Deepen your understanding of communities influenced by religious belief and consider fundamental questions about the meaning and purpose of human life.
Course
New Testament Greek: language and texts
Module information>
This course allows students at Level 5 to develop the linguistic skills in koiné Greek needed to move beyond the basic textual interpretation involved in the Level 4 course Reading the New Testament.
The course will focus on Mark 8-10 and John 18-21 and will equip you for a more detailed exegetical study of substantial portions of New Testament text at Level 6, for example, in Texts in Greek: John and Romans.
Topics covered
- The Greek alphabet
- Verbs
- Nouns
- The definite article
- Prepositions
- Adjectives
- Conjunctions
- Pronouns
- Asking questions
- Translating the prescribed texts.
Assessment
Forum participation (10%) and a three-hour unseen written examination (90%).
