New Testament Greek: language and texts

Level 5 - DT2003

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.

Study as an individual course

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%).

Dr Stefano Salemi -Tutor in New Testament Greek

Dr Stefano Salemi is a scholar of biblical studies, languages, and theology. He possesses the rare expertise of someone with doctorates from the UK and Italy in both biblical studies and languages, and theology.