GKNT - Gileskirk and Greek NT

Introduction to Augustine and The Confessions

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:23:44 GMT

Synopsis

Since the Apostle Paul, the most influential Christian man until the Reformation
- Both Catholics and Protestants claim him
- Both Luther and Calvin drew heavily from Augustine
born A.D. 354, died A.D. 430 – these are the years which saw the ascendancy of Christianity, and the final decline of the old classical pagan Roman Empire.
- Christianity was made legal by Constantine in 319 with the Edict of Milan
- Rome was sacked by the Visigoths under Alaric in 410

Introduction to Eusebius

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:34:37 GMT

His Life

Eusebius was born around 265, and as a youth he became a student in the theological school of Caesarea founded by Origen, who was one of the great men of the Alexandrian allegorical school of interpretation. Thus the theological, biblical and exegetical tradition of Origen was most influential on Eusebius. He studied under Pamphilius, and their relationship became more than that of student to teacher—they were friends and co-workers. They studied many works, and added new books to the illustrious library gathered together at Caesarea by Origen during the last twenty years of his life. Being both lovers of books and admirers of Origen, together they studied the text of the Bible, with the aid of Origen’s Hexapla and commentaries collected by Pamphilus, in an attempt to prepare a correct version.

Class Information

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:30:23 GMT

Description

This course will bring students a working facility with the Greek New Testament. Its primary objective is to enable students to read and exegete the original sacred text, to their profit and that of their hearers. In keeping with this goal, exercises and readings will be taken almost exclusively from the sacred text, and students will begin exegesis as soon as a very fundamental knowledge of the language allows.

As the Lord in his providence has preserved His Word over the centuries, so He has preserved the knowledge of the Biblical languages, that His Church may continue to rightly divide the Word of Truth. To each generation is given the joyous privilege of learning the ancient languages of Scripture. It is especially needful in this time of cultural decline and famine for the Word, that we equip the next generation hold forth the Word of Life faithfully.

The primary text for the course will be William D. Mounce’s Basics of Biblical Greek, and its accompanying workbook, both available from Amazon. The student may be able to save on these texts by acquiring them at Pilgrim Discount Bookstore in Portland Oregon.

The Teacher

The course is taught by Andrew vonderLuft, B.A. Classics, who has studied a wide range of Greek literature, from Homer through the classical texts, to the Septuagint, New Testament, and Apostolic Fathers. The course is open to students in good standing 15 years of age and older, and adults. Exceptions to the minimum age limit may be considered on a case by case basis. Specific inquiries about this course may be made to the instructor at didaskalos@gknt.org

Time and Place

Classes will be held each Thursday from 6:30 – 8:00pm, beginning on September 20th, d.v. There will be scheduled breaks for holidays. The full schedule for the semester is available here. We will meet at the Berkompas home.

Information Updates

This website (gknt.org) has been created as an information portal for both Gileskirk and Greek. It is now in a very rudimentary state of development, but already has links to the forums we will use for both classes, to free downloadable Greek fonts and flashcard programs, other online Greek resources, and an online chatroom created for class use. Please check there regularly for class updates and new information.

Class Books

After careful consideration, I have yielded to the zeitgeist and agreed to use the new and improved edition of Dr. Mounce’s text and workbook in place of the old one for which I have all my written lecture notes (sigh). Both are available now at very good prices at Amazon. Please order them right away. Below is a list of books for the class: required, highly recommended, and recommended. I may add more of the latter 2 categories later.

REQUIRED

Basics of Biblical Greek text

Basics of Biblical Greek workbook

Lexical Aids

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Biblical Greek Study Guide (a set of laminated ‘cheat’ sheets)

Basics of Biblical Greek Flash Card Set (very helpful for learning vocabulary. You can also use the free language tools programs for PC and Mac downloadable from Teknia at http://www.teknia.com/index.php?page=tlt I think standard flashcards like these which have no dependency on a computer are more desirable, so that you can easily take advantage of travel time in the car, etc.)

Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament (This is hard to find, and therefore usually fairly pricey. However it is well worth it if you can acquire one. MAKE SURE you get the earlier edition, as the new edition has been thoroughly revised and is laced with much theological axe-grinding, unlike the earlier edition)

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (You will eventually want to get a good lexicon, and this is viewed by many as the best. It is spendy.)

Preparation

I expect all students to have mastered the Greek alphabet before the first class. Please let me know if you have any questions.

χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη, Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Ἀέρος :-)

Class Names

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:52:04 GMT

Learn your name – In class you will be addressed by your Greek name. Find your name in the list below and learn how to write and pronounce it.

Ἄννα

Ἅννα

Βενιαμίν

Δανιήλ

Γαλήνη

Ἰωάννης

Ἰωσίας

Λυδία

Μιχαήλ

χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη, Διδάσκαλος Ἀνδρέας Ἀέρος :-)

Fall 2007 Schedule

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:30:56 GMT

Date	Chapters	Content
9/20	1,2,3	Introduction, requirements, grading, purpose, History of Greek, Alphabet, Pronunciation
9/27	4	Punctuation, Syllabification
10/4	5,6	Nouns – 1st and 2nd declension, Nominative and Accusative cases, the definite article
10/11	7	Genitive and Dative cases
10/18	8	Prepositions
10/25	9	Adjectives / Review for Exam
11/1	Mid-term Exam
11/8	10	3rd declension nouns
11/15	11	1st and 2nd personal pronouns
11/22	ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΙΑ – no class
11/29	12	3rd personal pronouns
12/6	13	Demonstrative pronouns
12/13	14	Relative pronouns / Review for Exam
12/20	Final Exam

Semester 1, Lecture 1: Introduction and Alphabet

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:43:21 GMT

Welcome to Basic Biblical Greek Class

Classroom protocol
- Everything to please the Lord
- Greetings: “χαῖρε μαθηταί” and “χαῖρε διδάσκαλε”
- Raise your hand to speak
- You will be addressed by your Greek names
- The teacher may be addressed as “Διδάσκαλος”
- Please ask any relevant questions, which is a good seque to:
Grades – Homeschool students earn a grade – 3 components

Class Participation (20%) – includes your knowledge of material as represented by responding to questions in class, reading out loud, translation, etc.
Weekly Quizzes (40%) – graded and reviewed at the beginning of the following class
- Mainly material from Mounce
- Also material in covered in class which is not in the text
2 Exams per semester (mid-term and final) (40%)

Listen to Dr. Mounce

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:55:50 GMT

Here he reads the entire Greek passage from 1st John for Chapter 4.

You must have the Quicktime Plugin from Apple installed. Once you do, click on the play button the in the Player window. You will find other tools and helps at Dr. Mounce’s site, Teknia.com.

NOTE: You will notice that Dr. Mounce pronounces his omicrons like ‘o’ as in ‘not,’ whereas your Διδάσκαλος pronounces them like ‘o’ as in ‘obey.’ This is an ongoing debate among Greek scholars.

Greek Forum

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:27:28 GMT

http://avlux.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=7

Parsable Greek New Testament

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:37:08 GMT

http://gknt.org/gnt/index.html

Teknia

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:39:29 GMT

http://www.teknia.com/

Alpha Omega Online Bible

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:43:00 GMT

http://www.greekbible.com/index.php

Orthography

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:50:02 GMT

How to write the miniscules

The Importance of Biblical Languages

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:28:38 GMT

An excerpt from: “To the Councilmen of All Cities in Germany That They Establish and Maintain Christian Schools” (1524) by Dr. Martin Luther

“All right,” you say again, “suppose we do have schools; what is the use of teaching Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and the other liberal arts?

Phonetic Pronunciation

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:29:00 GMT