UNDERGRADUATE GREEK I Global Institute of Theology1 Level MQF/EQF 5 License-2013-FH1026 BIB4143

Welcome to Greek! Chairete! (I wish you (pl) to be happy) xai/rete Chaire! I wish you (sg) to be happy!) xai=re

General Information Location: Live Seed Pentecostal Church Lectures: Tuesdays at 19:00 Number of lessons: 13 Exams: 5 Number of Credits: 3 (GU) Passing grade 70% CTS Credits 7 (after submission to MQRIC)

SynopsesHoursLearning Mode Contact hours25Lecturing Hands on65Practising Vocabulary/ translations /reading/ self- tests/ SLR Self-study65Studying text book Assessment255 exams Total Hours 180 Depending on Students’ aptitude towards Greek language

Course Description This course presents a study of Koinē Greek grammar and syntax with emphasis on reading and understanding the Greek text of both the New Testament extra biblical Koinē literature.

This study will help students to appreciate the Koinē Greek of the New Testament to read Greek as it was written by Greek authors while avoiding the English syntactical approach. _________________________________________________ The course requires supervised examinations that include translation of selected New Testament and / or extra biblical passages.

INTRODUCTION By William D. Mounce

Course Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to: 1.Explain the most basic elements of Koinē Greek—verbs, nouns, articles, adjectives. 2.Read aloud from the Greek New Testament with confidence. 3.Translate from the Greek New Testament with the aid of textual glosses.

4.Explain the potential importance of several aspects of Greek grammar for interpreting the New Testament. 5.Investigate the meaning of Greek words by examining their use in context. 6.Continue studying New Testament Greek in the future.

Skills Developed Read large portions from the Bible and translating a number of passages with relative ease. Teach and preach more accurately what the Bible really says, by using your Greek grammar. Exegete the New Testament with scholarly tools.

Required Materials Study Guide and Mounce’s BBG Reading Translate and exegete a Bible Passage Greek Interlinear Software and hardware Technology/Tools

Instructional Methods Briefly describe instructional methods Lectures Lesson Introduction (videos) Demonstrations Hands on exercises Class discussion Individual/collaborative translations

Schedule Schedule may change if and when necessary. For example: because of its length, lesson four will need to be divided into two parts. I suggest we have two sessions on the same day by starting earlier or finish later.

Assessment Criteria Unit Exams Final Exam SLR

Resources Web & Software Tools Teknia.com (FlashWorks) Mobile/tablet apps Anki/ParseGreek Greek apps Social Media TwitterFacebookSkype Study Groups Study groups

Instructor Contact Information Office hours By appointment

Preparation for lesson 1 Read Mounce chapters 1-3 (pages X-11) Objects for Lesson 1 preparations Write your own goal and three objectives for why you want to learning NT Greek. Explain how you envision your self to use NT Greek in your ministry or devotional life. Share with your peers what memory tools you have used and what were the benefit of the tool/s you used. Today First Lesson

Objectives for lesson 1 Correctly write each letter of the Greek alphabet (both uppercase and lowercase) in the correct alphabetical order. Correctly pronounce each character in the Greek alphabet, including consonants, vowels, and diphthongs.

Summary 1.It is essential that you learn the Greek alphabet right away. You cannot learn anything else until you do. 2.Learn the English name, how to write the small letter, and how to pronounce the letter. 3.The vowels in Greek are α, ε, η, ι, ο, υ, and ω.

Questions?

Let’s learn a Greek phrase!...or two Autos estin didaskalos mou Hehe (is)teacher my Ego eimiautou mathethes Iamhisstudent

See you Tuesday, September 2 Enjoy your learning of NT Greek

UNDERGRADUATE GREEK I Global Institute of Theology23 Level MQF/EQF 5 License-2013-FH1026 BIB4143