Winter 2020/Pasadena

LG512B

Hill

LG512B: INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT GREEK PART II (4 Units: 160 hours). Craig Allen Hill.

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.

RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES: This course introduces students to Greek, so that students will be able to study the New Testament in its original language. The course thus helps to build skill in interpreting the New Testament, which contributes to the PLO, “Students will have demonstrated competence in the practice of biblical interpretation for faithful use of Scripture in their own lives and ministries” (MDiv).

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: 322 pages of reading required.

Your choice of one of the following Greek New Testaments:

Aland, K., et al. The Greek New Testament. 5th rev. ed. United Bible Societies, 2014. ISBN: 978-1619701403, Pub. Price $89.95 [932 pp.] OR

Nestle, E., and K. Aland. Novum Testamentum Graece (Nestle-Aland GNT). 28th ed. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2017. ISBN: 978-1619700307, Pub. Price $69.95 [826 pp.].

Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek: Grammar. 4th ed. Zondervan, 2019. ISBN: 978-0310537434, Publ. Price $59.99 [448 pp.].

________. Basics of Biblical Greek: Workbook. 4th ed. Zondervan, 2019. ISBN: 978-0310537472, Publ. Price $24.99 [240 pp.].

RECOMMENDED READING:

Danker, F. W. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2001 [BDAG]. ISBN: 9780226039336, Pub. Price: $175.00. [N.B.: electronic versions of BDAG with full text and pagination are also permissible. Accordance, Logos, BibleWorks, etc.]

Merkle, Benjamin L., et al. Greek for Life. Baker Academic, 2017. ISBN: 978-0801093203, Publ. Price: $19.99.

Trenchard, Warren C., Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament. Rev. ed. Zondevan, 1998. ISBN: 978-0310226956, Pub. Price: $19.99.

Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament. Zondervan, 1997. ISBN: 9780310218951, Pub. Price: $54.99.

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT: The student is expected to attend each class session and to have completed the assignments prior to the class session. The course grade will be based on:

1. Homework (reading, memorizing, translating) and class participation (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome 1, 3, and 5]. [80 hours, 10 of which are DLAs].
2. Weekly quizzes (25%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome 2, 3, and 4]. [30 hours].
3. Midterm (25%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1–5]. [10 hours].
4. Final exam (30%). [This assignment is related to learning outcomes 1–5]. [10 hours].
5. Class attendance [30 hours].

PREREQUISITES: LG512A or placement by examination.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: The completed two quarter sequence LG512A/B meets the Greek requirement in the MDiv Program.

FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.

NOTE: This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. Textbook prices are set by publishers and are subject to change. Copyright 2019 Fuller Theological Seminary.