New Testament Greek Two Basic introduction to

Syllabus: New Testament Greek
Spring 2015
New Testament Greek Two
Basic introduction to Hellenistic Greek: designed to give an ability to deal with
the language of the New Testament.
Texts: Required
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J. W. Wenham, The Elements of New Testament Greek, Cambridge University Press (this is the second edition, and it is out of print).
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The Greek New Testament, United Bible Societies, Fourth Edition, plus
dictionary in back (superseded by the Fifth Edition).
Texts: Recommended
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Bruce M. Metzger, Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek,
Princeton.
Free Online Resource:
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H. G. Liddell and R. Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (the “big Liddell”),
https://archive.org/details/greekenglishlex00liddrich (this is a
scan of the 1883 Seventh Edition, with some water stains, tape marks,
and a few torn-out corners)
Class Schedule:
2015 Jan 17: Class One, Lessons 26, 27: Liquid verbs
Review Lessons 23, 24, 25
L.26 Paradigm αι²ρω, α²ρω, η²ρα
L.27 Paradigm γινοµαι
Vocabulary LL. 26, 27
Reading NT
2015 Jan 31: Class Two, Lessons 28, 29: Third Declension Nouns
Review Lessons 26, 27; do exercise A (L.26 has 23, L.27 has 15)
Cover Lessons 28, 29
L.28 Paradigm ο£ α²στηρ, του α²στερος
L.28 Paradigm η£ ε²λπις, της ε²λπιδος
L.28 Paradigm ο£ α²ρχων, του α²ρχοντος
L.28 Paradigm ο£ πατηρ, του πατρος
L.29 Paradigm το σωµα, του σωµατος
L.29 Paradigm το γενος, του γενους
Vocabulary LL. 28, 29
Reading NT
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Syllabus: New Testament Greek
Spring 2015
2015 Feb 07: Class Three, Lessons 30, 31: Third Declension Adjectives
Review Lessons 28, 29; do exercise A (L.28 has 14, L.29 has 13)
Cover Lessons 30, 31
L.30 Paradigm πλειων, πλειον
L.30 Paradigm τις, τι and τι¯ς, τι¯
L.30 Paradigm α²ληθης, α²ληθες
L.31 Paradigm ο£ ι²χθυς, του ι²χθυος
L.31 Paradigm η£ πολις, της πολεως
L.31 Paradigm ο£ βασιλευς, του βασιλεως
Vocabulary LL. 30, 31
Reading NT
2015 Feb 21: Class Four, Lessons 32, 33: Adjectives, Pronouns
Review Lessons 30, 31; do exercise A (L.30 has 13, L.31 has 12)
Cover Lessons 32, 33
L.32 Paradigms πας, πασα, παν and ει£ς, µια, ε£ν
L.32 Paradigms πολυς, πολλη, πολυ and µεγας, µεγαλη, µεγαν
L.32 Greek numbers
L.33 Comparison of adjectives: δικαιος, δικαιοτερος, δικαιοτατος
Vocabulary LL. 32, 33
Reading NT
2015 Mar 07: Class Five, Lessons 34, 35: Perfect, Pluperfect
Review Lessons 32, 33; do exercise A (L.32 has 19, L.33 has 18)
Cover Lessons 34, 35: perfect, pluperfect, aorist passive, future passive
Paradigms:
L.34 λελυκα and λελυµαι
L.34 ε²λελυκειν and ε²λελυµαι
L.35 ε²λυθην, λυθησοµαι
Vocabulary LL. 34, 35
Reading NT
2015 Mar 14: Class Six, Lessons 36, 37: Participles, Genitive Absolute,
Periphrastic Tenses
Review Lessons 34, 35; do exercise A (L.34 has 36, L.35 has 28)
Cover Lessons 36, 37
Paradigms:
L.36 λυων, λυουσα, λυον
L.36 λυσας, λυσασα, λυσαν
L.36 λυθεις, λυθεσα, λυθεν
L.36 λυλυκως, λελυκυια, λελυκος
L.36 λυοµενος; λυσαµενος; λελυµενος; γενοµενος; δυναµενος
L.37 Genitive absolute
L.37 Periphrastic tenses
Vocabulary LL. 36, 37
Reading NT
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Syllabus: New Testament Greek
Spring 2015
2015 Mar 28: Class Seven, Lessons 38, 39: Subjunctive and Optative moods
Review Lessons 36, 37; do exercise A (L.36 has 22, L.37 has 34)
Cover Lessons 38, 39
Paradigm: L.38 λυω, λυ©ς, λυ©, λυωµεν, λυητε, λυωσι
L.38, 39: Seven main uses of the subjunctive
L.39 Optative mood
Vocabulary LL. 38, 39
Reading NT
2015 Apr 11: Class Eight, Lessons 40, 41: Contract verbs, -µι verbs
Review Lessons 38, 39; do exercise A (L.38 has 23, L.39 has 24)
Cover Lessons 40, 41
Paradigms:
L.40 φιλεω (an old friend)
L.40 τιµαω
L.40 φανεροω
L.41 τιθηµι
(In L.41, we also mention διδωµι and ι£στηµι, more or less in passing.)
Vocabulary LL. 40, 41
Reading NT
2015 Apr 25: Class Nine, Lessons 42, 43: διδωµι, ι£στηµι
Review Lessons 40, 41; do exercise A (L.40 has 25, L.41 has 21)
Cover Lessons 42, 43
Paradigms:
L.42 διδωµι
L.43 ι£στηµι
Vocabulary LL. 42, 43
Reading NT
2015 May 09: Class Ten, Lesson 44: Miscellaneous -µι verbs, Review, Final Exam
Review Lessons 42, 43; do exercise A (L.42 has 18, L.43 has 25)
L.44 α²φιηµι
L.44 δεικνυµι
Vocabulary L.44
Reading NT
Final Exam
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