BL 282 - Intermediate Level Greek

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Module Level

Level 8 (Undergraduate)

Time Allowance

Lectures 10 hours; Assignments 10 hours; Private Study 12 hours

Assessment

Continuous Assessment 20%; Final Examination 80%

Module Aims

To consolidate and build upon the knowledge of Biblical Greek acquired in BL 181.

Indicative Syllabus:

  • Biblical Greek morphology
  • Biblical Greek syntax
  • Biblical Greek vocabulary
  • Translating Greek texts: Septuagint, New Testament and Church Fathers
  • Linguistics and Biblical Greek

As the Introduction to Biblical Greek BL 181 is delivered in Semester 1, Intermediate Biblical Greek BL 282 follows in Semester 2

Learning Outcomes

  • familiarity with more advanced elements of Biblical Greek morphology and syntax
  • enlarged Biblical Greek vocabulary
  • familiarity with the basic reference tools for the study of Biblical Greek
  • Students will have read a number of un-adapted Biblical Greek texts

Bibliography

  • Duff, Jeremy, and John William Wenham. The Elements of New Testament Greek. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Ranjar, Clifard Sunil. Grammar of the New Testament Greek. Subsidia Biblica 52; Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 2020
  • Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece. 28th Edition. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft; 2012.