Winter 2017/Fuller Online
LG512A
Reardon
LG512A: INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT GREEK PART 1 (4 Units: 160 Hours). Timothy Reardon.
DESCRIPTION: Greek A introduces students to basic building blocks of New Testament Greek, including nouns and cases, prepositions, adjectives, pronouns, indicative verbs, and an introductory vocabulary.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Having successfully completed this two-quarter sequence, students will have demonstrated the ability to (1) read aloud in Greek and to write legibly in its standard script; (2) recognize and translate from memory vocabulary words introduced in Mounce chs. 1-20; (3) identify (i.e., to parse) various forms of articles, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, present indicative verbs and future active and middle indicative verbs; (4) understand and explain basic Greek grammar and syntax; (5) translate basic texts in the original language.
COURSE FORMAT: This course will be conducted online on a ten-week schedule aligned with Fuller’s academic calendar for a total of 40 instructional hours. Students are required to interact with the material, with each other, and with the instructor regularly through online discussions, reading, and other assignments that promote active learning.
REQUIRED READING:
Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek: Grammar. 3rd ed. Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 978-0310287681, Pub. Price $49.99 [448 pp.].
________. Basics of Biblical Greek: Workbook. 3rd ed. Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 978-0310287674, Pub. Price $22.99 [240 pp.].
Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament. Zondervan, 1996. ISBN: 978-0310218951, Pub. Price $52.99 [for reference, will be primary textbook for second half of LG512B].
RECOMMENDED READING:
See the Biblical Division bibliography “Linguistic and Exegetical Books Required in the Master of Divinity Programs” available at http://schedule.fuller.edu/sot/ecds/Ling-Exeg-Biblio.html.
One of the following (used more in LG512B):
Nestle, E., and K. Aland. Novum Testamentum Graece. 28th ed. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012 [NA28] ISBN: 978-3438051400, Pub. Price $59.95. OR
Aland, K., et al. The Greek New Testament. 5th ed. American Bible Society, 2014 [UBS5]. ISBN: 978-3438051165, Pub. Price $57.95.
Danker, F. W. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3d ed. University of Chicago Press, 2001 [BDAG]. ISBN: 978-0226039336, Pub. Price $165.00 (note that this is also available on many Bible software programs).
ASSIGNMENTS & ASSESSMENT:
Online Lectures: These will include video lectures on the material in Mounce as well as working through translations [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [35 hours]
Homework: for each lesson, there will be an accompanying homework assignment from Basics of Biblical Greek: Workbook (25%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [75 hours].
Weekly Quizzes: Quizzes test vocabulary, grammar, and translation (25%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [30 hours].
Forum Participation: This largely focuses on dialoguing about homework and requires 250 words per week (10%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [10 hours]
Mid-Term: (15%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [5 hours].
FINAL Exam: (25%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [5 hours].
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: The completed two quarter sequence LG512A/B meets the Greek requirement in the 120 MDiv Program. Required in the Biblical Languages emphasis.
FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.