| CODE | SHG1011 | ||||||
| TITLE | New Testament Greek: Introduction | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Sacred Scripture, Hebrew and Greek | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit introduces the students to the grammar of the New Testament. The students will first be introduced to the Greek Alphabet and will learn basic reading skills. The student will then slowly be introduced to the Greek parts of Speech and the basic Greek Morphology. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit is an introduction, and as such aims at teaching the students how to read the Greek alphabet and the Greek words. It also aims at teaching the basic morphology of the Greek Verb and its conjugation, as well as the morphology of the noun and its declensions. The study-unit will also provide the students with a set vocabulary to learn that is comprised of the most common words used up to 50 times in the New Testament. As such, the students would be able to read from the New Testament and get a basic idea as to what the text is speaking about. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Read Greek words and sentences; - Understand basic Greek sentences and Translate into English; - Identify the Greek parts of speech and the morphology of Greek words; - Read the Text of the New Testament and arrive at a basic understanding is to the main gist of the text. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Read and understand basic Greek phrases and sentences; - Read the Text of the New Testament and understand the main gist of the text. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: WENHAM JOHN, The Elements of New Testament Greek, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. SWETNAM JAMES, An Introduction to the Study of New Testament Greek: Part One: Morphology Volume I: Lessons, (=Subsidia Biblica; 16/I), Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1992. SWETNAM JAMES, An Introduction to the Study of New Testament Greek: Part One: Morphology Volume II: Key, Lists, Paradigms, Indices, (=Subsidia Biblica; 16/II), Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1992. Supplementary Readings: - JAY ERIC, New Testament Greek: An Introductory Grammar, London: SPCK, 1965. - MOUNCE WILLIAM, Basics of Biblical Greek 鈥� Grammar, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. Dictionaries: - The Greek New Testament, Barbara Aland, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos... et al. (eds.) Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: United Bible Societies, 1994. Supplied with BARCLAY M. NEWMAN, 鈥淎 concise Greek-english dictionary of the New Testament鈥�. - FEYERABEND KARL, Langensheidt鈥檚 Pocket Greek Dictionary, Classical Greek 鈥� English, Berlin 鈥� Munich: Langenscheidt KG, 1992. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Joseph Ciappara |
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