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BS1002 Biblical Greek I
(Summer 2009)

Classroom A
Class Schedule: Mondays and Thursdays, 6:45pm-10:00pm
Mondays July 6, 13, 20, 27; August 3, 10, 17
Thursday, July 9, 16, 23, 30; August 6, 13

Textbooks (REQUIRED):

1)  N. Clayton Croy. A Primer of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999. [Get the version with the included CD.]

2)  A copy of The Greek New Testament. Either ONE of the following:

• [A] Aland, Kurt, et al. The Greek New Testament. 4th edition. [With Dictionary.] Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1998. (UBS4)

• or [B] Kurt Aland and Eberhard Nestle, Novum Testamentum Graece. 27th edition. [With Dictionary.] Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2004). (UBS4)

• or [C] Aland, Barbara, Kurt Aland, et al. Novum Testamentum Graece. 27th Edition. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993. (NA27)

Textbooks (Recommended):

1) Gary A. Long. Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Greek. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2006. [This book is helpful for those who are new to the study of grammar or very rusty with it]

2) Bruce M. Metzger. Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek. 3rd edition. Baker Academic, 1998.

Course Syllabus (click here)

UPDATED Course Schedule (as of 7/11). Click here.

Some Links:

— Institute of Biblical Greek

— NT Greek Flashcards for PC & Mac users.
1) Click here to get an overview of your options.
2) You need to download (or purchase) the flashcard program software according to PC or Mac. If you are a PC user, download MemoryLifter (i think it’s free); for Mac users, purchase iFlash.
3) Then you need to purchase the expansion pack of Croy’s vocabulary according to the the program you downloaded/purchased in step #2.
4) Follow the ReadMe in the downloaded expansion pack to import the expansion pack into the software.
**I know the iFlash for Mac has an app (here) for the the iPhone or iPod Touch. I am not sure about the PC options.
**Also note that I have tried out the Mac option, but have not tried out the PC option. So I am not sure how the PC option is.

— Greek pronunciation
… Pronunciation of the alphabet (site also has great resources)
… Reconstructed readings of the whole biblical Greek text.
… Listen to this reconstructed pronunciation of 1 John 1: