The
Aim of the Course
The
focus of this continuing introductory course is on the basic grammar
and vocabulary of New Testament Greek. The goal is to complete the
assigned textbook, Essentials of
New Testament Greek, Revised, by Ray Summers, revised by Thomas
Sawyer, and to begin reading selected passages of the New Testament.
Course
Requirements
1. It
is strongly recommended that those who take this course have either
taken Introduction to Greek Part I or have some preliminary knowledge
of Biblical Greek.
If
you are not sure about your readiness for this course, you may contact
Dr. McFarlane by telephone or email, (see above).
2.
Class presence and participation. (In language study, missing even one
class could make catching up extremely difficult.)
3.
Weekly memorization and quizzes.
4.
Weekly translation assignments.
5.
Two exams: one on Week Seven (March 10th) and one at final class
(April 28th).
Assessment
Criteria
Work
will be graded according to the Hartford Seminary Grading Guidelines.
These will be distributed to students at the beginning of the
semester.
The
final grade will consist of the compilation of the following:
Class
participation 10%
Weekly
Quizzes 20%
Midterm
Exam
30%
Final
Exam
40%
Ground
Rules
Students
who must be absent should contact the professor in advance of the
class if at all possible, and are required to be caught up with the
rest of the class within two weeks at latest. Assignments should be
returned on time, but no more than one week late. Students must be
present for the two exams. In case of health related emergencies,
arrangements may be made to write the exams later, at a time
convenient to the professor, but no more than ten days after the
scheduled time for the exams.
CLASS
MEETING SCHEDULE 
Week
One
January
27, 2005
Review of Learnings in Part I
Chapter
Seventeen: Aorist and Future Passive Indicative
Scripture
Reading in Greek
Week Two
February 3, 2005
Chapter Eighteen: Third
Declension: Liquid & Mute Stem
Vowels
Chapter
Nineteen: Vowel Stem & Neuter Nouns
Scripture
Reading in Greek
Week Three
February 10, 2005
Review
Chapter
Twenty: Present & Future Participles
Scripture
Reading in Greek
Week Four
February 17, 2005 Review
Chapter
Twenty One: Aorist, Active & Middle Participles
Scripture
Reading in Greek
Week Five
February 24, 2005 Review
Chapter
Twenty Two: Aorist Passive Participles
Scripture
Reading in Greek
Week Six
March 3, 2005
Review
Chapter Twenty Three: Present and Pluperfect Tenses
Scripture
Reading in Greek
Week Seven
March 10, 2005
Review
Midterm
Exam
Chapter
Twenty Four: Subjunctive Mood
Scripture
Reading in Greek
Week Eight
March 17, 2005
Review
Chapter
Twenty Five: Imperative Mood
Scripture Reading in Greek
Week Nine
March 24, 2005 NO CLASS
– SEMINARY CLOSED FOR MAUNDY THURSDAY
Week Ten
March 31, 2005
Review
Chapter
Twenty Six: Contract Verbs
Chapter
Twenty Seven: Pronouns
Week Eleven
April 7, 2005
Review
Chapter
Twenty Eight: Irregular Adverbs & Adjectives
Week Twelve
April 14, 2005
Review
Chapter
Twenty Nine: Special Verbs
Scripture
Reading in Greek
Week Thirteen
April 21, 2005
Review
Chapter
Thirty: The Article
Scripture
Reading in Greek
Week
Fourteen
April
28, 2005
Chapter Thirty One: Infinitive
Exam
Reading
Schedule: The
student should read through the chapter/s listed above in advance of
class.
Assignment
Due Dates: (as
listed above)
Weekly
memorization and quizzes.
Weekly
translation assignments.
Two
short exams: one on Week Seven (March 10th) and one at final class
(April 28th).
Required
Texts:
1. Title:
Essentials of New Testament Greek
Author: Ray Summers, revised by Thomas Sawyer
Publisher: Broadman and Holman, Nashville Tennessee, 1995
ISBN:
0-8054-1001-5
2.
Title: (Nestle-Aland) Novum Testamentum Graece
Editors:
Eberhardt and Erwin Nestle, Kurt Aland
current
publisher: American Bible Society 2001
ISBN 3438051087
(original
publisher: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart 1898, 1979
and
ISBN: 3438051001)
3.
Title: Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament
Prepared by: Barclay M. Newman, Jr.
Publisher:
American Bible Society 1971
Suggested
Additional Texts
1.
Title: Mastering Greek Vocabulary, Second Revised
Edition
Author:
Thomas A. Robinson
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody Mass. 1990, 1991.
ISBN: 0-943575-45-1
2.
Title: A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament
Prepared
by: Editrice Pontifico Istituto Biblio
Roma, Italy 1996
ISBN: 88-7653-588-8
