Summer 2014/Pasadena

LG567

Horner

LG567: THEOLOGICAL LATIN (4 Units: 120 hours). Grant Horner.

DESCRIPTION: This course will immerse the student in the Latin language through daily readings in Classical, Biblical, Patristic, and Reformation Latin texts. Due to its intensive nature, this course will demand a much more substantial time investment than students might anticipate for a four-unit course.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability: (1) to parse and translate into English, with the aid of a dictionary, passages from Latin theological, historical, and literary texts; (2) to use numerous practical strategies to identify quickly the lexical form of any word they encounter in a text; (3) to employ their individual learning styles as they assimilate large amounts of new information; (4) to articulate a deeper understanding of theological terminology and a greater appreciation for the English language’s indebtedness to Latin; (5) to reader Latin actively and competently, and not merely as memorizers of innumerable grammar paradigms; (6) to accurately translate into English a passage of not less than three hundred words from a Classical, Biblical, Catholic, or Reformed text in a reasonable timeframe with the aid of a dictionary.

COURSE FORMAT: The course meets for a 2 ½ hour session twice a week for the first eight weeks of the normal ten week quarter. Varied format: lecture, demonstration, vocabulary and grammar drills, web-based digital hypertext work for lexical identification, and extensive in-class reading, parsing, and translation. This provides a total of 40 hours of classroom instruction and discussion. A total of 1600 pages of reading, approximately 80 hours outside of class.

REQUIRED READING:

Aland, Kurt, and Barbara Aland, eds. New Testament: Novum Testamentum Latine (Nova Vulgata). 2nd ed. Hendrickson, 2006. ISBN: 978-1598561753, Pub. Price $47.95 [100 pp. assigned].

Collins, John F. A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin. Catholic University of America Press, 1985. ISBN: 978-0813206677, Pub. Price $19.95 [400 pp. assigned].

Prior, Richard E., and Joseph Wohlberg. 501 Latin Verbs. Barrons, 2007. ISBN: 978-0764137426, Pub. Price $18.95 [600 pp. assigned].

Simpson, Donald P., ed. Cassell’s Latin Dictionary: Latin-English, English-Latin. Macmillan, 1977. ISBN: 978-0025225800, Pub. Price $24.95.

Wheelock, Frederic. Wheelock’s Latin, 7th ed. Collins, 2011. ISBN: 978-0061997228, Pub. Price $21.99 [488 pp. assigned].

RECOMMENDED READING: For students with little or no formal study of a second language:

Goldman, Norma. English Grammar for Students of Latin: The Study Guide for Those Learning Latin. 3rd ed. Olivia and Hill Press, 2004. ISBN: 978-0934034340, Pub. Price $19.95.

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1. 1600 pages required reading (Approximately 80 hours) [Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4].

2. In-class vocabulary flashcard exercises (10%). [Learning outcomes 2, 3].

3. In-class Patristic and Reformed Latin reading and translation (10%) [Learning outcomes 1, 2, 5].

4. In-class Vulgate reading and sight translation (10%). [Learning outcomes 1, 2, 5].

5. Regular vocabulary and grammar quizzes (30%). [Learning outcomes 2, 3].

6. In-class, independent, and group-work sessions with the online hypertext “Perseus Digital Library” with extensive electronic/scholarly apparatus in numerous digitized texts: Classical, Biblical, Patristic, Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformed (10%). [Learning outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5]. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/collections

7. FINAL translation exam, assessing knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax (30%). [Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6].

PREREQUISITES: None. Audits permitted only with transcript evidence of prior study, and will be expected to complete all assignments except final exam.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Elective.

FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes, in-class translation exam of two hours length on several selected passages.