DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to help a student improve his or her ability to read extended passages in the Greek New Testament with facility. Emphasis will be on rapid recognition of Greek word forms, grammatical structures and sentence patterns. Review of the basic elements of New Testament Greek will be included according to the needs of the students.

One of the most basic elements in interpreting the text of the New Testament is understanding the language in which it was written. Students who successfully complete this course should be able to make extensive use of the Greek text, with limited dependence on supportive tools, as part of the exegetical task.

The course will meet twice each week for two hours. The first class meeting of each week will be devoted to translation and discussion of a passage of Greek text for which you have prepared in advance. The second class meeting of each week will be devoted to translation and discussion of an unprepared passage. In this exercise the instructor will work with the students to help them develop sight-reading skills at the very time of their encounter with an unfamiliar text. Time will also be available at this meeting for general review and discussion of topics pertaining to Greek language skills.

Aland, K., Black, M., Martini, C., Metzger, B., and Wikgren, A., eds. The Greek New Testament. 4th ed. United Bible Societies, 1993.

Kubo, Sakae. Reader's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament. Zondervan, 1975.

Beekman, John and John Callow. Translating the Word of God. Zondervan, 1974.

Turner, Nigel. A Grammar of New Testament Greek. Vol. 4: Style. T. & T. Clark, 1976.

Young, Richard A. Intermediate New Testament Greek: A Linguistic and Exegetical Approach. Broadman and Holman, 1994.

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

Each week's assignment consists of preparation of a passage for the following week and re-reading of the passages discussed in class that week and the previous week.

A basic working knowledge of Greek as evidenced by successful completion of LG512 Beginning Greek or by a satisfactory score on the Greek Entrance Examination. No audits.

Elective.

Yes. The final examination will consist mainly of translation.