New Testament Greek

Texts can come alive for us in new ways when we are able to look at them in the language in which they were written.  The New Testament, written in varieties of post-classical Greek, is no exception.  The aim of this year-long course is to give a basic grounding in the language of the New Testament, sufficient to begin reading the text independently.  We hope this will be a support to those studying New Testament at LJC and elsewhere, opening up new insights into the layers of meaning to be found in these remarkable writings.

We shall be using John H. Dobson’s Learn New Testament Greek (3^rd Revised Edition, 2012) as a course-book and you will need to purchase your own copy, so that you can do the exercises.  If you have long-term intentions of working on the language you may want to invest in a simple New Testament dictionary. 

Language learning is immensely rewarding.  However, for all but a lucky few it is also demanding. We shall meet twice a week, because frequency and regularity are very helpful for developing long-term memory. The pace of the lessons will be adapted to the needs of the group.  However, we shall aim to cover roughly 10 lessons over each five-week period. If it is not possible to make every session, you are asked to make sure that you work through the course material for that session and do the prescribed exercises for yourself. 

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