INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT GREEK  - 1.210

Lord's Prayer BibleWorks9:  HERE is some info you should find helpful and will want to reference. HERE is the installation guide you should use. HERE is part 1 of the  BW9 setup up guide HERE is part 2 of the  BW9 setup up guide HERE is part 3 of the BW9 setup up guide BibleWorks External Links guide (will also look at in class) BW SBL GNT - we will install this into BibleWorks in class The BibleWorks Wiki Web has a ton of useful guides for you. Have a question about BibleWorks? Search or ask for help on the BW Forum. Bookmark these sites! Have you signed up to receive the BibleWorks Classroom Tips? This is worth downloading for BW: Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History This should be interesting... BibleWorks and Communicative Greek, pt 1 How to Love the Lord Your God (on translating "heart / καρδια) Three Recent Translations of the New Testament (CEB, TNIV, NTWright's Kingdom Translation)

Tuesday, December 13

• Retrospect / Prospects
• ΠΑΡΤΙ
• I guess I'm not being a very good party person, since I still have stuff to bring to your attention...
• Christmas Stuff:
  • O Christmas Tree in Greek
  • Greek Christmas Carols / Τα κάλαντα Χριστουγέννων
• So that you don't lose your Greek in a month...
  • Mark 1.9x15Notes.DOC = Mark 1.9x15Notes.PDF (this is the first translation assignment in the Gospels class)
  • In BibleWorks9, try doing Bagster's Daily Light text
  • Look at the Gospel texts in the weekly lectionary
• Translation Considerations

Friday, December 16

• IMPORTANT: Please complete course evaluation!
• Review Exam
• Translation, Resources...

Tuesday, December 13

• Return Exam Part D
• Exam Part C (in-class project)
  • Instructions

Friday, December 9

• Exam Parts A and B in class
• Take home portion of Final Exam Part D distributed

Tuesday, December 6

• Due: CROY 32 – Exercises - Practice and Review: 1-4, 12-14; NT 2,3,4,6,7,10
• For fun, check out: Parataxis in Mark's Gospel
• Review and Practice Final Exam (I will handout copies of these in class)
  • Final Exam Practice A
  • Final Exam Practice BCD

Friday, December 2

• Croy 32 - Well, in that case...
• CaseUsage.pdf (you already have this handout)
• Bonus: Referential Indefinites! (τις) Contemptuous Usage of demonstratives! Start with this post and then this and this and this.
• DUE: CROY 31 – Exercises - Practice and Review: 1, 2, 3, 10, 14; NT 1,2,3,6,7,9 

Tuesday, November 29

• Croy 31
• Croy 28-30 Part B - You still talkin' 'bout μι?
• DUE: (do enough so that you start to get comfortable with these verbs)
  • CROY 28 – Exercises - Practice and Review Odd 1-11; NT 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
  • CROY 29 – Exercises - Practice and Review Even 2-10; NT 1-4, 8
  • CROY 30 – Exercises - Practice and Review Even 2-12; NT 1,2,4,6,9

Friday, November 25: NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING BREAK

Tuesday, November 22

• IMPORTANT: Is class meeting this day? We will discuss and make arrangements on Friday...
• Croy 28-30 Part B - You still talkin' 'bout μι?
• GreekNumbers.pdf

Friday, November 18

• Croy 28-30 Part A - You talkin' 'bout μι?
• DUE: CROY 27 – Exercises - Practice and Review 1-11 Odd; NT 1-4
• Take home quiz on Imperatives DUE

Tuesday, November 15

• Croy 27 - What?
• DUE: CROY 26 – Exercises - Practice and Review 1-6; NT 2, 3, 4, 5, 9
• Take home quiz on Imperatives handed out in class (30 minutes max.; open note/book/sw) DUE: Friday
• Bonus: Intense Tense Wars! Watch Greek grammarians kick each other's aorist into a perfect mess! Follow the links from here.

Friday, November 11

• QUIZ on Infinitives DUE
• DUE: CROY 25 – Exercises - P&R: 1-8 (+ 9-14); NT: 3, 9
• Croy 26- IMPERATIVES!!!
  • Some Present and Aorist Imperative Examples (SAVE - do not open - this file to your BW8 notes directory and open in the BW editor)

Tuesday, November 8

• Please complete a brief midterm course evaluation. (This one is just for me. 6 quick questions. It's not the official end of semester one from LTSG. It is anonymous. Just checking how things are going...) 
• Croy 25 - yada, yada, yada...
• DUE: CROY 24 – Exercises (PDF) P&R: 1-7 (+ 8-14); NT: 1,3-5, 7-9, 11-12
• BW SBL GNT - we will install this into BibleWorks in class
• Take home quiz on Infinitives distributed > DUE Tuesday
  • Open book/notes/software 
  • Take up to 30 minutes max (You can spend as much time as you want working on the bonus questions)

Friday, November 4

• Please complete a brief midterm course evaluation. (This one is just for me. 6 quick questions. It's not the official end of semester one from LTSG. It is anonymous. Just checking how things are going...) 
• Review exam
• Croy 24 - Finally the opportunity to study Infinitives!

