DESCRIPTION: This course is the third part of a three-quarter series designed
to give the student a basic knowledge of the essential grammar of New Testament
Greek as well as an introduction to morphology, syntax and other matters of
intermediate grammar. Students registering for this course should have taken
LG512B from the same instructor in the previous quarter.
COURSE OBJECTIVES/LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of this course, a student
should be able to do the following: (1) to read aloud in the language; (2) to
identify the varied nouns and pronouns of the language; (3) to parse the
"regular" verb forms in the language; (4) to recognize the "irregular" verb
forms in the language; (5) to understand enough grammar to read a basic
narrative text in the language; (6) to identify subjects, adjectives, direct
and indirect objects, prepositional phrases, and adverbs, when reading a text;
(7) to use a lexicon to amplify his/her understanding of words and to find
words he/she does not know; (8) to use a reference grammar to investigate
grammatical and syntactical issues that he/she does not understand; (9) to
understand the challenges, purposes, and value of learning this language.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: One of the elements in interpreting the text of the
New Testament is understanding the language in which it was written. Students
who successfully complete this course should, with the use of various
resources, be able to consult the Greek text as part of the exegetical (and
ministerial!) task, and should be able to critically evaluate the theological
and exegetical positions which purport to be based on some feature of the Greek
text.
COURSE FORMAT: The course meets twice each week for two hours per class
session.
REQUIRED READING: