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Summer Semester 2008

DLB6301 -- New Testament Greek -- Register for this course

Introduction to Greek focusing on skills for translating the Greek New Testament. By the end of the class you will be able to translate passages with the aid of a lexicon and grammar text. The course will also enhance your understanding of the relationship between Greco-Roman cultural idioms and New Testament themes.

Required books

A Primer of Biblical Greek, by N. Clayton Croy (Eerdmans). Second edition 2007.

The Greek New Testament, Fourth Revised Edition with Dictionary (Deutsche Biblegesellschaft/United Bible Societies) ISBN 3-438-05113-3.

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd edition, by Walter Bauer, William Arndt and Frederick W. Danker (University of Chicago Press, 2000) ISBN 0226039331.

Susan Jeffers -- Adjunct faculty member in Biblical Studies at Bethany Theological Seminary and the Brethern Academy for Ministerial Leadership in Indiana. Courses include three levels of New Testament Greek and how to teach online courses. Jeffers also teaches at the Earlham School of Religion and conducts numerous online Greek and Biblical Studies courses through the Susquehannah Valley Ministry Center in Pennsylvania.