Curtis K. McClain, Jr., Ph.D.

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
St. Louis Extension
Biblical Studies
Fall 2000

BS 2300: Elementary Greek I

A study of the basic principles of biblical Greek, for students who have not had Greek or who need an extensive review in the elements of the language.

Texts (required):

Summers, Ray. Essentials of New Testament Greek, Revised. Revised by Thomas Sawyer. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1995.

Texts (suggested):

Aland, Kurt et al. The Greek New Testament. 4th Edition. Stuttgart: United Bible Societies, 1993.

Thayer, Joseph Henry. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1977. (Paper)

Objectives:

1. To learn the essential data of koine Greek.
2. To analyze the New Testament in light of that data.

Scope: Koine Greek.

Assignments:
          1. Daily assignments come out of each chapter and will be checked periodically. Two hundred points can be obtained through these assignments.
          2. Daily quizzes will be given at random. Two hundred points maximum can be earned through these quizzes.
          3. A notebook must be kept. This can earn one hundred points

Tests:
1. Test: three one hundred point tests will be given.
2. Final: a two hundred point final will be given.

Grading:
A (100%-94%): B (93%-84%): C (83%-71%): D (70%-61%): F (60%-00%)

My home number is (636) 936-0858 should you need to call me. You can e-mail me at the office mcclain@mobap.edu or at home mcclain@primary.net. My office number is (314) 392-2345.

Sequential Outline

Week #1        Sights & Sounds                      Week #9      Verbs
Week #2        Verbs: PAI                               Week #10    Verbs
Week #3        2^nd Declension                          Week #11    Verbs
Week #4        1^st Declension, Test #1              Week #12    Verbs, Test #3
Week #5        Adjectives                                Week #13    Verbs
Week #6        Prepositions                             Week #14    Verbs
Week #7        Pronouns, Test #2                    Week #15    Verbs
Week #8        Verbs `                                     Week #16    Final

Selected Bibliography

Black, David Alan. Learn to Read New Testament Greek. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1993.

Brooks, James A. and Carlton L. Winberry. Syntax of New Testament Greek. Boston: University Press of America, 1979.

Dana, H. E. and Julius R. Mantey. A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949.

Robertson, A. T. A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1923.

Vaughan, Curtis and Virtus E. Gideon. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1979.