Gordon College Dr. Ted Hildebrandt
BL 202 Greek II (4) Office: MacD 111
Spring, 2015 Phone: ext 4412
Office Hours: Usually in 8:00-11:00 and 1:00-2:00 MWF
Usually
in 8:00-12:00 TR
Daily: thildebrandt@gordon.edu
1. Course Description: Greek II will provide students with a foundational
understanding of New Testament Greek (Koine) phonology, morphology,
syntax and vocabulary. Its goal is to develop the ability to begin reading
the Greek text of the New Testament with some facility. After finishing the
last elements of grammar, we will focus on building a strong vocabulary
and
then work on translating and mastering 1 John 1-5 and perhaps John 1-
3 in Greek. The basic tools for Greek exegesis will be identified
and
utilized in projects designed to illustrate a variety of approaches
to unleash
the leaning of the Greek text of the New Testament.
2. Objectives: the student will be able to
1) review the morphology of nouns, verbs (tenses and voices), pronouns,
adjectives, participles and the vocabulary from the first semester of
Greek
2) complete the syntactic foundations of Greek with a mastery of the
subjunctives, infinitives, imperatives, and mi verbs, and revisit in
depth the grammar of the case system for the datives and genitives
3) translate and sight-read the Greek of 1 John 1-5 and John 1-3
4) begin working with intermediate categories of grammar on
the word, clause and sentence levels of meaning and then on to
discourse level analysis
5) gain experience translating and applying the principles of intermediate
grammar for a closer more nuanced reading of the text
6) explore many of the tools available for doing Greek exegesis
(Theological Dictionary of the New Testament,
Bible Works software, eSword, BAGD, Colin Brown, etc.)
3. Course Textbooks
Required: Everything will be provide either on CD or online
1)
Greek New Testament: Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece
(see Amazon; $39.39) 28th edition.
Or
American Bible Societies UBS Greek New Testament ($39.50,
4th ed.) [UBS=United Bible Societies] text
edited by Bruce
Metzger
or online Westcott-Hort-Robinson text for free—this is what
we will use in class via the Workbook.
A Reader’s Greek New Testament by Richard Goodrich and
Albert
Lukaszewski (Zondervan, $20 no textual variants
listed vocab for words 30x or less notes are very
helpful for
general reading).
Stay away from interlinear texts.
Some
use the ESV-Greek English New Testament Nestle-Aland 28th
edition ($29.48)
2) Hildebrandt, Ted. Mastering New Testament Greek (Baker Book House)
(http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/ted_hildebrandt/index.cfm
(with 1 Jn and Jn 1-5 easy reader, etextbook,
eworkbook and
elexicon). There is an easy reader interactive version that I
think
is pretty handy but I’m biased…
3 Useful tools:
Kubo, Sakae. A Reader's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975).
Bible Works CD-ROM concordancing program; and/or The Exhaustive
Concordance to the Greek NT: Goodrich, Swanson, Kohlenberger
or Englishman’s Concordance; once you use Bible Works you’ll
never want to use a book concordance again (ca. $350). Logos
and Accordance also have similar programs which you may
consult for comparison.
Logos Software is the new gold standard. Bible Works
is aging and
Logos is dominating the market. The
problem is it is very
expensive. The benefit is a whole
substantial theological
library is available which is accessible
from laptop to IPad to
Phone. Incredibly useful for a lifetime
and movement into
the digital library space. Always wait to
buy on sale.
Bauer, Walter; William Arndt; F. Wilbur Gingrich and F. E. Danker. A
Greek- English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early
Christian Literature (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press,
1957). (ca $125) -- I have produced a reader’s elexicon which is
available on your CD. Eventually you will want to purchase
this classic lexicon. Too
expensive.
Check out eSword online for a free version of
the Greek text and
searchable. http://www.e-sword.net/
Accordance: www.Accordancebible.com; from $59 to
$2,000 and
$300 for original languages unit. Mac
favorite. Easy to use.
Logos is more gold standard now.
Vocabulary Builders:
Trenchard, Warren. The Student's Complete Vocabulary Guide to
the Greek New Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
1992).
Mastering
NT Greek Vocabulary Builder (the web site has these
in audio format with background music in
*.mp3 format).
Also available online. Textbook p. 406ff
has vocab. Builder
down to 9x in batches of 10 words in each
group.
