INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT GREEK

Summer 2009 Pre-session

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Friday, August 14 - 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 (PDF handout)

  • Greek Alpha-Beta
    • Greek Alpha-Beta character formation 
    • Pronunciation - AlphaBeta (MP3 files: repeat after me... or straight through)
    • Also helpful: The Greek Alphabet
    • Start on transcribing and transliterating Lord's Prayer - Transliteration 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 with break < NB: 1pm today; usually 1:30pm)
  • Quiz on 1: Alphabeta, Accents, Breathing marks, Syllables, Transliteration, Punctuation marks
  • Start 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
• PM 2:00-4:00
  • Why I am here at seminary... Sharing our call stories

Monday, August 17 
(this will be the normal schedule except Fridays will have a modified schedule for the exams)

• 8:30-9:30 class
  • Review 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
• 9:45-10:30 class
  • Lesson3.pdf
    • 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: 50-12:10 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
  • 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; this time may change)

Tuesday, August 18

• 8:30-9:30 class
  • Review 4
  • 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: Student ID pics
• 9:45-10:30 class
  • Review 5
  • 10:45-11:45 Tutoring session (optional)
  • 11: 50-12:10 Chapel
  • Lunch
• 1:30-2:15 class - Quiz on Lessons 4-5 - Sample Quiz
  • 15 minute break
• 2:30-3:15 class - 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 19

• 8:30-9:30 class -
  • Review 1-6
  • Quiz on Lessons 1-6 - Sample Quiz
  • 15 minute break
• 9:45-10:30 class
  • Lesson 7
  • 10:45-11:45 Tutoring session (optional)
  • 11: 50-12:10 Chapel
  • Lunch
• 1:30-2:15 class -
  • Review 7
  • 15 minute break: Student ID pics
• 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 6
  • 3:15-3:30: Student ID pics
  • 3:30-4:30 tutoring session
• FROGS event: Picnic dinner at 5:30; Outdoor Evening Prayer at 6:30
  • 7:00 Evening tutoring session (optional; this time may change)

Thursday, August 20

• 8:30-9:30 class -
  • Review 8
  • 15 minute break
• 9:45-10:30 class
  • Quiz on 7-8 - Sample Quiz
  • 10:45-11:45 Tutoring session (optional)
  • 11: 50-12:10 Chapel
  • Lunch
• 1:00 (NOTE TIME) - REVIEW (optional)

Friday, August 21

• 8:30-10:00AM - EXAM 1
• Sample 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
  • 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
• 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

Monday, August 24

• 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
• 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 25

• 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

Wednesday, August 26

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

Thursday, August 27

• Vocabulary Quiz: 50 words ( Croy Vocabulary / PDF 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, August 28

• 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!)

   

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