Summer 2015/Sacramento

LG512C

Rodgers

LG512C: BEGINNING READINGS IN NEW TESTAMENT GREEK (4 Units: 160 hours). Peter R. Rodgers.

DESCRIPTION: This course is the third quarter of Fuller’s introductory Greek sequence. Students will read Greek texts from across the New Testament, increasing their skills in reading and translating.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Having successfully completed this course, students will have demonstrated the ability (1) to translate from the Greek NT using appropriate tools; (2) to translate NT passages of varying authorship, difficulty levels, and genres; (3) to defend translation decisions; and (4) to explain the function of various noun, pronoun, adjective, and verb forms.

COURSE FORMAT: This class meets once per week for three hour sessions for a total of 30 hours of classroom instruction for lecture and discussion plus 10 hours of directed learning activities for a total of 40 instructional hours.

REQUIRED READING:

Aland, K., et al. The Greek New Testament. 5th ed. German Bible Society, 2014 [UBS5]. ISBN: 978-1619701397, Pub. Price $69.95; OR Nestle, E., and K. Aland. Novum Testamentum Graece. 28th ed. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012 [NA28]. ISBN 978-3438051400, Pub. Price $45.99. Also allowed: Aland, K., et al. The Greek New Testament. 4th ed. American Bible Society, 2000 [UBS4]. ISBN: 978-3438051103, Pub. Price $43.99; OR Nestle, E., and K. Aland. Novum Testamentum Graece. 27th ed. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1998 [NA27] ISBN: 978-3438051004, Pub. Price $40.99.

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).

Wallace, D. B.Greek Grammar beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament. Enlarged ed. Zondervan, 1997. ISBN: 978-0310218951, Pub. Price $44.99.

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:

1. Weekly translation and quizzes (40%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1,2,3,4]. [90 hours].

2. Mid-term (25%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1,2,3,4]. [10 hours].

3. A final exam (35%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1,2,3,4]. [20 hours].

4. Lexical project using BDAG [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1,2,3,4] [10 hours of DLAs]

PREREQUISITES: LG512A & B or placement by examination.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Counts as a biblical elective in the 120 MDiv Program.

FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.