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New Testament Greek Foundations: First Readings in Koine Greek

Beginner Koine Greek: reading and writing the Greek New Testament

Level
Beginner
Lessons
24 lessons in 4 modules
Estimated study
About 16 hours
Format
Online, self-paced
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About this course

Learn to read the Greek of the New Testament from the first letter. Four modules alternate writing and listen-and-repeat lessons: the lowercase alphabet, breathings, accents and diphthongs, the article and the five cases, first and second declension nouns, εἰμί, the present active indicative, adjectives, prepositions, personal pronouns, and a first look at the imperfect and the aorist. Read John 1:1, John 3:16, John 11:35, 1 John 4:8, Matthew 5:3, Mark 1:1, Romans 3:23, Matthew 6:9, Philippians 4:13 and 1 Corinthians 13:13 word by word in the SBL Greek New Testament. Pronunciation guides follow the Erasmian pronunciation used in most US seminaries. The course voice reads with Modern Greek pronunciation, and no speech recognizer scores Erasmian Greek, so speaking practice is ungraded listen and repeat.

Course outline

Learn the 24 lowercase letters, the Erasmian pronunciation, diphthongs, breathings, accents and punctuation, and read John 11:35.

  1. The alphabet, part 1: α to μ40 minFree preview
  2. Erasmian pronunciation and the course audio40 min
  3. The alphabet, part 2: ν to ω and final sigma40 min
  4. Diphthongs by ear40 min
  5. Breathings, accents and the iota subscript40 min
  6. Punctuation and a first verse: John 11:3540 min

Use the five cases, the article, first and second declension nouns and εἰμί, and read Mark 1:1, 1 John 4:8 and John 1:1.

  1. Cases and the second declension: λόγος40 min
  2. The article by ear40 min
  3. First declension nouns and Mark 1:140 min
  4. The verb εἰμί and 1 John 4:840 min
  5. Copy John 1:140 min
  6. John 1:1 aloud40 min

Conjugate the present active indicative, make adjectives agree, use prepositions with their cases, and read Matthew 5:3 and Philippians 4:13.

  1. The present active indicative40 min
  2. Verbs aloud: I believe, now I see40 min
  3. Adjectives and Matthew 5:340 min
  4. Matthew 5:3 and 5:8 aloud40 min
  5. Prepositions and their cases40 min
  6. Philippians 4:13 aloud40 min

Read personal pronouns, the imperfect and the aorist, then Matthew 6:9, Romans 3:23, 1 Corinthians 13:13 and John 3:16.

  1. Personal pronouns and the Lord's Prayer40 min
  2. Our Father: Matthew 6:9 and 6:10 aloud40 min
  3. The past: imperfect and aorist40 min
  4. Romans 3:23 and the first words of John 3:1640 min
  5. Independent writing: 1 Corinthians 13:1340 min
  6. John 3:16 in full40 min
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