New Testament Greek B (AL9500T)

Content

This unit continues on from AL8000P/AL8009T. It provides further instruction in Greek syntax, grammar and vocabulary, using the same textbook as in the previous semester. About a third of the unit will be devoted to the translation of extended portions of the Septuagint and Greek New Testament (Jonah and parts of John), prepared in advance by the students. These selected passages will be studied for syntactical grammatical analysis and translation into English, but also to see how engaging with a biblical text in its original language can assist in its interpretation. Furthermore, there will be opportunities to translate extended passages from other writings in Greek that were important for early Christians.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

Successful completion of AL8000P/AL8009T New Testament Greek (or equivalent, with permission of the lecturer)

Pedagogy

a) 12 weekly classes. Each session consists of the teacher's lessons augmented by the set texts, quizzes and tasks.

Indicative Bibliography

Required Textbook

• Decker, Rodney J. Reading Koine Greek: An Introduction and Integrated Workbook. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014.

Required Original Source One Greek New Testament from list:

• Aland, B. and K. Aland et al, The Greek New Testament with a Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament, 4th ed. (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft/New York: United Bible Societies, 1993)
• Aland, B. and K. Aland et al, The Greek New Testament, 5th ed. (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft/New York: United Bible Societies, 1993)
• Nestle, Eberhard, and Kurt Aland. Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece. 28th ed. Hendrickson Pub, 2017.
• Tyndale House, Dirk Jongkind, Peter J. Williams, Peter M. Head, and James Patrick, eds. The Greek New Testament. Cambridge Bibles. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017.

Reference Resources

• Bauer, W., F. Danker, et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000)
• Croy, N.C., A Primer of Biblical Greek (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2007)

• Diggle, James, ed. The Cambridge Greek Lexicon. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
• Gibson, R. J, and Constantine R Campbell. Reading Biblical Greek - Workbook. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2017.
• Gibson, R. J., and Constantine R. Campbell. Reading Biblical Greek: A Grammar for Students. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2017.
• Harris, Dana M. Introduction to Biblical Greek Grammar: Elementary Syntax and Linguistics. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2020.
• Jackson, Paul Norman, and George H. Guthrie. Zondervan Compact Greek Lexicon. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Academic, 2024.
• Montanari, Franco. The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek. Edited by Madeleine Goh and Chad Matthew Schroeder. Leiden: Brill, 2015.
• Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar, 2nd edn. Grand Rapids: Zondervan 2003.

Assessment