DESCRIPTION: This course is the second part of a three-quarter series designed
to give students a foundational knowledge of the forms and syntax of New
Testament (Koine) Greek. Students registering for this course must have taken
this section of LG512A in the preceding Fall quarter and must plan to continue
with part C of the series in the Spring quarter. This course combines both a
deductive approach to learning with inductive study directly from the text of
the New Testament.
SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND 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.
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.
COURSE FORMAT: The course meets twice weekly for two-hour sessions.
REQUIRED READING: