New Testament Greek 2

This course is for those who attended New Testament Greek 1 or have acquired a similar level of koiné Greek elsewhere. 

If you attended NT Greek 1, then you have already had a taste of what reading the Greek New Testament will be like and what you will get out of it. In New Testament Greek level 1, we worked our way carefully through about two thirds of the elementary Greek grammar, that is, up to Chapter 12 in Jeremy Duff's The Elements of New Testament Greek (3rd revised edition; Cambridge University Press, 2005). 

During the first term of NT Greek 2 (Michaelmas term), we will work our way through another six chapters of Jeremy Duff's grammar, bringing us up to the Subjunctive mood. By about week 5 of Michaelmas we shall already be reading passages from the gospels in class on a weekly basis. From the start of the second term (Hilary  term) we will be reading the New Testament every session, using the Greek text to practise the grammar you have learned. Over the term we will read coherent sections from Mark's gospel, John's gospel and a letter of Paul and the Septuagint translation of Genesis. 

It is well worth pursuing your study in this level 2 class. In this way you will consolidate the grammar you learned in level 1. By the end of this course you should be able to read any New Testament text with the help of a lexicon. When you can keep reading under your own steam, you never need to lose your Greek. If you don't want to do it alone, there are plenty of opportunities to read the Greek New Testament with groups of other enthusiasts.

If you learned your koiné Greek grammar elsewhere, and you would like to take it up again, you are most welcome. It will help you to be comfortable with the grammar presented in the first twelve chapters of Jeremy Duff's The Elements of New Testament Greek (3rd revised edition; Cambridge University Press, 2005).