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For  9/15

  1. Write the alphabet

  2. Write your first name in large Greek letters (table card)

  3. Copy the Lord's prayer section Mt 6:9b-10 in Greek letters.

  4. Transcribe the section.

  5. Memorize section in Greek
    Audio files:WB01361_.gif (611 bytes) Matthew 6:9b // WB01361_.gif (611 bytes)Matthew 6:10

  6. Read chapter one in the text book and answer questions from the web

  7. Do the exercises #1.6 in the text book

  8. Read Mt 1:1-6 aloud. Repeat the exercise until you can read it fluently.

For  9/22

  1. Copy and transcribe the rest of the Lord's prayer (Matthew 6:11-13)
  2. Write the Greek word under the English text (copy). For every correct word you will receive one point, for every error two points are subtracted -- stick to what you are sure about.
  3. Memorize gnashing_teeth.gif (1421 bytes)Matthew 6:11-13.
  4. Write vocabulary cards:
    bulletTextbook p. 7.
    bulletvocabulary book p. 12-15 (I require only those words printed in bold -- but do as many as you find time for). Write the Greek word on the front of the card, English on the back, the frequency number on the back in the upper right corner.
    bulletmemorize the words.
  5. Do Exercises 2.8 (text book)
  6. Practice reading out loud: Matthew 1:7-16.
  7. Study chapter 2 .Click here after studying chapter two.

For 9/29

  1. Exercise 3.4 text book p.13. Do it in written form. 

  2. Write your vocabulary cards: p.11 in the text book ("Essentials"), and from p. 16-18; 68 [65 in old edition; all words 400 and more often in the NT] in the "Vocabulary" book.

  3. Memorize gnashing_teeth.gif (1421 bytes)Matthew 6:11-13.

  4. Learn paradigm for present active indicative (example: akouo-, akoueis, akouei, akouomen, akouete, akouousin; infinitive: akouein) -- Part of next session's assessment.

  5. Study chapter 3 and answer questions on the web.

  6. Exercise (be in a playful mood): Analysis of Mt 1:17 (handout) 

For 10/6 How are you doing? Assessments

  1. 2nd Declension paradigms -- memorize tables on p.16, 18-19.

  2. Vocabulary: Essentials p.15; Greek Vocabulary p. 19-22.

  3. Exercises Essentials, 4.9.

  4. Study chapter 4 and answer questions on the web.

  5. 2 Corinthians 13:13. Memorize it in English. 

  6. Analytical exercise: identify all the verbs of the Lord's prayer.

For 10/20 (no class 10/13 reading week)
  1. the 1st Declension paradigms -- learn p.12-23 by heart.
  2. Vocabulary: Essentials p.21; Greek Vocabulary p. 23-26; .
  3. Exercises Essentials, 5.5.
  4. Study chapter 5 and answer questions on the web.
  5. 2 Corinthians 13:13. Memorize it in Greek.
  6. There will be more exercises on the web. Do as many as you enjoy!

For 10/27

  1. Next time you can "graduate" from one objective, reading Greek, if you are ready. Pick one passage that you want to read to me fluently. Then I will pick a passage and ask you to read it to me. If both are fine, you are done with this exercise.

  2. Adjective: learn paradigm for agathos and dikaios (p.26).

  3. Vocabulary: Essentials p.25; Greek Vocabulary p. 25-27 (thanatos); .

  4. Exercises Essentials, 6.5.

  5. Study chapter 6 and answer questions on the web.

  6. Work on Lord's prayer and 2Cor 13:13: try to memorize.

  7. Try to solve the puzzle. 

  8. Play with the vocabulary puzzles, declensions, Lord's prayer

For 11/3 
By the way: in Germany university professors are government employees. I know, I was one myself for ten years.

  1. Next week: Vocabulary test (155 times and more often in the NT).

  2. Next time you can "graduate" from one objective, reading Greek, if you are ready. Pick one passage that you want to read to me fluently. Then I will pick a passage and ask you to read it to me. If both are fine, you are done with this exercise.

