INTRODUCTION TO  NEW TESTAMENT GREEK

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Friday, August 19 - 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

  • Introduction and Lesson 1

  • Greek Alpha-Beta
    • Greek Alpha-Beta character formation with hints for writing
    • Pronunciation - AlphaBeta (MP3 files: repeat after me... or straight through)
    • Also helpful: The Greek Alphabet
    • Start on transcribing and transliterating Lord's Prayer (Here's the Transliteration Answer Key to the Lord’s Prayer)
  • English Grammar Review... Ya gotta know da english before I can learns ya greek

• PM (1:00-2:00  < NB: 1pm today; usually 1:30pm)
  • Quiz on 1: Alphabeta, Accents, Breathing marks, Syllables, Transliteration, Punctuation marks
  • Start Lesson 2
    • Basic Greek Verb Structure and Indicative Tense Aspect  and - (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.
    • Lesson 2: P&R 1-6; LXX 1; NT 1, 3; EtoG 2 - CROY – Exercises 2
• PM 2:00-4:00
  • Why I am here at seminary... Sharing our call stories
• OPTIONAL: 4pm - I need to write an article by Tuesday on Matthew 18.15-20, the lectionary text for 4 September. I will show you one way of starting to use the Greek to work through a text. I would appreciate your help in getting an 'angle' on the text that is focused on how it relates to what is going on in the world today. (And by "today," I mean this very week.) Here's the text we will be using. DOWNLOAD this DOCX file.

Monday, August 22 
(this will be the normal schedule except Fridays will have a modified schedule for the exams)

• 8:30-9:30 class
  • Review Lesson 2
    • Basic Greek Verb Structure and Indicative Tense Aspect  and - (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.
    • Lesson 2: P&R 1-6; LXX 1; NT 1, 3; EtoG 2 - CROY – Exercises 2
• 9:45-10:30 class
  • Lesson 3
    • Greek Noun Charts and Case Usage.pdf (will be handed out in class)
    • Lesson 3: P&R even; NT 1, 6; EtoG 1 - CROY – Exercises 3
• 10:45-11:45 Tutoring session (optional)
• 11:55-12:10 Chapel
• Lunch
• 1:30-2:15 class
  • Review 3
  • 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 (Key)
  • Lesson 4
  • Do the odd sentences of Practice and Review; #s 2 and 4 of NT; #3 of English to Greek - CROY – Exercises 4
  • 15 minute break
• 2:30-3:15 class - (and start 5?)
  • Lesson5
  • Do the odd sentences of Practice and Review; #s 3 and 6 of NT; #3 of English to Greek - CROY – Exercises 5
• Tutoring Sessions
  • 3:30-4:30 Tutoring session (optional)
  • 6:30 Evening tutoring session (optional; this time may change)

Tuesday, August 23

FYI: We do lessons 3, 4, and 5 on Monday. We will do lessons 6, 7, and 8 between now and Friday. >> Monday was your worst day. We will be going much more slowly here on out...

• 8:30-9:30 class
  • Review 4 and 5
  • 15 minute break: Student ID pics
• 9:45-10:30 class
  • Quiz on Lessons 4-5 - Sample Quiz
  • Start Lesson 6
• 10:45-11:45 Tutoring session (optional)
• 11:55-12:10 Chapel
• Lunch
• 1:30-2:15 class - Lesson 6
  • 15 minute break
• 2:30-3:15 class - Review Lesson 6
  • PREPOSITIONS (handed out in class)
  • 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
• 6:30 Evening tutoring session (optional; this time may change)

Wednesday, August 24

• 8:30-9:30 class -
  • Review 1-6
  • Quiz on Lessons 1-6 - Sample Quiz
  • 15 minute break: Student ID pics
• 9:45-10:30 class
  • Lesson 7
  • Do the odd sentences of Practice and Review. Do #s 2 and 8 of NT. Do #5 of English to Greek: CROY – Exercises 7
• 10:45-11:45 Tutoring session (optional)
• 11:55-12:10 Chapel
• Lunch
• 1:30-2:15 class -
  • Review 7
  • 15 minute break
• 2:30-3:15 class - Lesson 8 
  • Autos Translation Flow Chart
  • Special Uses of Autos (from NCCroy) - These are good examples to see how it works.
  • Do the odd sentences of Practice and Review; #s 3 and 4 of NT; #4 of English to Greek - CROY – Exercises 8
  • 3:30-4:30 tutoring session
  • Mt18.15x20 (Please do not share...)

