Fall 2014/Sacramento
LG512A/B
Rodgers
LG512A: INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT GREEK PART 1 (4 Units: 160 hours). Peter Rodgers.
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 inthe original language.
COURSE FORMAT: The class meets once per week for three-hour sessions for a total of 30 hours of classroom time for lecture and discussion plus 10 hours of directed learning activities for a total of 40 instructional hours.
REQUIRED READING: 841 pages of required reading.
Your choice of one of the following Greek New Testaments:
Aland, K., et al. The Greek New Testament. 4th rev. ed. American Bible Societies, 2000. ISBN: 978-3438051103, Pub. Price $43.99 [50 pp. assigned].OR
Nestle, E., and K. Aland. Novum Testamentum Graece (Nestle-Aland GNT). 27th ed. American Bible Society, 1998. ISBN: 978-3438051004. Pub. Price $40.99 [50 pp. assigned].
[N.B.: other editions of the UBS4/NA27, including electronic versions and Reader’s Editions, are permissible, but access to the textual apparatus, marginal notes, and other resources found in the standard print editions may be required during the course.]
Danker, F. W., ed. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2000 [BDAG]. ISBN: 978-0226039336, Pub. Price: $165.00. [50 pp. assigned]. [N.B.: electronic versions of BDAG with full text and pagination are also permissible.]
Metzger, Bruce M. Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek. 3rd ed. Baker Academic, 1998. ISBN: 978-0801021800, Pub. Price $12.99 [100 pp. assigned].
Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek: Grammar. 3rd ed. Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 978-0310287681, Pub. Price $49.99 [418 pp. assigned].
________. Basics of Biblical Greek: Workbook. 3rd ed. Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 978-0310287674, Pub. Price $22.99 [223 pp. assigned].
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.
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
841 pages of required book reading, along with completion of class assignments and online assignments prior to class sessions, which will be with online materials connected to the Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook. (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1]. [66 hours, including 10 hours of DLAs].
Weekly quizzes (25%). Quizzes will cover both in class and online material. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #2]. [45 hours].
Midterm exam (25%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #3]. [10 hours].
Final exam (30%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #4-6]. [10 hours].
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: The completed two quarter sequence LG512A/B meets the Greek requirement in the 120 MDiv Program.
FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes. In Class.