Greek Reading: Epistles (AL3505C)

Content

This unit is designed to consolidate and develop the language skills gained from introductory studies in Koine Greek (or in New Testament Greek, which is a subset of Koine Greek). Students will translate and analyse excerpts of epistles taken predominantly from the New Testament but also from contemporaneous Greek writings. They will revise and extend their knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, exegesis and the study of manuscript variants. (Cross-listed with BN3505C.)

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

New Testament Greek A (AL1201C) and New Testament Greek B (AL1202C), or equivalent

Pedagogy

Interactive lectures and discussions. If the class enrolment is very small then some of the engagement hours may be converted into study hours. The unit is secured against the use of generative AI tools by the incorporation of recorded lecturer/student conversations into at least 50% of the assessment, in tasks spanning all the learning outcomes.

Indicative Bibliography

* = set text recommended for purchase

• Aland, Barbara, Kurt Aland, et al. The Greek New Testament. 5th rev. ed. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2014 (or 6th ed., forthcoming in 2026).
• Bauer, Walter, and Frederick Danker, et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2000.
• Decker, Rodney J. Koine Greek Reader: Selections from the New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian Writers. Kregel, 2007.
• Duff, Jeremy. The Elements of New Testament Greek. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
• Liddell, Henry G., Robert Scott, and Henry S. Jones. A Greek-English Lexicon. 9th ed. Clarendon, 1996.
• Metzger, Bruce M., and Bart D. Ehrman. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration. 4th ed. Oxford University Press, 2005.
• Montanari, Franco. The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek. Edited by Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder. 2nd printing with corrections. Brill, 2018.
• * Nestle, Eberhard. Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece. Revised by Barbara Aland, Kurt Aland, et al. 28th ed. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012 (or 29th ed., forthcoming in 2026).
• Van Voorst, Robert E. Building Your New Testament Greek Vocabulary. Resources for Biblical Study. 3rd ed. Society of Biblical Literature, 2001.
• Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament. Zondervan, 1997.

Assessment