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New Testament Greek 3 (DV0121)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : DIV-3-NTGK3

Readings in the New Testament together with advanced study in grammar and exegetical tools. Students attend weekly class sessions for New Testament Greek 2 (Second Semester, 9-10:50 a.m.), and an additional/dedicated class session restricted to NT Greek 3 students (Fri 2-2:50 p.m.).

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : New Testament Greek 1 or equivalent

? Prohibited combinations : New Testament Greek 2 (DV0024)

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Biblical Studies, (School of Divinity, Schedule B)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Wednesday	10:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will obtain a wider vocabulary in NT Greek, an understanding of complex syntax such as is found in the epistles, and an increased capacity to make effective use of grammars, lexica, concordances and the textual apparatus. [The use of reference works will be tested in seminars and by essay.]

Assessment Information

10% on seminar contributions especially on the effective use of reference tools for Greek.
All students should select one of Greek passages studied and develop a 2000-word essay on it as part of their course assessment (30%). The topic is to be agreed with the course tutor, and must discuss the translation and meaning of the Greek, its parsing and syntax, and variant readings in the text, and show good use of the reference works recommended for the course, as well as discussing issues relating to the content of the passage.

Degree examination worth 60%. This exam will have passages for translation and for comment on the parsing and syntax of the Greek.