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Objectives : Achieve the capacity to read, analyze grammatically and comprehend simple texts from the gospels of Mark and John.
Contents: Alphabet, pronunciation, transliteration. Nouns and adjectives: function of cases and declension. Pronouns: personal, possessive, demonstrative, interrogative and indefinite. Prepositions and adverbs. Verbs, their function, tenses, moods and conjugation: present indicative, imperative, infinitive, participle and subjunctive; imperfect and future indicative active; the meaning of the active, middle and passive voices; the verb eimi and the main deponent verbs.
Methodology : Each class session will consist of three parts: introduction of the new material, reading the New Testament, practical exercises. There will be homeworks assigned as well.
Means of evaluation: There will be a midterm and a final exam. The professor will explain the details at the beginning of the course.
The professor will provide handouts. Additionally, the student should consult Swetnam, J., An Introduction to the Study of New Testament Greek, Subsidia biblica 16/1-2, Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Rome 1998; Aland, K. – Black, M. – Martini, C.M. – Metzger, B.M. – Wikgren, A., The Greek New Testament, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft & American Bible Society, Stuttgart 20145; includes A Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament (rev. ed by B.M. Newman).