  3. Vocabulary: Essentials p.29; Greek Vocabulary p. 28-32 (psyche- ψυχη)

  4. Exercises Essentials, 7.7.

  5. Study chapter 7 and answer questions on the web.

  6. Memorize the dialogue (men: the words Peter says, women: the words the maids and bystanders say): Matthew 26:69-75.

  7. Play with the vocabulary puzzles, declensions, Lord's prayer

For 11/10

  1. Learn the paradigm of the personal pronoun (Essentials, p.39-40)

  2. This time focus on vocabulary: Essentials p.35 (prepositions), 38 ; Greek Vocabulary p. 32-36 (new edition 32-38); 66-67 (new ed. 69-70).

  3. Study chapter 8 and 9, and answer questions on the web.

  4. Exercises Essentials, 8.7 (sentences 11-20); 9.7 (sentences 1-10). Translation (you will have to study the Greek to decipher this).

  5. You can "graduate" from one objective, reading Greek, if you are ready. Pick one passage that you want to read to me fluently. Then I will pick a passage and ask you to read it to me. If both are fine, you are done with this exercise.

  6. Repeat after me: Matthew 9:1-8 WB01361_.gif (611 bytes)

For 11/17

  1. Study form and function of demonstrative pronoun (chapter 10)

  2. Assess your ability and design your personal study plan:

    Goals listed in the syllabus: At the end of the semester you will:

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    be able to read aloud any passage of the Greek New Testament

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    possess a working Greek vocabulary

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    be able to analyze the structure of Greek sentences

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    be able to parse nouns, adjectives and most verbs

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    How are your reading skills? Do you need more exercise?

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    Where are you now in the textbook (which lesson [1-9]) and where do you want to be in three weeks (which lesson)?

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    Where are you now as far as vocabulary is concerned and where do you want to be in three weeks (words occurring 400, 155, 50 times or more)?

  3. Design you own homework for next meeting.

For 12/1

  1. Memorize (oh, I know, it hurts) the 3rd declension on page 163-164

  2. Continue in the study plan you designed for yourself. I will check in with you.

  3. If you have a Greek-English dictionary or concordance of the NT bring it to class next week

For 12/8

  1. Learn the function of the Greek tenses:

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Future (67) 14.3 predictive, sometimes imperative

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Imperfect (57) 12.3 continuous action in the past

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Aorist (71) 15.3 undefined action in the past

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Perfect (114) 23.4 action in the past which stands completed (perfected) in the present // usually English present perfect: I have taught

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Pluperfect (115) 23.5 action in the past which was completed in the past, true past tense // English past perfect tense: I had taught

  1. Translate Mt 9:1-9 and compare it to the version in Mark 2:1-12 (set printer on landscape mode or just translate it from your Greek New Testament) (Acrobat PDF file).
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    Keep a list of issues you could not resolve (forms you did not find, words you did not find in the dictionary etc.)

  2. Send me your "goals" for the end of the semester and how you want to proceed to achieve them. If you want to continue next semester, design a plan for your January activities (meeting, exercises, continue in text book etc.) Fill out the form, see what the others plan to do.

For 12/15

  1. Continue in your study plan as you outlined it last week.

  2. Visit the Perseus Project Greek New Testament Web Site
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    Click on the "Configure display" option and follow the instructions to see the Greek font.

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    I had the best results with "Unicode (UTF-8) with pre-combined accents" but had to reboot after changing it.

  3. Go to John 15 and read/play/translate John 15:1-10.

  4. If you are interested in making your browser (Internet Explorer) Unicode compatible,
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    go to the menu Tools / Internet Options and choose "Fonts"

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    Choose Palatino Linotype as your standard font

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    Reboot

  5. If you want to type Greek in Word or any other Windows XP program, follow the Microsoft instructions or download  and read the Word file (right click on the link, choose "save target as...").

  6. Next week is our last session. I will be in Bangor and will be delighted if you can join me at the Market Cafe in Orono, a Greek restaurant, after class.

Second Semester

Homework for 2/9

  1. Repeat all three declensions.
  2. Repeat present tense of verb.
  3. Repeat forms of ειμι (to be)
  4. Familiarize yourself with the English translation and then identify all the predicates (verbs) and subjects (nouns in nominative) of the lectionary text of this week: Mark 1:40-45
  5. Syllabus of 2nd semester.

