Cincinnati Christian University Cincinnati Bible Seminary full course plan: bla 510 beginning greek fall Semester 2012

Cincinnati Christian University

Cincinnati Bible Seminary

FULL COURSE PLAN: BLA 510 BEGINNING GREEK

Fall Semester 2012

3 Semester Hours

12:30-3:10 p.m. Scott Lloyd, Instructor

Tuesdays Office: Library

Office Telephone: [phone] (ext. 8435 on campus)

Fax: [phone]

email: [e-mail]
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00a.m.-5:00p.m. (Except Monday and Wednesday afternoons)
If a student needs to meet with me, the student should make an appointment. I am frequently busy with library duties and I cannot guarantee I will always be available during these hours.
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND RATIONALE
A study of the linguistic and grammatical fundamentals of New Testament Greek directed toward developing translation skills.
Understanding of the New Testament, the standard of Christian faith and practice, requires knowledge of its original language. Study of Koine Greek is therefore essential for those whose vocations will involve preaching, teaching or other ministry of the Word.
OBJECTIVES
The student who satisfactorily completes this course should be able to:

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   Recite the first forms and basic meanings of vocabulary words.
   

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   Identify inflected forms and deduce their first forms.
   

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   List and identify the uses of cases.
   

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   Write from memory the conjugation of the model verb.
   

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   Identify and explain the significance of grammatical constructions.
   

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   Translate sentences from exercises and selected sentences from the Greek NT or related literature.
   

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   Compose Greek sentences as required.
   

MAJOR LEARNING EXPERIENCES, COURSE PROCEDURES AND ASSIGNMENTS

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   Class sessions will be given to lectures and discussion of Greek grammar, led by the instructor and following the material in the textbook consecutively. There will also be take-home quizzes that will be distributed during each class session.
   
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   Out of class, students will:
   
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      Prepare exercises from the textbook, workbook, and/or supplementary exercises provided by the instructor, including translation and composition of Greek sentences. These will be reviewed and discussed in class.
      
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      Review vocabulary and paradigms of inflection daily, committing these firmly to memory.
      
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      Complete weekly take-home quizzes.
      
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   Students will be asked to report the amount of time they have studied. The amount of study time will be reported on the top of the page of the student’s weekly submission of exercises. Since regular, careful, systematic study is the most important factor in the successful completion of the course, students are strongly encouraged to devote at least six hours each week to preparing exercises and reviewing vocabulary and grammar, though some may require more or less. Students who find this demand to be too great are encouraged to consider the relative value of other activities to which they might devote this time.
   
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   A comprehensive final exam will be given at the end of the semester.
   
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   Before the final exam, students will be required to produce outside of class from memory a chart of the conjugation of the model verb in the indicative mood.
   

GRADING AND ATTENDANCE POLICIES
Grades will be figured according to the following formula:
Assignments, Study Time, and Quizzes 50%