4. Course Process
Daily Reading
We will finish the Mastering NT Greek grammar at the rate of
about one chapter per week. You will be expected to read,
complete the workbook exercises and master the content of those
chapters progressively for each class period. After finishing
Mastering NT Greek we will begin reading the New Testament
itself.
Daily Workbook Assignments
The exercises from eworkbook will be collected during each class
period. You should have written out the answers, be ready to ask
questions and/or discuss your responses to the exercises during each
class period.
Later we will focus on three things:
1) building a strong vocabulary,
2) exploring Greek exegetical tools [lexicons, dictionaries,
etc.], and
3) reading and mastering 1 Jn 1-5 and perhaps John 1-3.
The daily assignments will be due on the day of discussion and
late work is accepted, with a decrease in grade, only one week after
it is due.
Memorization
We will be entering the second level of Greek. One of the major
hindrances to the pure enjoyment of Greek is the lack of a comprehensive vocabulary. We will work on building your
vocabulary of Greek to 500 words. Internet and CD-ROM resources
have been built to help you with your mastery of the word lists to
take you beyond the vocab of Mastering NT Greek.
Exams
There will be three exams (two exams and a final). The first will be
over all the material in Mastering NT Greek (grammar and vocab).
The second exam will be over the class readings, vocabulary builder
and advanced grammar concepts. The third final exam will be over
grammar, readings (1 Jn and Jn) and vocabulary.
Late work
If a quiz is missed there will be one week to make it up if excused.
Unexcused missed quizzes can also be made up with a 20% point
deduction. The exams also must be taken on time unless
previously arranged with the instructor. Late workbook exercises
will also be counted automatically as a check minus. No workbook
assignments will be accepted if they are over one week late.
Cheating/Plagiarizing
Any cheating or plagiarizing of material will result in an automatic
failure of the entire course. It is expected that those studying the
New Testament in Greek embrace standards of integrity fitting for
followers of Christ.
Class Participation and Attendance: Active participation in class is
expected. Attendance will be taken and one's participation level in
reading, working in pairs, groups and corporately noted by the
instructor. This is a journey we are taking together. Some will
want to travel faster and others will struggle with every step. I'm
hoping we can help each other so that all make the stated goals.
Endurance and persistence are two major attributes needed in
acquiring Greek. For those that like a faster pace, extra credit is
available via working on projects with the prof. This grade will be
based objectively on class attendance records and the prof's
subjective evaluation of levels of participation.
Course
Accommodation for students with learning disabilities.
Gordon College is committed to assisting students with documented
disabilities (See Academic Catalog Appendix C for documentation
guidelines). A student with a disability who may need academic
accommodations
should follow this procedure:
1. Meet with a staff person from the Academic Support Center (Jenks
412,
X4746) to:
a) make sure documentation of
your disability is on file in the
ASC,
b) discuss the accommodations for
which you are eligible,
c) discuss the procedures for
obtaining the accommodations, and
d) obtain a Faculty Notification
Form.
2. Deliver a Faculty Notification Form to
each course professor within
the
first full week of the semester; at that time make an appointment to
discuss your needs with each professor.
Failure to register in time with your professor may
compromise our ability to provide the accommodations.
Questions or disputes about accommodations should
be immediately referred to the Academic Support
Center. See Grievance Procedures available from the ASC.
Tentative Course Grading
Percentage:
Written homework exercises 10%
Class Participation & Attendance 10%
Quizzes 40%
Exams (2x) 20%
Final Exam 20%
Grading Scale: the course grades will be curved but this is where I will start
100-96 A 85-83 C+
95-94 A- 82-75 C
93-91 B+ 74-70 C-
90-88 B 69-65 D
87-86 B- 65-0 F
4. Tentative Course Assignment Schedule:
Jan. 14 W Introduction to the Course.
Review Grammar (Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns, Indicative
Verbs;
participles and infinitives),
Review Vocab: chs 1-19
Jan. 16 F Quiz
over Vocab chs. 1-19 (Chs. 1-10 English to Greek;
11-19 Greek to English)
Jan. 21 W Quiz over chants for chapts. 1-19
Jan. 23 F Introduction: Ch. 20 Aorist Participles
Do eWorkbook ch. 20 for Monday
Pecking around reading of John 1
Jan. 30 F Introduce chapter 21 Perfect
Participles
Do the homework for ch. 21 for Monday
Feb. 2 M Go over eworkbook for ch. 20 Perfect Ptc.
