Biblical Greek I #
Cantonese/Mandarin
粵語/華語
3 Credit Hours
3 學分
12-week online course
12周在線課程
About 4 hours of recorded video lectures and online interaction each week
每周約4小時的講座視頻和在線互動
Choice of Cantonese or Mandarin Video Lectures
自選粵語或華語視頻講座
Assignments may be submitted in Chinese or English
作業可以中文或英文提交
COURSE DESCRIPTION
課程簡介
Part one of a two-semester introduction to the Koine Greek language designed to develop reading ability and to serve as a foundation for exegetical study of the Greek New Testament. The first semester focuses on the rudiments of Greek and beginning translation and vocalization.
Koine希臘語兩個學期的介紹的第一部分，旨在培養閱讀能力，並作為希臘語新約解經學習的基礎。第一學期側重於希臘語的基本知識以及翻譯和發音。
COURSE OBJECTIVES
課程目的
Upon the successful completion of this course the student should be able to:
- Pronounce Greek words and read Greek sentences with reasonable fluency.
- Understand and demonstrate basic knowledge of Greek grammar.
- Understand basic principles of syntax in readiness for second semester work.
- Demonstrate mastery of basic Greek vocabulary.
- Appreciate the need for ongoing study of the Greek New Testament.
成功完成本課程后，學生應該能夠：
- 希臘語單詞發音與流利地閱讀希臘語句子。
- 展示希臘語語法的基本理解。
- 瞭解語法的基本原則，為第二學期的工作做好準備。
- 掌握基本希臘語詞彙。
- 認識到持續研究希臘語新約的必要性。
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
必備課本
Mounce, William. Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar. 4th edition. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019. (Available on Perlego)
GRADING
評分
Online Participation: 20%
Set aside about three hours each week to watch video lectures and participate in online interaction.
Weekly Exercises: 30%
Complete the weekly exercises.
Weekly Quizzes: 30%
These quizzes will cover the weekly lecture material and the assigned reading as determined by the instructor.
Mid-term and Final Examinations: 20%
The mid-term and final examinations will cover the lecture material and the assigned reading as determined by the instructor.
在線參與:20％
自選時間，觀看預先錄影的講座視頻和參與在線互動，每週約需要3小時。
每週練習:30%
完成每週練習。
每週測驗:30％
測驗將涵蓋每周的講座材料和由教師確定的指定閱讀材料。
期中及期末考試:20％
該測試將涵蓋講義材料和指導老師確定的指定閱讀材料。
GRADING SCALE
評分等級
| A | A- | |
| 94-100 | 90-93 | |
| B+ | B | B- |
| 87-89 | 84-86 | 80-83 |
| C+ | C | C- |
| 77-79 | 74-76 | 70-73 |
| D+ | D | D- |
| 67-69 | 64-66 | 60-63 |
| F | ||
| 0-59 |
LECTURES AND ASSIGNMENTS
講座與作業
This course will span 12 weeks. Students set aside about 4 hours each week to watch recorded lectures and participate in online interaction. Assignments include weekly quizzes, mid-term examination, final examination, and a research paper.
本課程為期 12 週。學員每週預留約4小時的時間，觀看錄影講座並參與線上互動。 作業包括每週小測驗、期中考試、期末考試和研究論文。
| Week 周 | Lecture 講座 | Reading 閱讀 | Assignment 作業 |
| 1 | Introduction to Greek Language 希臘語概論 | Mounce 1-2 | |
| 2 | The Greek Alphabet, Pronunciation, and Syllabification 希臘字母、發音和音節 | Mounce 3-4 | Quiz 1 |
| 3 | Introduction to Nouns; Nominative and Accusative; Article 名詞簡介;主格和賓格; 冠詞 | Mounce 5-6 | Quiz 2 |
| 4 | Genitive and Dative 屬格和與格 | Mounce 7 | Quiz 3 |
| 5 | Preposition; εἰμί 介詞;我是 | Mounce 8 | Quiz 4 |
| 6 | Adjectives 形容詞 | Mounce 9 | Quiz 5 |
| 7 | Third Declension 第三種詞形變化 | Mounce 10 | Mid-term Exam |
| 8 | First and Second Person Personal Pronouns; αὐτός 第一人稱和第二人稱人稱代名詞;αὐτός | Mounce 11-12 | Quiz 6 |
| 9 | Demonstrative Pronouns and Adjectives; Relative Pronoun 指示代詞和形容詞;關係代名詞 | Mounce 13-14 | Quiz 7 |
| 10 | Introduction to Verbs; Present Active Indicative 動詞簡介; 現在式主動語態敘實性 | Mounce 15-16 | Quiz 8 |
| 11 | Contract Verbs; Present Middle/Passive Indicative縮短動詞; 現在式中間被動語態敘實性 | Mounce 17-18 | Quiz 9 |
| 12 | Final Exam |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
精選參考書目
Bibliographical Guides
Carson, D.A. New Testament Commentary Survey. 7th ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013.