Thursday, August 25

• 8:30-9:30 class -
  • Review 8
  • 15 minute break
• 9:45-10:30 class
  • Quiz on 7-8 - Sample Quiz (we will go over this in class)
  • 10:45-11:45 Tutoring session (optional)
  • 11:55-12:10 Chapel
  • Lunch
• 1:00 (NOTE TIME) - REVIEW (optional)
• Sample Midcourse Exam - Will be handed out in class
  • Pages 1-3 are closed book; page 4 (part VI) is open book/notes/resources (no computers or human help!) - You can use your practice work on page 1 when you do page 4
  • Page 1 is identical to the exam; page 2, there will be vocab and on part IV the responses will be jumbled (the questions do not change, just the responses); page 3 is closed book; page 4 is similar to page 3 but is open book/resources/notes
  • Croy Vocab - organized by chapter and part of speech

Friday, August 26

• 8:30-10:00AM - MIDCOURSE EXAM
  • Pages 1-3 are closed book; page 4 (part VI) is open book/notes/resources (no computers or human help!) - You can use your practice work on page 1 when you do page 4

• 1:30 class
  • Review Exam
  • Lesson 9
  • Do even sentences of Practice and Review; #2 of NT; #4 of English to Greek - CROY – Exercises 9
  • Midcourse evaluation - Please complete this sometime after the midterm exam. Note that this survey is just for me and the results are available to me immediately. I will not know anyone's identity, however. Thanks! mgvh

Monday, August 29

• 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
• Have you done the quick, Midcourse evaluation yet? Thanks!
• Lesson 10  
  • Do even sentences of Practice and Review; #s 1 and 10 of NT - CROY – Exercises 10
• Lesson 11
  • Do even sentences of Practice and Review; #s 7 of NT - CROY – Exercises 11

Tuesday, August 30

• 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
  NOTE: slight change on format of quiz > HERE is as SAMPLE Quiz showing what the quiz will be like. (Different verb forms than the ones on this sample.)
• Lesson 12 
  • Even sentences of P&R - CROY – Exercises 12
• Lesson 13 
  • Even sentences of P&R - CROY – Exercises 13
• Looking at the big picture...
  • I'll be handing out a paradigm chart in class

  • You can also download a chart HERE (also includes articles and noun declensions) or grab this DOC.

Wednesday, August 31

• Quiz on 12-13 - Quiz 8 Template
  • Get all your verbs conjugated at The Unbound Bible Greek Parser!
• Lesson 14
  • odd - CROY – Exercises 14
• Lesson 16
  • P&R even; NT#1 - CROY – Exercises 16
• Principal Parts of Greek Verbs.pdf
• 2ndAoristStems.pdf
• Principal Parts of Some Common Greek Verbs (gold handout in class)

Thursday, September 1

• Vocabulary Quiz: 50 words ( Croy Vocab from Lessons 1-14,16)
• Quiz on 14, 16: Analyze and Translate forms of λαμβανω and πιστευω
  • Practice: Forms of βαλλω
• 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 (handout provided)
• Final Exam Practice (!! a copy will be handed out in class)
• 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 2

• 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!)

>>> FALL GREEK 2011!

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: The only book you need to buy before class is the Croy textbook. (. or software before my class presentations on the issues involved

• Greek New Testaments and Lexical Aids
• New Testament Greek Software Resources