‘10, 04.17 ASSEMBLIES OF GOD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BGR 530 Greek 1A - Summer 2010 Deborah M. Gill, Ph.D. Office: Room 2031 [email protected] 417.268-1075 (voice mail) Jerry Orf, Teaching Assistant - [email protected] COURSE SYLLABUS COURSE DESCRIPTION A study of the essentials of Greek morphology and syntax designed to prepare the student for translation and exegesis of the New Testament. Note: Greek 1A and 1B do not apply toward fulfillment of degree requirements for students in the M.Div. program. These classes are considered M.Div. prerequisites (unless the student has used Hebrew 1A and 1B in place of the prerequisite of one year of a biblical language). OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to: 1. reproduce by memory grammatical paradigms, 2. pronounce and identify meanings of vocabulary words, 3. analyze and translate exercise worksheets, 4. begin to apply knowledge of koine Greek to study in the New Testament. REQUIRED MATERIALS 1. Aland, Barbara, et al. The Greek New Testament (with Dictionary), 4th revised ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2001 (ISBN: 978-3-438-05113-4). 2. Gill, Deborah M., ed. Course Manual for New Testament Greek 1A & B, 7th revised ed. Springfield, MO: Grace & Truth, 2010 (no ISBN). 3. Machen, J. Gresham and Daniel G. McCartney. New Testament Greek for Beginners, 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004 (ISBN: 0-13-184234-X). 1You may call with questions or may schedule an appointment to meet either in person on campus or for a telephone appointment. I would he happy to serve your needs, even outside of Greek questions. Schedule appointments at least 24 hours in advance. For telephone appointments, the student calls in; for in-person appointments, please knock when you arrive.Summer ‗10 NT Greek 1A Syllabus 2 D. M. Gill • Note: The Machen textbook (2nd ed.) has been revised since the DVDs were originally recorded; the Course Manual has been revised accordingly. Therefore, if ever the [optional] course DVDs [listed below] and the Course Manual differ, the student should follow the Course Manual. 4. National Biblical Greek Exam. (The course lab fee permits the student to take the exam as many times as they choose throughout one full year to see how they compare with other Greek students.) OPTIONAL MATERIALS 1. Gill, Deborah M. DVD’s 1–14 for New Testament Greek 1A, Springfield, MO: Grace & Truth, 2007 (no ISBN). 2. Gromacki, Robert, compiler. Biblical Greek Vocabulary Cards. Springfield, OH: Vis-Ed, 1979 (no ISBN). 3. Blank Cards, 1000 per box. Springfield, OH: Vis-Ed, n.d. (no ISBN). BASIC OUTLINE AND CALENDAR 1. Work through two-thirds of the textbook (Machen, New Testament Greek for Beginners, 2nd ed.) at a pace of (usually) two lessons per unit. Each week of summer session classes covers multiple units. 2. Each unit of study concludes with a quiz. 3. The semester‘s study culminates with comprehensive practice and final exams in vocabulary and grammatical paradigms as well as the National Biblical Greek Exam. • Note well: Be sure to begin each unit’s study with the respective Study Guide (section [§] in the Course Manual). The Study Guides lead the student through the steps to master the content contained in each unit, point the student to all the study tools and aids available for each unit, and alert the student to any significant revisions in Machen. METHODOLOGY 1. Interactive lectures and lab drills enhanced with funny Greek music, the joy of discovery, application of learning to the Greek New Testament [GNT], and spiritual inspiration. • Optionally, the student may view and interact with the DVDs. 2. Memorization aided by audio MP3‘s, hard copy and electronic flashcards, and video clips for reference and review. 3. Homework aided by Study Guides, Exercise Worksheets, Practice Translation PPTs, Worksheet Answers, Practice Quizzes, Greek Usage Online Forum Posts, and many other helpful Review Lists and Aids in the Course Manual and online. 4. Small group study and review, as arranged by the student if they so desire. 5. Unit Quizzes and Final Exams.Summer ‗10 NT Greek 1A Syllabus 3 D. M. Gill REQUIREMENTS 1. Participation 3 times (roughly once each month, if moving at a typical semester‘s pace) in the online Greek Usage Forum.2 a. Students must make 2 original posts about things they either discovered or questions that arose during their personal study in the GNT while using it in chapel, church, small group, and personal devotions. b. Students must make 1 secondary post interacting with other students’ discoveries or questions posted. These responses may be answers to, further observations on, or further questions based on the other students‘ questions. • Posts, whether original comments or responses to others‘ comments, should be between 100 and 200 words each. (Be careful to enter Greek words using proper rules of English transliteration!) • Note: Posts are not to be a journal regarding students‘ progress. No credit is given for posts like: ―I‘m recognizing more words … . This was a hard week in class. … I like the Greek grammar songs.‖ 2. Analysis,3 translation, correction of the student‘s errors (in a different color by consulting the Answers section of the Course Manual), and self-scoring of Exercise Worksheets (as explained below). There is one Exercise Worksheet for each Machen lesson (chapter), thus usually two Exercise Worksheet per unit. • Exercise Worksheets are due at quiz time. o Note: Late assignments are not accepted, but the lowest score on one exercise worksheet will be dropped. • The student must complete sufficient sentences to accrue 25 points (as explained below) on each exercise worksheet. (It is wonderful to do more than 25 points worth of sentences! 25 points, though, is the maximum score recorded.) o Each Greek-to-English sentence translated (but not fully parsed and analyzed) is worth 1 point. o Each Greek-to-English sentence fully parsed and analyzed is worth 2 points (1 point for translating, and 1 point for fully parsing and analyzing [as per the Guide to Analytic Translation]). One (1) sentence [i.e., #A.1] is required fully parsed and analyzed per worksheet. o Each English-to-Greek sentence is worth 2 points. One (1) English-to-Greek sentence [i.e., #B.1] is required per worksheet. o Each Reading-from-the-GNT sentence