DESCRIPTION: This course is the third part of a three-quarter series designed
to give students a foundational knowledge of the morphology and syntax of New
Testament (Koine) Greek. Students registering for this course must have
successfully completed parts A and B of the series. This course combines both a
deductive approach to learning with an inductive study directly from the text
of the New Testament. Regular quizzes and periodic tests will be used to
monitor progress.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of all three quarters of this
course, you will (a) be able to identify all the relevant categories
(i.e., to parse) most regular forms and many of the irregular but frequent
forms of the articles, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs that occur in the
Greek New Testament; (b) know the most common meanings of about 350 words that
occur most frequently in the Greek NT, and be able to use a lexicon to find
words you do not already know; (c) understand and be able to discuss the
basic grammatical structures of Koine Greek sentences as found in the Greek NT;
(d) be able to use all of this to read and translate typical passages
throughout the New Testament with minimal use of reference tools; (e) be able
to use major references (grammatical and lexical) to explore and investigate
words and structures more fully; and (f) understand the challenges, purpose,
and value of learning to work with the New Testament in Greek.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: Understanding the original language of the New
Testament is one of the most basic elements in interpreting the meaning of its
various texts. Upon completion of this three-part course, students should be
equipped, with the help of various reference tools, to consult the Greek text
as part of the exegetical task, and be able to form critical judgments
regarding theological and exegetical issues involving the Greek text.
COURSE FORMAT: The course meets for two-hour sessions twice weekly.
REQUIRED READING (in addition to texts from previous quarters):