Tuesday, November 1

• Return take home part of exam
• Midterm Exam

Friday, October 28

• Review for Midterm Exam
• This is the first part of the midterm (the order of some of the questions may change, but these are the questions) - Midterm PART A - This is the stuff to memorize.

• Midterm PARTS B & C PRACTICE - Will be handed out in class

• Take home part of Midterm Exam distributed (45 minute time limit)
• Help! I don't have BibleWorks on my computer, and I can't afford to buy software at this time. I want to be able to use digital Greek aids for the take home test. What can I do?
  • BibleWorks is installed on sem systems in the lab and library. (Logos is also on one of the library computers.)
  • Download and install LaParola (for Win & Linux; analysis works via links to web resources)
  • Work online using: Online Greek Bible or The Unbound Bible or Greek New Testament or Kata Biblon or Perseus or Great Treasures (free account needed for some; each have various strengths...)
  • LTSG has a building called a library with books in it!

Tuesday, October 25

• Finish Subjunctives
• Homework: Croy Lesson 23 (PDF) P&R: 1-2, 4-5, 7, 9-12 and NT: 2-12
• Here are some interesting examples with participles and subjunctives in the Gospel of Mark. Download and save the file (ie, right click and "Save as..."). The best place to save it is in the "notes" subdirectory of your BibleWorks directory. (Usually it will be something like > C:\Program Files\BibleWorks 8\notes. If you use Vista or Win7, it will be under: C:\Program Files (x86)\BibleWorks 9\notes.) Then in BibleWorks, go to the Editor tab in the Analysis pane on the right. Open the file by navigating to your "notes" subdirectory if needed. You will now have the file with easy click links to the texts. Here's the file: subjunctive examples in mark (Remember, "save" the file not "open" it.)
• Hand out: QUIZ on Lessons 21-23 = Midterm Part A, Questions 6-7 = DUE on Friday

Friday, October 21

• Croy 23 Subjunctive
• Subjunctives.pdf (will be handed out in class)
• Homework: CROY – Lesson 22 (PDF) P&R: 1-5 and NT: 1, 7, 10

Tuesday, October 18 - NO CLASS!

Friday, October 14

• Croy 22 Liquid Verbs
• Homework: CROY - Lesson 21 (PDF) P&R: 1, 6-9, 11; NT: 1, 3, 6
• Ephesians 2.8x.docx in class

Tuesday, October 11

• For fun - 1 John 3.6
• Homework: CROY - Lesson 21 (PDF) Verbs: P&R: 2-5, 10,12; NT: 2,4,5
• Finish Croy 21 (Start 22?)
• Start working on next vocab: Λ·Ω 50+ times
  • Unzip this file and put both of the unzipped files in your BibleWorks/init/ directory. Open the Flashcard module in BW and opent the gntvoc50plus file.

Friday, October 7

• Quiz: Participles and sentence; open book/notes
• Croy 21 Contract Verbs, etc.

Tuesday, October 4

• Quiz: Participles and sentence; open book/notes
• Do at least 4 from each lesson. (HINT: -vv- Be sure to pay attention to those colons!)
  • CROY – Lesson 18 Exercises  (PDF): Do P&R 1,3,5,6, 8,10,13; NT 1, 11
  • CROY – Lesson 19 Exercises  (PDF): Do P&R 1,2,4,5,8,9,10,12,13: NT 2,4,5,6
  • CROY – Lesson 20 Exercises  (PDF): Do P&R 2,3,5-13; NT 1, 2, 5,7,11
• Download this file and save it in your /Program Files/BibleWorksX/notes directory; we will use this in class (in BibleWorks, go to the Analysis pane on the right, click on Editor, open this file). Then use this Word DOC for helping with analysis.

Friday, September 30

• More homework? Do at least 3 from each lesson
  • CROY – Lesson 18 Exercises (PDF): Do P&R 2, 4, 7, 9,11, 12, 14; NT 5, 8, 10
  • CROY – Lesson 19 Exercises (PDF): Do P&R 3,6,7,11,14
  • CROY – Lesson 20 Exercises (PDF): Do P&R 1,4,14; NT 4,10
• Mark 14.22-24 / PDF (handed out and done in class)
• Just for fun in class: Mark 1.4
• Too much fun! Participles.4
• Enough already with the participle fun
  • PARTICIPILATOR 3000
  • Greek Participles
  • Participles

Tuesday, September 27

• Vocabulary Quiz A-K (Words used 50+ times) - 25 words on quiz
• The fun never ends with Participles.3 

Friday, September 23

• REMEMBER: Vocab quiz on Tues 27: Vocab list in DOC (NOTE: the English column is actually there in white type so you can't see it. If you use the marker in Word, you can double click on the spot, and it will appear.)
• Short quiz: Analyze 2 participles and rough translation (Can use noun sheet; ptcp sheet)
• Homework
  • Croy Lesson 19-20 Participles (PDF) analyzing (< note the ptcp!)

