DESCRIPTION:

This twelve-unit intensive course is designed to give students a foundational knowledge of the morphology and syntax of New Testament (Koine) Greek. Instruction combines a deductive approach to learning with inductive study directly from the text of the New Testament. Learning will be enhanced through the use of Greek songs and educational games. Regular quizzes and periodic tests will be used to monitor progress.

Understanding the original language of the New Testament is one of the most basic elements in interpreting the meaning of its various texts. Upon completion of this course, students should be equipped, with the help of various reference tools, to consult the Greek text as part of the exegetical task, and should be able to form critical judgments regarding theological and exegetical positions involving some feature of the Greek text.

The course meets three times each week for four-hour class sessions.

Aland, K.; M. Black; C. Martini; B. Metzger; and A. Wikgren, eds. The Greek New Testament. 4th ed. (revised) with dictionary bound in back. United Bible Societies, 1993.

Black, David Alan. Learn to Read New Testament Greek. Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994.

Danker, F. W. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3d ed. Based on Walter Bauer. . . . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.

New Testament Greek Vocabulary Cards. Visual Education Association (Vis-Ed).

Wallace, D. B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.

See the Biblical Division bibliography "Linguistic and Exegetical Books Required in the Master of Divinity Program" available in the SOT Academic Advising office.

Fee, Gordon D. New Testament Exegesis. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1983.

Metzger, Bruce M. Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek. New edition published by the author and distributed by the Theological Book Agency, Princeton, N.J., 1983.

Robinson, Thomas A. Mastering Greek Vocabulary. Hendrickson Publishers, 1991.

For each class session: assignments in reading, vocabulary acquisition, translation and grammatical development will be given, along with a daily quiz. Students are expected to be present for all class sessions with assignments completed. There will be three tests given during the course of term. Aside from the translation portion, the final examination will cover only the last third of the course.

Good standing.

Meets the M.Div. core requirement in Greek (GRK).

Yes.