Review Vocab. & chants
Feb. 4 W Quiz on ch. 21 + Chs. Vocab and chants
Pecking
around reading of John 1
Feb. 6 F Introduce
ch. 22 Infinitives
Do homework for ch. 22 for Monday
Feb. 9 M Go over eworkbook ch. 22 Infinitives
Review Vocab. & chants
Feb. 11 W Quiz
on ch. 22 + Chs. Vocab and chants
Pecking around reading of John 1
Feb. 13 F Introduce
ch. 23 Subjunctive
Do homework for ch. 23 for Monday
Feb. 16 M Go over eworkbook ch. 23 Subjunctives
Review Vocab. & chants
Feb. 18 W Quiz on ch. 23 + Chs. Vocab and chants
Pecking around reading of John 1
Feb. 20 F Exam over all Vocab. Chants, translations
and parsings from
chs. 19-23
Feb. 23 M Introduce
ch. 24 Imperatives
Do homework for ch. 24 for Weds.
Feb. 25 W Go over eworkbook ch. 24 Imperatives
Review Vocab. & chants
Feb. 27 F Quiz on ch. 24 + Chs. Vocab and chants
Introduce Ch. 25 The Mi Verbs
Do homework for ch. 25 the Mi verbs for
Monday
Mar 2 M Go over eworkbook ch. 25 mi verbs
Review Vocab. & chants
Mar 4 W Quiz
on ch. 25 + Chs. Vocab and chants
Introduce Ch. 26 Numbers
Do homework for ch. 26 Numbers for Monday
after break
Mar 5 F – Mar 15: No class [Quad Exams and Spring Recess]
Mar 16 M Go over eworkbook ch. 26 mi verbs
Review Vocab. & chants
Mar 18 W Quiz
on ch. 26 + Chs. Vocab and chants
Pecking around reading of John 2
Mar 20 F Introduce
ch. 27 Comparatives
Do homework for ch. 27 for Mon.
Mar 23 M Go over eworkbook ch. 27 Comparatives
Review Vocab. & chants
Mar 25 W Quiz
on ch. 27 + Chs. Vocab and chants
Pecking around reading of John 3
Mar 27 F Introduce
ch. 28 Case Revisited
Do homework for ch. 28 for Mon.
Mar 30 M Go over eworkbook ch. 28 Case Revisited
Review Vocab. & chants
April1 W Quiz
on ch. 28 + Chs. Vocab and chants
Pecking around reading of John 3
April 3 - 6 Easter Recess
April 8 W Review chs. 1-28
April 10 F Exam
over all chants, vocab and chs. 24-28 translation
and parsing
April 13 M 1 John 1:1-5 read/parse/translate
Switch to Vocab Builder over units 1-39
April 15 W 1 John
1:6-10 read/parse/translate;
Master Vocab Unit 40
Apr 17 F Quiz
on 1 John 1 and Vocab Units 1-40
Chants
April 20 M 1 John 2:1-10
Master
Vocab Unit #41
Apr 22 W 1 John 2:11-20
Master
Vocab Unit #42
Apr 24 F 1 John 2:21-29, read/parse/translate
Master
Vocab Unit #43
Apr 27 M Quiz 1 John 1-2:29 read/translate/parse; Hunt style quiz
Review Vocab Units #1-43, Chants
Apr 29 W Reading
1 John 3:1-12
Master Vocab Unit #44
May 1 F Reading 1 John 3:13-24
Master
Vocab Unity 45
May 4
M Quiz 1 John 1:1-3:24 read/translate/parse; Hunt style quiz
Review Vocab Units #1-45, Chants
May 6 W Exam
3a: Vocab Final: Units 1-45, chants
May 8
F Exam 3b: Exam sight read 1 John 1-3;
know the chapter [Hunt style], parsing
Final exam is scheduled for May 8 (Fri.) at 2:30-4:30.
5. Bibliography taken from the Mastering NT Greek CD-ROM,
Introduction:
Concordancing and Reading Software:
Bible Works 8.0 available at www.bibleworks.com (ca $350). Was the
best. This tool has over 10 English
versions (many Spanish, German
etc) as well as Greek (NT and LXX) and Hebrew parsed texts.
This one tool will carry you for the rest of our life in both Greek and
Hebrew. It is available from: Hermeneutika, Dept. BRO-2001,
Bigfork, MT 59911-2200 USA or tel: 406-837-2244.
