| CODE | SHG1013 | ||||||||
| TITLE | New Testament Greek: Intermediate | ||||||||
| 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 will cover the Greek Language in further detail. It will tackle the irregular verbs, and the participle, the latter having a very important function within the language. The Students will also be given a wider vocabulary that will built on the one from the previous course. Short and graded paragraphs from the text of the New Testament will be presented to the students and analysed together in class. Basic elements of syntax will also be introduced to the students thus providing them with the tools necessary for the linguistic analysis of the biblical text. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims at covering all the basic and principal elements of New Testament Greek morphology in order to give the students a working knowledge of the Greek language. It also aims at introducing the students to the Greek Syntax which will prove foundational for reading selected texts from the New Testament. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - a good knowledge of irregular verbs; - identify the verbal stem; - identify the function of a word within the sentence; - understand the syntactical relationship of the words within the sentence. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - parse words by identifying their various components and elements; - read and understand sentences from the New Testament; - translate complex sentences from the New Testament. 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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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-units: SHG1011 New Testament Greek: Introduction | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Joseph Ciappara |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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