Undergraduate Course: Introducing New Testament Greek (BIST08014)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | An introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of the Greek New Testament, with selected readings. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 44,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
149 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
40 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Fortnightly in-class vocabularly quizzes (20%), a class exam (20%), degree exam (60%).
In order to pass this course, students must obtain a minimum of 40% combined mark for the regular quizzes and class exam as well as a minimum of 40% in the degree exam. |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
- Ability to read simple passages in the Greek New Testament and translate them into English.
- Ability to identify forms of verbs and nouns frequently used in the Greek New Testament so that you can look up the word's meaning in a NT Greek lexicon (dictionary).
- Acquisition of a vocabulary of the most frequently used words in the Greek New Testament (about 300 words used 50+ times are tackled, which represent about 80% of all word-occurrences in the NT).
- A basic understanding of the significance of selected features of Koine Greek grammar for exegesis of the New Testament.
- Demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings.
- Demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | NTG1 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Helen Bond
Tel: (0131 6)50 8923
Email: H.Bond@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: Kate.Munro@ed.ac.uk |
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