It is available for you to freely explore in the Language Computer lab in
the Library. Accordance for the mac and Logos
are also in this market.
eSword (free) resource. Logos now has discourse level analysis which
is unique and takes the electronic resources to another level. Logos is
a life-long tool its only drawback is its price.
Introductory Grammars:
Eleftheriades, Olga. Modern Greek: A Contemporary Grammar (Palo
Alto, CA: Pacific Books, 1985). Modern Greek grammar.
* Hildebrandt, Ted. Mastering NT Greek 2002. CD-ROM for Windows
3.1/95/98/XP. Teaches the first year of Greek grammar with
sound and interactive multimedia exercises. The new version
contains an etextbook, eworkbook, elexicon as well as an
interactive vocab builder down to all the words used more than
9x in the NT.
Machen, J. Gresham. New Testament Greek for Beginners (Toronto: The
Macmillan Company, 1923). It is pedagogically superb and has been
used effectively to teach many generations of students Greek.
Somewhat dated now.
Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek (Grand Rapids: Zondervan
1993). It is well researched. The introductions of each chapter stress
the significance of the chapter. It carefully motivates students.
Stresses nouns first and leaves the verb until chapter 15 unfortunately.
Stevens, Gerald. New Testament Greek. New York: University of America
Press, 1997.
Summers, Ray. Essentials of New Testament Greek (Nashville: Broadman
& Holman Publishers, 1995). A concise introduction to first year
Greek. Easy to use with clear brief descriptions of grammatical
features.
Wenham, J. W. The Elements of New Testament Greek (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1970). Easy to use but does not teach
accents.
Lexicons:
* Bauer, Walter; William Arndt; F. Wilbur Gingrich and F. E. Danker [BDAG]
A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early
Christian Literature (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press,
1957).
Hildebrandt, Ted. New Testament Greek eLexicon. (Wenham: 2002).
Louw, Johannes and Nida, Eugene eds. Greek-English Lexicon of
the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains. 2 vols. 2d ed.
(New York: United Bible Societies, 1989).
Pring, J. T. The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Greek (Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1982). Modern Greek dictionary.
New Testament Text:
Aland, Kurt et al., eds. The Greek New Testament (4rd ed) (Stuttgart:
United Bible Societies, 1993).
Nestle, Eberhard and Nestle, Erwin. Novum Testamentum Graece.
(Stuttgart: Deutsche Biblestiftung, 1979).
Reading Aids:
Alsop, J. R. An Index to the Revised Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich Lexicon
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1981).
Bushell, Michael. Bible Works 4.0 CD-ROM (Hermeneutica, 1996).
* Kubo, Sakae. A Reader's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975).
Rienecker, Fritz. A Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1976).
Vocabulary Building Word Lists:
Hildebrandt, Ted. Mastering NT Greek Vocabulary Builder (Jan. 2003
Web: www.interactivefaith.com, Gordon, or CD-ROM)
Metzger, Bruce. Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek
(Princeton, NJ: published by author, 1972).
Trenchard, Warren. Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New
Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992).
Robinson, T. A. Mastering Greek Vocabulary (Massachusetts:
Henrickson, 1990).
Van Voorst, R.E. Building Your New Testament Greek Vocabulary
(Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990).
Intermediate Grammars:
Barnwell, Katherine. Introduction to Semantics
and Translation (SIL, 1980)
Dana, Harvey Eugene, and Julius R. Mantey. A Manual Grammar
of the
Greek New Testament (NY: Macmillan, 1957). The older tradition of
Machen for beginning Greek and Dana/Mantey for Intermediate has
Been updated to Mounce for beginning Greek (Greek Tutor if you’re
Into computers) and Wallace for Intermediate.
Greenlee, J. Harold. A Concise Exegetical Gammar of the New Testament
Greek (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1963).
Levinsohn, Stephen. Discourse Features of NT Greek (SIL International
2000).
Moulton, James H. A Grammar of New Testament Greek (Edinburgh:
T & T Clark, 1906).
Moule, C.F. D. An Idiom Book of New Testament Greek (Cambridge:
University Press, 1959).
Perschbacher, Wesley. New Testament Greek Syntax (Chicago: Moody
Press, 1995).
*** Porter, Standley E. Idioms of the Greek New Testament (Sheffield,
England: JSOT Press, 1992).
Robertson, A.T., and W. Hersey Davis. A New Short Grammar of the Greek
Testament (NY: Harper, 1933).
–free online-vid. My website 1700
pgs.