Fitzmyer, Joseph A. An Introductory Bibliography for the Study of Scripture. 3rd ed. Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1981.
France, R.T. A Bibliographical Guide to New Testament Research. 3rd ed. Sheffield, England: JSOT Press, 1979.
Hort, Erasmus. The Bible Book: Resources for Reading the New Testament. New York: Crossroad, 1983.
Scholer, David M. A Basic Bibliographic Guide for New Testament Exegesis. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1973.
Exegetical Method
Blomberg, Craig L and Jennifer Foutz Markley. A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2010.
Erickson, Richard J. A Beginner’s Guide to New Testament Exegesis. Taking the Fear out of the Critical Method. Downers Grove: IVP, 2005.
Köstenberger, Andreas J. and Richard D. Patterson. For the Love of God’s Word: An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Abridged and revised ed. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2015.
Rogers, Cleon L. and Fritz Rienecker. The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.
Vlachos, Chris A. Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament: James. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2013.
Zerwick, Max. A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament. 5th ed. Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1996.
Grammars
Black, David Alan. It’s Still Greek to Me: An Easy to Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998.
Blass, Friedrich and Albert DeBrunner. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Translated and revised by Robert W. Funk. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1961.
Easley, Kendell H. User-Friendly Greek: A Common Sense Approach to the Greek New Testament. Nashville: B&H, 1994.
Levinsohn, Stephen H. Discourse Features of New Testament Greek: A Coursebook on the Information Structure of New Testament Greek. 2nd ed. Dallas: SIL International, 2000.
Moule, C. F. D. An Idiom Book of New Testament Greek. 2nd ed. Cambridge: University Press, 1959.
Nida, Eugene A. and J.P. Louw. Lexical Semantics of the Greek New Testament. SBL Resources for Biblical Studies, edited by David E. Aune. Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, 1992.
Robertson, A. T. Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research. 4th ed. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1934.
Runge, Steven E. Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and Exegesis, Bellingham: Lexham, 2010.
Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
Improving Your Greek
Constantine Campbell. Keep Your Greek: Strategies for Busy People. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014.
Mounce, William. Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011.
Lamerson, Samuel. English Grammar to Ace New Testament Greek. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004.
Strauss, Mark L. The Biblical Greek Companion for Bible Software Users. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016.
Textual Criticism
Bruce, F.F. The New Testament Documents Are They Reliable? 6th ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.
Barr, James. The Semantics of Biblical Language. London: Oxford University Press, 1961.
Comfort, Philip Wesley. Encountering the Manuscripts. Nashville: B&H, 2005.
Comfort, Philip Wesley and David P. Barrett. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Nashville: B&H, 2001.
Epp, Eldon Jay, and Gordon D Fee. Studies in the Theory and Method of New Testament Textual Criticism. Studies and Documents, vol. 45. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.
Greenlee, J. Harold. An Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism. 2nd ed. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995.
Metzger, B.M. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration. Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1968.
Metzger, Bruce M. A Textual Commentary on the New Testament. 2nd ed. London: United Bible Societies, 1994.
Lexicons and Dictionaries
Bauer, Walter. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Edited by William Danker, William F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Liddell, Henry and Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. 9th ed. Revised by Henry Jones. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968.
Louw, Johannes P. and Eugene A. Nida, eds. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains, 2 vols. 2nd ed. New York: United Bible Societies, 1989.
Mounce, William D. Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.
Lexical Aids and Guides
Black, David Alan. Linguistics for Students of New Testament Greek: A Survey of Basic Concepts and Applications. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1988.
Metzger, Bruce M. Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek. 3rd ed. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1990.
Mounce, William D. The Morphology of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.
Rogers, Cleon L. Jr. and Cleon L. Rogers III. The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.
Trenchard, Warren C. The Student’s Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.
Zerwick, Maximillian and Mary Grosvenor. A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1979.
Theological Dictionaries
Balz, Horst and Gerhard Schneider, eds. Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, 3 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990,1993.
Brown, Colin, ed. New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 4 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1976-1984.
Kittel, Gerhard and Gerhard Friedrich, eds. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, 10 vols. Translated by G. W. Bromiley. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964-76.
Silva, Moisés. Biblical Words and Their Meaning. An Introduction to Lexical Semantics. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.
Silva, Moisés, ed. The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014.
Spicq, Ceslas. Theological Lexicon of the New Testament. Translated and edited by James D. Ernest. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1994.
