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Have greater skill in exegeting portions of the New Testament in Greek (by the end
of the third semester)
Know all the words that occur at least 1 Ox in the Greek New Testament (by the end
of the third semester)
Be equipped to utilize the skills of discourse analysishow to trace an author's flow
of thought in a passage (Discourse Analysis will be taught in the third semester
Required Materials:
1. J. Gresham Machen and Dan G. McCartney, New Testament Greek for Beginners (2d
ed., rev. by Dan G. McCartney; Upper Saddle River, NJ.: Pearson, 2004).
2. Bruce Metzger, Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek (3d ed.; Grand
Rapids: Baker Books, 1999)
Recommended Materials: (Most of these available in Reserve at the library)
1. Clayton Croy, A Primer of Biblical Greek (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999)
2. William Mounce, The Basics of Biblical Greek (3 rd ed; Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
2003)
3. ___________, The Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook (3 rd ed; Grand Rapids:
Zondervan, 2009).
4. Vis-Ed, Blank Vocabulary Cards (1000 count). Springfield, OH: Visual Education
Association, 2003.
5. Nestle-Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece (27th or 28th ed.).
6. Samuel Lamerson, English Grammar to Ace New Testament Greek (Grand Rapids:
Zondervan, 2004).
Grading Rubric
Vocabulary Quizzes: These short quizzes will test vocabulary only and will be given
at in class at the beginning of each class which has a V under Additional items in the
course schedule.
Quizzes: There is no term paper or Mid-Term for NT 011a but there are regular
quizzes which cover grammar and vocabulary of several chapters of Machen at a time
and will be given in take home format. These quizzes may test/include the following
elements: vocabulary, writing out new paradigms (noun, adjective, pronoun, verbs
etc.), very simple questions relating to new grammar, translation, and parsing.
Homework Notebook: A homework notebook is due at the end of the semester. See
course guideline 5 for details on the format and expectations of the homework
notebook.
Final Exams. Major translation exams will be weighted as follows: verbs are worth 3
points, nouns and adjectives are worth 2 points, all other words worth 1 point. Each
part of the parsing is worth 1 point. Partial credit will be given as much as possible.
Additionally, students will be responsible for reproducing lexical forms along with
their parsings.
10%
40%
10%
40%
79-77
94-92
A-
76-74
C-
91-89
B+
73-71
D+
88-86
70-69
85-83
B-
68-65
D-
82-80
C+
Below 65
M3-4
M5-6
V5-6
M7-8
V7-8
M9-10
M11-12
V11-12
M13
V13
M14
M15
V15
M16
V16
M17, M25
Quiz 4:M15-17& 25
(V17& 25)
M18a
V18a
M18b
V18B
8/21--Aorist Participles
M19-20
V19-20
Final Exam
Final Exam
Course Guidelines
1. Grammatical concepts build on one another so it is crucial to grasp each concept as
it is presented and practiced. These concepts build quickly, so you should expect to work
daily on the subject material. As the old saying goes, "you get out of it what you put
into it."
2. Therefore, class attendance, preparation, and participation are all essential for
learning Greek. Unexcused absences will affect your grade. Excessive unexcused tardiness
will affect your grade. Any absences or tardiness due to an emergency, illness, or like
matters in the estimation of the instructor are permitted, provided the instructor is
notified in a timely manner, preferably, before that day's class.
3. Quizzes/Chapter tests will be take-home format, distributed in person by the
instructor to each student at the end of Thursdays class, and will be due no later
than the beginning of class the following Monday handed in either in class or in the
instructors faculty box in the Andreas Center. Note Quizzes/Chapter tests will not
be handed out or emailed to students who are absent on the day the quiz/test is
handed out. If the absence is unexcused in the estimation of the instructor, a
student who misses class on the day of a quiz or test is handed out will receive a 0
for that quiz/test.
4. During class, students should expect a high degree of interaction with the instructor.
Students are expected to be able to translate, parse/decline, etc., without the immediate
aid of their written translation assignments. While students may consult their notes in
the case of a jam, students will be expected to be able to translate primarily by sight.
5. Each student will prepare their homework/notes as Grammatical Digests for each class
period as a semester-long project. The completed project will be due to the professor at
the time of the Final Exam for a grade. These grammatical Digests should consist of the
following: 1) a sentence flow for each Greek exercise assigned, either neatly written or
typed out. 2) a translation for each exercise assigned, and 3) parsing and declining for
Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns, etc. Your participation grade will be greatly
affected by the quality of this project.
a. Note: The largest factor in the grading of this assignment will be completion. If
you are missing assignments or only partially complete assignments, your grade
will suffer. Assuming that there are 20 chapter assignments, each assignment will
be worth 5 percentage points. If the assignment is not completely finished, you
will only get half credit. If the assignment is less than 50% complete, you get no
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credit for that chapter. While I will not count off for "wrong" answers, an honest
effort to practice and improve your translation, sentence flow, and parsing skills
must be evident. Notes and corrections to your own work are encouraged but
should be made in a different color pen so I know what work is original to you.
Also, neatness counts! If a notebook is unorganized or very difficult to read your
grade will be negatively affected. If you have particularly bad hand-writing,
consider typing your homework. Quality of in-class participation (see guideline
number 4) and unexcused absences and tardiness (see guideline number 2) will
make up 5% of your participation grade and the notebook will make up the
remaining 15%. SEE APPENDIX 2 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A
SAMPLE OF THE ASSIGNMENT.
6. Supplements providing answers to assigned homework MAY NOT be used in any way
prior to the evaluation/review of the subject material in class. The instructor will be able to
tell when and if students are doing their own work.
7. While teaming up with other students to review homework and/or study for quizzes and
exams is encouraged, students may not significantly work together to complete
homework. You will not benefit from letting someone else do your work.
8. Exams, and to a very minor extent, quizzes are cumulative given the nature of learning a
language. Do not try and learn it all the night before the exam.
9. At the end of each quiz, exam, and on the homework project, students will be required
to sign the following pledge:
a. "I pledge on my honor that I have neither given nor received any assistance
verbal, written, or electronicon this examination beyond that specifically
permitted by the instructor in charge." Westminster Honor Code
10. While the course schedule provided above, it is tentative. The instructor retains the right
to modify it as he sees fit. However, any changes will be minor in nature.
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(12)
(16)
(16)
(21)
(17)
(17)
(17)
(17)
(17)
(17)
(17)
(14)
(17)
(16)
(17)
(15)
(17)
(17)
(17)
(19)
(17)
(17)
(21)
(20)
(17)
(17)
(23)
(17)
(21)
(17) /
(19)
Appendix 2:
Grammatical Digest Project
Grading Rubric for Digest Project Grade
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