** Wallace, Daniel B. Exegetical Syntax of the Greek New Testament (Grand
Rapids: Zondervan, 1995). Heavy but authoritative
Wallace, Daniel B. The Basics of New Testament Syntax (Grand Rapids:
Zondervan, 2000). Condensation of his Exegetical syntax., easier to
digest.
Young, Richard A. Intermediate New Testament Greek: A Linguistic and
Exegetical Approach (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994).
Concordances:
Moulten, W. F. and Geden, A.S. A Concordance to the Greek Testament
(Greenwood, S.C.: The Attic Press, Inc., 1978).
The Englishman’s Greek Concordance (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1970
reprint).
Goodrick, E. W., J. A. Swanson and J. Kohlenberger. The Exhaustive
Concordance to the Greek New Testament (Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
1995).
Word Study Books:
Balz, Horst and Schneider, G. Exegetical Dictionary of the New
Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993).
* Brown, Colin. The New International Dictionary of New Testament
Theology (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1978). NIDNTT
Friedrich, Gerhard (ed.) and Bromiley, Geoffrey. Theological Dictionary
of the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974). TDNT
6. Basic Greek Library: (in usual order of purchase)
* = your most likely next purchases
Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids: Zondervan
1993 – and/or Greek Tutor CD-ROM.
Aland, Kurt et al., eds. The Greek New Testament. 4rd ed. Stuttgart:
United Bible Societies, 1993.
Hildebrandt, Ted. Mastering New Testament Greek. CD-ROM or web
Kubo, Sakae. A Reader's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975.
Bauer, Walter; William Arndt; F. Wilbur Gingrich and F. E. Danker. A
Greek- English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early
Christian Literature (BAGD). Chicago: The University of Chicago
Press, 1957.
Wallace, Daniel B. The Basics of New Testament Syntax. Grand Rapids:
Zondervan, 2000. Condensation of his
Exegetical syntax.
** _________ Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An
Exegetical Syntax
(more thorough; Classic, heavy one).
Zondervan, 1996.
The Exhaustive Concordance to the Greek NT: Goodrich, Swanson,
Kohlenberger or Englishman’s Concordance or Bible Works CD-
ROM concordance
* Brown, Collin. The New International Dictionary of New Testament
Theology (NIDNTT). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1978.
* Logos Software (if you can afford it; lifelong
investment)
Bible Works 8.0 ($350) software will replace the concordance and Sakae
Kubo reader and to some extent the BAGD lexicon. Keep an eye
on the Logos software as they are trying to capture the Greek/Heb.
concordancing market and integrating it into their libronix library
system. While I hate the pricing and
tactics of Logos yet their “system”
can last you a life time. It includes many major
journals, commentary
sets, as well as morphological concordancing and now
includes
discourse level indicators as well going well beyond
simple morphology.
After first year Greek Wallace’s Grammar and Bible Works or Logos
software would be my next two Greek tools to purchase. Bible Works or
Logos software does the Hebrew OT as well
as Greek (NT/LXX). Logos
is better now but costs a lot but will last you a
lifetime.
Greek Resources: reading aids (Kubo/BAGD Lexicon)
Do a word study reading the section on foboj,
Fobew/fobeomai looking up the word in DBAG.
What kind of information is there? How could you
use this tool? (PA 881 B38)
Continue your word study using: Colin Brown, The New
International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (Grand
Rapids: Zondervan, 1975-78). Write one page on what you
found there. BS/2397 NIDNTT
Because of the number taking
Greek please place the book back on the shelf immediately
after completing your work with it.
Use G. Kittel, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
(trans. G. Bromiley) (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964-77).
Write one page on what you found there. TDNT; How
would you compare and contrast TDNT with NIDNTT?
BS/2385. Vocab Unit 44-45
Continue your word study using: Concordance Triad
1) Englishman's Greek Concordance (Zondervan) BS/2341
2) W. F. Moulton and A.S. Geden. A Concordance to the
Greek New Testament (T&T Clark, 1997). BS/2302
3) E. W. Goodrick, J.A. Swanson, J. Kohlenberger.
The Exhaustive Concordance to the Greek NT
(Zondervan, 1995).
Using a concordance for doing a word study. What
concordances are available?
What is the advantage of eSword?
How do you use eSword as a concordance?
Write up 1 page semantic analysis (list, categorization,
results) of what you found as a result of your own study of the
NT text. Do your own word study and compare/contrast
with what you found in TDNT and NIDNTT both content
wise and methodologically.