Winter 2015/Pasadena

LG512B

Reardon

LG512B: INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT GREEK PART 2 (4 Units: 160 Hours). Timothy Reardon.

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.

COURSE FORMAT: The class meets twice each week for two-hour sessions for a total of 40 instructional hours in the classroom for lecture and discussion. This course normally requires eight hours per week outside of class (two hours for each class hour) spent in studying the textbook lessons, learning Greek vocabulary and forms, and doing translation exercises.

REQUIRED READING:

Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek: Grammar. 3rd ed. Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 978-0310287681, Pub. Price $49.99 [448 pp.].

________. Basics of Biblical Greek: Workbook. 3rd ed. Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 978-0310287674, Pub. Price $22.99 [240 pp.].

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: 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 and class participation (15%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [65 hours].

2. Periodic quizzes (25%) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [40 hours].

3. Three exams (20% each; 60% total) [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1, 2, 3, 4, and 5]. [15 hours].

PREREQUISITES: Greek A or placement by examination.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: The completed two quarter sequence LG512A/B meets the MDiv core requirement in Greek (GK). Required in the Biblical Languages emphasis.

FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.