Spring 2017/Fuller Online

LG512B

Reardon

LG512B: INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT GREEK PART 2 (4 Units: 160 Hours). Timothy Reardon.

DESCRIPTION: Greek B completes students’ introduction to basic building blocks of New Testament Greek through introduction of most remaining verb forms found in the New Testament, with special focus on the aorist tense, participles, nonindicative moods, and -mi verbs, and further enriching their 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 the 320 most frequently occurring words in the New Testament; (3) identify (i.e., parse) the various forms of articles, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs found in the Greek New Testament; (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, which is outlined below in the assignment and assessment section. 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 $54.99 [448 pp.].

________. Basics of Biblical Greek: Workbook. 3rd ed. Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 978-0310287674, Pub. Price $24.99 [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.

One of the following:

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.

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.

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. You should have access to it one way or another.)

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

1. Online Lectures: These will include video lectures on the material in Mounce, Wallace, and working through translations [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [35 hours]

2. Homework: for each lesson, there will be an accompanying homework assignment from Basics of Biblical Greek: Workbook or, in the second half of the quarter, a section of translation (15%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [75 hours].

3. Weekly Quizzes: Quizzes test vocabulary, grammar, and translation (15%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [30 hours].

4. Group Translation: This involves wiki assignments of collaborative translation throughout the quarter, with specific focus on the second half of the quarter (25%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [10 hours]

5. Mid-Term: (20%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [5 hours].

6. FINAL Exam: (25%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [5 hours].

PREREQUISITES: LG512A.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: The completed two quarter sequence LG512A/B meets the MDiv core requirement in Greek (GK). Required in the Biblical Languages emphasis.

FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.