DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to help a student improve her or his ability to read extended passages in the Greek New Testament with facility. Included in this course will be the reading of some Septuagint Greek. LG517 Greek Reading and LG 518 Greek Reading are offered on alternate quarters, in which different New Testament passages are covered. Either LG 517 or LG 518 may be taken after a beginning Greek course (LG 512). A student may take LG 517 or LG 518 in any sequence.

One of the most basic skills for interpreting the text of the New Testament is an understanding of 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 and in one's devotional reading of the New Testament.

The course meets for two hours two days a week for ten weeks.

An introductory grammar (from LG 512) such as Goetchius or Gantt.

A parsing guide such as:

Perschbacker, W. J., ed. The New Analytical Greek Lexicon. Hendrickson, 1990.

Reinecker, F. A Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament, 2 vols. Zondervan, 1976-80;

or a parsing guide approved by the professor.

A lexicon such as:

Bauer, Walter. A Greek - English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 2nd ed. revised and augmented by F. W. Gingrich and Fredrick W. Danker from W. Bauer's 5th ed., 1958. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979; or

Louw, J. P. and Nida, Eugene A. eds. Greek - English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains. 2nd ed. 2 vols. New York: United Bible Societies, 1989.

Aland, K. et al. Greek New Testament, (with dictionary), 4th ed. United Bible Societies, 1993.

Brooks, J. and C. Winbery. Syntax of New Testament Greek. Lanham: Univ. of America Press, 1979.

Porter, Stanley, Idioms of the Greek New Testament. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1992.

Scott, Bernard Brandon, et al. Reading New Testament Greek: Complete Word Lists and Reader's Guide. Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 1993.

Blass, F. and A. Debrunner. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961.

Kubo, S. A Reader's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Regency, 1975.

Each week's assignment consists of preparation of a Greek text and secondary reading in textbooks. A review quiz will be given for each text after it is covered in class. There will be two vocabulary quizzes: one will review vocabulary from LG512 and a second will cover new vocabulary used between 49 and 24 times in the NT. There will also be two quizzes covering irregular verbs.

A basic working knowledge of Greek as evidenced by successful completion of LG 512 Beginning Greek or by satisfactory score on the Greek Entrance Examination is required.