Homework for 2/16

  1. Answer the questions posted for lessons 6-10

  2. Familiarize yourself with the English translation and then identify all the predicates (verbs) and subjects (nouns in nominative) and objects (direct and indirect) of the lectionary text of this week: Mark 2:1-12

  3. Translate from English into Greek (and check afterwards with Textbook, homework 4):

    1. The man knows the law.

    2. The servant carries a gift.

    3. The apostle reads a word.

    4. You have the fruit.

    5. The brothers listen to the words of the angel.

    6. They send a gift to the temple.. 

Homework for 2/23

  1. Repeat  form and function of demonstrative pronoun (chapter 10)

  2. Repeat  the function of the Greek tenses:

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Future (67) 14.3 predictive, sometimes imperative

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Imperfect (57) 12.3 continuous action in the past

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Aorist (71) 15.3 undefined action in the past

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Perfect (114) 23.4 action in the past which stands completed (perfected) in the present // usually English present perfect: I have taught

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Pluperfect (115) 23.5 action in the past which was completed in the past, true past tense // English past perfect tense: I had taught

  1. Familiarize yourself with the English translation and then identify all the predicates (verbs) and subjects (nouns in nominative) and objects (direct and indirect) and adjectives and conjunctions of the lectionary text of this week: Mark 2:13-22.

  2. Repeat vocabulary (155 or more times, only words in bold, p. 12-25, vocabulary book). Assessment next session.

Homework for 3/2

  1. Study lessons 11+12. Forms of middle + pass present // Forms of imperfect active (55-57)

  2. Do exercise 12.4.a (until you can do it easily)

  3. Rehearse paradigms for the third declension (assessment) αιων, ελπις χαρις, νυξ.

  4. Prepare new text: Mark 1:9-15.

Homework for 3/16

  1. Memorize Psalm 23 in English. 

  2. Memorize Ps 22:1 (LXX) in Greek 

  3. Study lessons 13 + 14 (p.59ff forms of imperfect middle and passive; p.65ff forms of future active and middle)

  4. 3rd declension (p.163) pistis, basileus, ichthus.

  5. Prepare new text: John 2:13-22.

Homework for 3/30

  1. Try to memorize the next two lines of Ps 23 (end of v.3a epestrepsen)

  2. Learn: aorist passive indicative and Future Passive Indicative (Lesson 17)

  3. Repeat forms of 3rd declension neuter (Lessons 18+19)

  4. Prepare John 12:20-33 analyze (subject, predicate, objects and parse every noun, adjective, verb (not participles  yet)). Use the parsing sheet.

Homework for 4/20

  1. Continue to memorize Ps 23 (verse 3)

  2. Learn the forms of the participle (present and future). Lesson 20.

  3. I will post the first written exam (parsing) here before next Thursday. Take home and bring the printout to our next class. You may use the new parsing form (Excel format / PDF format -- pasting of sheets required) or old parsing sheet if you prefer.

FIRST EXAM: You will have to paste four pages together (PDF) or submit it as an Excel file:

TEST (PDF format)
TEST (Excel format)

Homework for 4/27

  1. Continue to read and work with Ps 23.

  2. Translate Luke 24:36-48

  3. Critique the three translations (NRSV, CEV, NKJV). Please do it in writing and bring it to class. Try to keep it to one or two pages.

    1. How well do they represent the Greek text?

    2. How well do they work for which target audience in English?

    3. Sum up your opinion.

  4. Learn the forms of Lesson 21 (aorist active participle; aorist middle participle) and of  lesson 22 (aorist passive participle).

Homework for 5/11

  1. Study the forms and the function of the Subjunctive Mood (Lesson 24).

  2. Study the forms of the -μι conjugation (Lesson 29 and the sheet in the back of the text  book: present, imperfect, aorist).

  3. Translate the fable "The North Wind and the Sun". [The hyphens are just added for clarification in this edition, ignore them.]

Homework for 5/4

  1. Revisit the "Genitive Absolute" p.109ff.

  2. Study the forms of Perfect and Pluperfect Tenses (Lesson 23).

  3. Translate John 15:9-17

SECOND EXAM
Critique the three translations (NRSV, CEV, YLT) of John 15:9-17. 
a. How well do they represent the Greek text?
b. How well do they work for which target audience in English?
c. Sum up your opinion.
Please email your results: dtrobisch@bts.edu or bring them to the Bangor class next week.

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