GRK 501: New Testament Greek 1 3 Credit Hours
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course aims
to equip the student with a basic grasp of New Testament Greek as a foundation
for accurately interpreting the New Testament.
This includes developing the student’s understanding of the essential
elements of Koine Greek such as morphology, grammar, and syntax, as well as
training the student to use appropriate resource tools to determine the meaning
of the Greek text. It also aims to
develop the student’s confidence in working with Greek words by being able to
read, pronounce, and find words in alphabetical listings and in the biblical
text.
Students are provided with a copy of the Greek New Testament with literal English translation and parsing for each term. While the students are not required to be able to do sight-translating or sight-parsing of the Greek New Testament, they are required to demonstrate skill in understanding grammar and syntax in order to effectively exegete the Greek New Testament.
This course builds on “Bible Study Methods & Hermeneutics” (BS 510) and lays a foundation for the follow-up courses “Introduction to Greek Exegesis” (NT 601) or “Introduction to Greek Exegesis for Advanced Studies” (NT 602). The third Greek course, “Greek Exegesis for Advanced Studies” (NT 603), builds further on this foundation through a course designed as a major elective for Biblical Studies majors and as a free elective to others. This course is foundational to the preaching and teaching courses, the New Testament book courses, theology courses, and all other courses dealing with the New Testament biblical text.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course, the student will have:
Knowledge:
1. Explained the essential elements of Koine Greek such as morphology, grammar, and syntax.
2. Explained insights from Greek grammar for Greek passages (with the literal English translation provided).
Character/Values:
1. Demonstrated a growing dependence on God to enable understanding of God’s word.
2. Demonstrated a growing commitment to study, apply, and communicate God’s word.
Skills/Behavior:
1. Found, pronounced, and worked comfortably with Greek terms. This involves the student having learned the Greek alphabet; declension of the Greek article; conjugation of a common verb in the indicative mood for the present, future, and aorist tenses; principal parts of verbs; a basic Greek vocabulary of 135 words and forms; and basic grammatical relationships.
2. Determined the meaning of Greek words used in the New Testament in context.
3. Used key tools effectively in translating and interpreting Greek words and passages.
4. Grammatically diagramed simple Greek sentences.
- Lecturer: John Reaume