Content

This is an intermediate Greek reading unit that exposes students to substantial excerpts from all four Gospels, Acts, and a variety of epistles from the New Testament. Some extra-canonical works may be covered according to the students' interests. This unit will be taught online using a communicative approach where students, in addition to increasing their vocabulary and understanding of grammar, also practise listening, writing, and speaking Koiné Greek for the purpose of developing their proficiency in reading. This is an ideal unit for students who wish to consolidate their Greek and/or who are intending to undertake research in the New Testament or Patristics.

Unit code: AL3609T

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: Languages

Delivery Mode: Online

Proposing College: Trinity College Theological School

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Learning outcomes

1.

Demonstrate a reading of a wide selection of New Testament texts in Koiné Greek

2.

Speak and understand simple sentences in Koiné Greek

3.

Compose narratives and prose about everyday life in Koiné Greek, with the aid of a Lexicon

4.

Demonstrate the capacity for using strategies for translating and understanding difficult passages in Koiné Greek

Unit sequence

Successful completion of NT Greek A and B (or equivalent, with permission of the lecturer)

Pedagogy

6 fortnightly sessions online. Each session consists of the teacher's multi-media lessons augmented by the set texts, online quizzes and tasks. There is also a weekly 30-minute Skype tutorial session with the teacher.

Indicative Bibliography

  • = set texts recommended for purchase

  • Joint Association of Classical Teachers. *New Testament Greek: A Reader. Cambridge: CUP, 2001

  • Aland, B. and K. Aland. *The Greek New Testament, 4th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft/New York: United Bible Societies, 1993

  • Newman, B.M. *A Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft/New York: United Bible Societies, 1993 [normally bound in the same volume as The Greek New Testament]

  • Duff, J., The Elements of New Testament Greek, 3rd ed. (Cambridge: CUP, 2005) [the CD-ROM often packaged with this is optional]


  • Buth, R., Living Koiné Greek, 2nd Ed., Parts I-III, Israel: Biblical Language Center, 2007

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

Written narrative or prose exercise in Koiné Greek, equivalent to 1,500 words

0 25.0
Written examination under timed conditions conducted online

Take-home exam, equivalent to 2,000 words

0 50.0
Essay

Participation in the weekly Skype tutorials and quizzes on the assigned readings, equivalent to 1,500 words

0 25.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 1 Nov, 2016

Unit record last updated: 2021-09-28 17:02:25 +1000