INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT GREEK

Summer 2006 Pre-session

Syllabus 2006 Summer Greek (HTML) or Syllabus 2006 Summer Greek (PDF)

Greek and Hebrew Font Support (You will need to get the Greek font
set up on your computer to read the handouts.)
The Lord's Prayer and JesusLovesMe.pdf
Other Resources
Fun With Croy! Thanks to N. Clayton Croy himself for these resources.

VocabWorks - (Free computer flash card program for Croy Vocabulary)
Learning Inventory
Summer Greek Class featured in the Gettysburg Times (1998)

Friday, August 18 - Entire class meets together for the day beginning at 8:30AM in Valentine 310

AM (8:30-11:45 with break)
- Why learn Greek? > Bible Translations
  - Bible Translation Comparison (Do note that the perspective is skewed to privilege the NIV)
  - Online Translations of the Bible
  - Why Study Greek? - Some helpful observations by Prof. Brian Peterson at LTSS
- English Grammar Review... Ya gotta know english before I can learn ya greek
- Introduction and Lesson 1 (PDF handout)
- Greek Alpha-Beta
  - Character formation and pronunciation - Also helpful: The Greek Alphabet
  - Greek Letter Formation: alpha-kappa / lambda-omega (This is pretty rough, but you'll get the idea. Links appear to no longer work correctly.)
PM (1:00-4:00 with break)
- Quiz on 1: Alphabeta, Accents, Breathing marks, Syllables, Transliteration, Punctuation marks
- Start on transcribing and transliterating Lord's Prayer - Transliteration Key to the Lord’s Prayer
- Lesson2
  - Basic Greek Verb Structure - (I will be providing a copy of this for you in class.) Don't be scared by this! All you need to look at are the Primary Active Endings.
  - Indicative Tense Aspect
  - Lesson 2: P&R 1-6; LXX 1; NT 1, 3; EtoG 2 - CROY – Exercises 2
- Lesson3.pdf
  - Greek Noun Charts
  - Case Usage.pdf
  - Lesson 3: P&R even; NT 1, 6; EtoG 1 - CROY – Exercises 3

Monday, August 20

8:30-9:15 class
- Quiz on 2-3: Be able to reproduce primary active endings and identify forms of λυω in the Present Active Indicative and Present Active Infinitive; Decline (= provide the forms of) typical 1st declension nouns, Vocab from 2-3 - Sample Quiz
9:30-11:45: Why I am here at seminary... Sharing our call stories
1:30-2:15 class
- 15 minute break
2:30-3:15 class - Lesson 4 (and start 5?)
- Do the odd sentences of Practice and Review; #s 2 and 4 of NT; #3 of English to Greek - CROY – Exercises 4
Tutoring Sessions
- 3:30-4:30 Tutoring session (optional)
- 6:30 Evening tutoring session (optional)

Beginning Tuesday, August 22 this will be the normal schedule (Fridays will have a modified schedule for the exams):

8:30-9:30 class - Lesson5
- Do the odd sentences of Practice and Review; #s 3 and 6 of NT; #3 of English to Greek - CROY – Exercises 5
- 15 minute break
9:45-10:30 class
- 10:45-11:45 Tutoring session (optional)
- Practice Quiz on Lessons 4-5 from Summer Greek 2005
- 11: 50-12:10 Chapel
- Lunch
1:30-2:15 class - Quiz on Lessons 4-5
- 15 minute break
2:30-3:15 class - Lesson 6
- PREPOSITIONS
- Prepositional Adventures with a Lion (only works with IE) or PrepositionsLION.05.PDF
- Do the odd sentences of Practice and Review; #s 3 and 4 of NT; #4 of English to Greek - CROY – Exercises 6
- 3:30-4:30 tutoring session
- Evening tutoring session (TBA)

Wednesday, August 23

Mini-Review Quiz on 1-6: Reproduce Primary Active Ending chart and Definite Article chart; translation and analysis using vocab from 6
Lesson7
- Do the odd sentences of Practice and Review; #s 2 and 8 of NT; #5 of English to Greek - CROY – Exercises 7
Lesson8
- Autos Translation Flow Chart
- Special Uses of Autos (from NCCroy) - These are good examples to see how it works.
- Do the even sentences of Practice and Review; #s 4, 5 and 6 of NT; #1 of English to Greek - CROY – Exercises 8

Thursday, August 24

Quiz on 7-8: Conjugate ειμι in the Present Act Indic; Translations and Analysis (personal pronouns, εκεινος, ουτος, αυτος), vocab from 7-8
Review for Exam 1
Exam1 Summer06 L1-8 PRACTICE - These are the first two pages of the exam (order of the multiple choice will be altered). The final page (2 sentences) is Analysis and Translation.
Test Preparation with examples from Lesson 8
Okay, okay,.... but don't use spread THIS around or use it before you've done the work yourself. (These are NCC's answers, and he is not as picky at this point as I am about translating Present Infinitives with "to be VERBing.")