Conjugation of model verb 10%

Final exam 40%
This formula may be altered at the instructor's discretion to account for individual circumstances.
Regular attendance at class sessions and timely completion of assignments and quizzes are vital to student success in this course. (A separate handout will be distributed in class regarding homework and quiz policies.) The nature of this course is cumulative. Each week, students will learn concepts that build upon content introduced in previous class discussions. Thus, when students miss class, they place themselves at a disadvantage. They must catch up with missed material as well as learn new material at the same time. “Excused absences,” therefore, do not really exist! A student may be able to recover from missing one class session depending upon the student’s abilities. In keeping with seminary attendance policies, a student may be dropped from a course after multiple absences.
Students who do not complete assignments on the dates required will be penalized, though late assignments must still be completed and submitted to the instructor.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Required Textbook
Black, David Alan. Learn to Read New Testament Greek. 3^rd ed. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2009.
Gutierrez, Ben, and Cara L. Murphy. Learn to Read New Testament Greek Workbook: Supplemental Exercises for Greek Grammar Students. David A. Croteau, ed. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2009.
Editions of the Greek New Testament
The Greek New Testament. K. Aland, B. Metzger, et al., eds. 4th ed. New York: United Bible Societies, 1994.
The UBS Greek New Testament: A Reader’s Edition. Aland, Barbara, et. al., eds. 4^th rev. ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2007.
Novum Testamentum Graece. E. Nestle, K. Aland, et al., eds. 27th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993.
Other Beginning Greek Grammars
Adam, A. K. M. A Grammar for New Testament Greek. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999.
Croy, N. Clayton. A Primer of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
*Duff, Jeremy. The Elements of New Testament Greek. 3^rd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Goodwin, William W. A Greek Grammar. London: Macmillan, 1972.
Hewett, James Allen. New Testament Greek: A Beginning and Intermediate Grammar. Rev. and exp. by C. Michael Robbins and Steven R. Johnson. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2009.
*Long, Gary A. Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Greek: Learning Biblical Greek Grammatical Concepts through English Grammar. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2006.
Machen, J. Gresham. New Testament Greek for Beginners. Toronto: Macmillan, 1923.
Mills, Watson E. New Testament Greek. 2^nd ed. New York: Mellen, 1988.
*Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek: Grammar. 3^rd ed. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, 2009.
Porter, Stanley E., Jeffrey T. Reed, and Matthew Brook O’Donnell. Fundamentals of New Testament Greek. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010.
Sawyer, Thomas, and Ray Summers. Essentials of New Testament Greek. Rev. ed. Nashville: Broadman & Holman: 1995.
Wenham, J. W. The Elements of New Testament Greek. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1965.
Intermediate & Advanced Greek Grammars
Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998.
Blass, Friederich, and A. DeBrunner. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Trans. Robert Funk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961.
Brooks, James A. and Carlton L. Winbery. Syntax of New Testament Greek. Washington: University Press of America, 1979.
Dana, H. E. and Julius R. Mantey. A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament. Toronto: Macmillan, 1955.
Easley, Kendell H. User-Friendly Greek: A Common Sense Approach to the Greek New Testament. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994.
MacDonald, William G. Greek Enchiridion: A Concise Handbook of Grammar for Translation and Exegesis. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1987.
Moule, C. F. D. An Idiom Book of New Testament Greek. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1959.
Porter, Stanley. Idioms of the Greek Greek New Testament. Sheffield: JSOT, 1992.
Wallace, Daniel. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
Young, Richard A. Intermediate New Testament Greek: A Linguistic and Exegetical Approach. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994.
Zerwick, Maximilian. Biblical Greek. Rome: Scripta Pontificii Instituti Biblici, 1963.
Greek-English Lexicons
Danker, Fred, ed. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3^rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Gingrich, F. Wilbur and Frederick W. Danker. Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament. 2nd ed. Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 1983.
Newman, Barclay M. A Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament. Stuttgart: United Bible Societies, 1971.
Thayer, Joseph H. A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament. 4th ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1977 (= 1901).
AGENDA
The dates below are subject to modification according to the needs of the class. Chapters are from the textbook.

Aug 21 Introduction to course, presentation of chapters 1&2

28 Due: Quiz on chapters 1&2, presentation of chapter 3

Sept 4 Due: Exercises chapter 3, presentation of chapter 4

11 Due: Exercises chapter 4 and Quiz on chapter 3, presentation of chapter 5

18 Due: Exercises chapter 5 and Quiz on chapter 4, presentation of chapter 6

25 Due: Exercises chapter 6 and Quiz on chapter 5, presentation of chapter 7

Oct 2 Due: Exercises chapter 7 and Quiz on chapter 6, presentation of chapter 8

9 Due: Exercises chapter 8 and Quiz on chapter 7, presentation of chapter 9

16 Due: Exercises chapter 9 and Quiz on chapter 8, presentation of chapter 10

23 Due: Exercises chapter 10 and Quiz on chapter 9, presentation of chapter 11

30 Due: Exercises chapter 11 and Quiz on chapter 10, presentation of chapter 12

Nov 6 Due: Exercises chapter 12 and Quiz on chapter 11, presentation of chapter 13

13 Due: Exercises chapter 13 and Quiz on chapter 12, presentation of chapter 14

27 Due: Exercises chapter 14 and Quiz on chapter 13; presentation of chapter 15

Dec 4 Due: Exercises chapter 15 and Quiz on chapter 14; review for final exam

11 Final Exam (chapters 1-15)

**Note: Your professor reserves the right to make modifications to this course plan, including the modification of assignments, grading policies, and/or the course agenda. He will inform the students of any such changes as they occur throughout the semester.