assist in its interpretation.
Description
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
translate moderately difficult sentences and passages from NT Greek into English
translate fairly simple sentences from English into NT Greek
demonstrate an increasingly wide NT Greek vocabulary
analyse the grammar and syntax of moderately difficult sentences in NT Greek
apply their knowledge of Greek to the exegesis of lengthy NT passages
Prerequisites:
Successful completion of AL100 New Testament Greek (or equivalent, with permission of the lecturer)
Teaching Methods:
a) A three-hour weekly class for twelve weeks
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:
Recommended reading:
*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.]
Kubo, Sakae. A Reader’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament . Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975.
Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar . 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.
Mounce, William D. A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek . Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
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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