Tuesday, September 20

• Finish Participles.1 
• More fun with Participles.2
• Homework
  • See if you can get started on these. Croy Lesson 18 Participles (PDF) analysis - How is it going? (< note the ptcp)
  • If you are getting no where w/ those participles, you best be spending some time working on vocab for the quiz next week.

Monday, September 19

Get your γαρ on!

Friday, September 16

• QUIZ on 3rd declension endings (replicate table of endings)
• CROY 17– Exercises (PDF): Do P&R sentences 1-3 of Practice and Review;  Do NT #1,2,3,4,6,7 
• Participles.1 
  • A QUICK GUIDE TO PARSING AND TRANSLATING PARTICIPLES.pdf (I will be handing this out in class)
  • Participle Practice sheet

Tuesday, September 13

• Remember to complete Summer Greek Course Evaluation
• QUIZ on Perfect/Pluperfect: Analysis of a few Perfect and/or Pluperfect forms as part of a short translation
• CROY 15 Exercises: Do sentences 4, 5, 8, 9 and 11 of Practice and Review; NT #5
• Start working on 50+ vocabulary list: A-K
• Lesson 17
• Bible Software Demonstration >> Bible Software Sale
• Bible Software Considerations
• Resources Every Seminarian Should Have for Original Language Bible Study 

Friday, September 9

• Finish Lesson 15b
  • CROY 15 Exercises: Do sentences 1, 2, 6, 7, and 12 of Practice and Review Do NT #4 .
• Helpful Grammar Charts (You already have these handouts. These are here for your future reference.)
  • GreekNouns.pdf
  • Cases and Their Functions.pdf
  • Infinitives.pdf
  • Prepositions Chart.pdf
• Work on the Lord's Prayer in Greek
• Vocabulary50+list (PDF) Instead of fussing about vocab in Croy, start working on this list. Quiz on A-K on 21 September 27.

Friday, September 2

• Introduce Lesson 15
  • NO QUIZ on Friday the 9th
• If you have not already done so, get your computer ready to go with Unicode Greek.
  • Greek Tools Proficiencies Part 1A - Setting up your system
  • Greek Tools Proficiencies Part 1B – Keyboard Exercise (DOC file - download / open in your word processor)
• Here are the Greek Resources that you have as handouts
  • Basic Verb Structure.pdf  <<
  • Formation of Verbs in the Indicative Mood.pdf  <<
  • GreekNouns.pdf <<
  • CaseUsage.pdf
  • Principal Parts Aspects of Greek Verbs.pdf
  • Principal Parts of Common Greek Verbs
  • Indicative Tense Aspect Translating.pdf

Tentative Schedule Fall 2011 Greek - ALPHA

• This is so yesterday:
• More fun, but the pronunciation isn't quite right
• Learning the Greek Alphabet Can Be Heartless for Kanye fans (and again the pronunciation isn't right...)
• Koine Greek Still Spoken Here!
• What Does It Mean to "Read" Greek (Pt1)
• The Man Behind the Curtain—Or, The Dirty Truth About Most New Testament Greek Classes (Pt2): hmmm... I agree with some of what he says, but he also is working with a different model of Greek requirements and instruction.
• The importance of correct grammar (note use of Vocative plural, plural imperative...)
• Greek Professors: Do They Know Greek? (Pt3) (FYI, I scored a 3.5. Also note my comment to the post.)
• The Oral/Aural Foundations of Reading (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 4)
• How Long, O Lord, Until I Know Greek? (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 5)
• Bible Software, Greek Tools, and a Future for Immersion (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 6)  >> Note that this post prompted a long comment from me. I have a better organized expression of what I am trying to do when teaching Greek here: On teaching Koine Greek
• There are a number of good free eBooks available from BHD, but this one, The Holy Bible: A Buyer's Guide, is particularly helpful.
• A balanced and reliable review of NIV 2011 (from a conservative perspective that appreciates "gender accuracy" in a translation) - I won't link to reviews that are upset about the "gender-neutral" (which is understood by some to be a very bad thing) language of the NIV 2011...
• Why Most Bible Translations are So Bad (And Why the Next Generation Should Care)
• When is a Perfect a Present? (οιδα)
• Greek Immersion in the Seminary Curriculum–What’s Needed to Make it Work? (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 7)
• Greek Immersion in the Seminary Curriculum—Practical Suggestions (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 8)
• Immersion Greek: Developing the Necessary Support Structure (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 9)
• First 1000 Words: Picture Book for Koine Greek Vocabulary (Needed Greek Resources)
• Koine Greek Rosetta Stone (Needed Greek Resources) 
• World's earliest surviving Christian inscription identified
• Why is this so wrong? 
  Survey: Bible readers prefer word-for-word over thought-for-thought translation 
  Check HERE and HERE
• The Most Interesting Man in the World
• Why learn Greek participles?
• The "Staurogram"
• LOLing in Koine
• This is Part 1 (of 34) of an interesting series on Bible translation. (Follow the blog archive on that page. He's up to part 24.)
• We may give this a try: http://gosoapbox.com/   mark634
• My Second Thoughts about Subjunctives in Purpose Clauses
• A Book on Literary Translation
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