Friday, August 25

8:30 - Exam 1
1:30 - Go over Exam 1
Lesson 9
- Do even sentences of Practice and Review; #2 of NT; #4 of English to Greek - CROY – Exercises 9

Monday, August 28

Quiz on 9
- Conjugate (Reproduce) Primary Middle/Passive Indicative Endings
- Reproduce Present M/P Infinitive form
- Analyze and Translate a sentence which includes vocabulary from Lesson 9
- Middle/Passive/Deponent Flowchart.pdf
Lesson10
- Do even sentences of Practice and Review; #s 1 and 10 of NT - CROY – Exercises 10
Lesson11
- Do even sentences of Practice and Review; #s 7 of NT - CROY – Exercises 11
HERE you go...

Tuesday, August 29

Quiz on 10-11: Reproduce Secondary Act and M/P Indicative Endings; Conjugate ειμι in the Imperfect Indicative; Analyze (PNTMV) 5 verb forms and then translate; Vocabulary from Lessons 10-11
Lesson12
- Even sentences of P&R - CROY – Exercises 12
Lesson13
- Even sentences of P&R - CROY – Exercises 13
Just for Sarah's sake...

Wednesday, August 30

Quiz on 12-13 - Quiz 8 Template
- Verb Formation
Lesson14
- P&R odd - CROY – Exercises 14
Lesson16
- P&R even; NT#1 - CROY – Exercises 16
Principal Parts of Greek Verbs.pdf
2ndAoristStems.pdf

Thursday, August 31

Vocabulary Quiz: 50 words ( Croy Vocabulary from Lessons 1-14,16)
Quiz on 14, 16: Analyze and Translate forms of λαμβανω and πιστευω
Get all your verbs conjugated at The Unbound Bible Greek Parser!
Greek Verb Formation Lessons 1-14, 16 but this is the chart you want in the long run: Formation of Verbs in the Indicative Mood
Principal Parts of Common Greek Verbs
Λυω Chart (not designed to be printed)
Final Exam Practice
Paradigms in Croy related to Lessons 1-14, 16 (Paradigms start on page 204): Sections 238-241 (nouns), 243-244 (definite article & adjectives), 257 (<personal pronouns), 260 (demonstrative pronouns), 265-274 (verb forms), 293-295 (ειμι), 336-337 (2nd Aorist but only Indicative and Infinitive), 339&342 (λαμβανω forms)
Review

Friday, September 1

Final Exam at 8:30 AM
Review Exam at 1:00 PM << NOTE TIME
Lesson 15 following review (I will be as brief as possible!)
Greek Banquet: 5:00 PM in the Refectory

Greek Resources: Fonts, Online and Downloadable Study Resources, Online NT Greek Texts, etc.

Greek and Hebrew Font Support
Greek Study Resources
VocabWorks - (Free computer flash card program for Croy Vocabulary)
Learning Inventory

Incoming Students: Please do not buy books (other than the Croy textbook for the class) or software before my class presentations on the issues involved

INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT GREEK

Summer 2006 Pre-session

Syllabus 2006 Summer Greek (HTML) or Syllabus 2006 Summer Greek (PDF)

Greek and Hebrew Font Support (You will need to get the Greek font set up on your computer to read the handouts.)

The Lord's Prayer and JesusLovesMe.pdf

Other Resources

Fun With Croy! Thanks to N. Clayton Croy himself for these resources.

VocabWorks - (Free computer flash card program for Croy Vocabulary)

Learning Inventory

Summer Greek Class featured in the Gettysburg Times (1998)

Friday, August 18 - Entire class meets together for the day beginning at 8:30AM in Valentine 310

Greek Resources: Fonts, Online and Downloadable Study Resources, Online NT Greek Texts, etc.

Greek and Hebrew Font Support (You will need to get the Greek font
set up on your computer to read the handouts.)