Course Syllabus
DL213, Greek III
Four Credits
Prerequisites – Greek I; Greek II
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Professor of Record:
Dr. Gerald Bilkes is the professor of record for this course. He is Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He completed a Ph.D. (2002) from Princeton Theological Seminary and was recipient of the United States Information Agency Fellowship at the Albright Institute (ASOR) in Jerusalem during the 1997-1998 year. He has written several articles on biblical-theological themes and given addresses at several conferences. His areas of special interest include hermeneutics, the history of interpretation, and conversion in the Bible.
Instructor:
Chris Engelsma is the instructor responsible for the content of the course. He also does the bulk of the teaching and grading. He received his M.T.S. from Calvin Seminary in (2002) and has been involved in teaching languages since 2003.
Course Description:
Greek III is a four credit course that asks the student to apply what was learned in Greek I&II to a translation of various NT passages. The format is exactly the same as Greek I with the exception that there are fifteen lessons to complete instead of twenty-five. Each lesson has an assignment, a vocabulary quiz , and a grammar quiz. There are no exams. The student has as much time as he wishes to complete the class.
Course Objectives:
Students who complete Greek III will have ample opportunities to apply almost all of the grammar and syntax of New Testament Greek. The principles learned in Greek I&II are now practiced and used so that the student becomes more quick and fluent in his use of these principles.
Required Texts:
- Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek: Grammar. 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.
- Mounce, William D. Morphology of Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.
- Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
- TheWord Bible software;
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Summary of Requirements:
Completion of all grammar and vocabulary quizzes; completion of all assignments. The student’s final grade is based exclusively on the quizzes. All quizzes are closed book.
Assignments: As each assignment is completed, the student uploads it to the PRTS online course management system. The instructor is notified of this upload and corrects the assignment. The student makes the corrections that the instructor points out. When this process is finished, the assignment is marked “passed”. Each assignment has four sections:
- The first is the translation of the verses from John. Each lesson has a number of verses from the gospel of John, and lesson notes have been prepared to assist the student with this translation. These lesson notes are all available online from the PRTS Language wiki.
- The second is a translation of Greek text (not from the NT) into English.
- The third is a translation of English text into Greek.
- The fourth is a section of sentence diagramming.
Grammar Quizzes: The grammar quizzes are based on section A above. They are graded as is with no retakes allowed.
Vocabulary Quizzes: The vocab quizzes are online quizzes. The words are taken directly from Basics of Biblical Greek.
Support:
The instructor is accessible six days a week from 8am to 4:30pm EDT by phone, instant message, or email. He welcomes your contact and values these interactions. Please don’t hesitate to ask for help whenever you need it.
Chris Engelsma
2965 Leonard NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
Office: (616) 977-0599
Cell: (616) 350-5160
chris.engelsma@puritanseminary.org
