1. Required Texts
Daniel B. Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, Zondervan, 1996, (cited below as Wallace)
Any Greek New Testament
2. Recommended Texts
Online References
S.C. Woodhouse. English-Greek Dictionary
Perseus Parsing Tool
Herber W. Smyth. Greek Grammar. (Available Online: http://www.biblicalgreek.org/links/classical.php#helps)
William Goodwin. Greek Grammar. (Available Online)
Books
Wesley J. Perschbacher, The New Analytical Greek Lexicon, Hendrickson, 1990
R.T. France, NIGTC The Gospel of Mark, Eerdmans, 2002
William L. Lane, NICNT The Gospel of Mark, Eerdmans, 1974
Carson, Moo, & Morris, An Introduction to the New Testament, Zondervan, 1992
3. Course Requirements
- Class Attendance and Participation
- Students are required to attend every class. Unexcused absences will always negatively affect final grades. Students are responsible for all missed class notes and materials.
- Students should come to class on time, with readings and homework completed, prepared to participate fully, and remain for the entire class time unless prior approval is granted. Repeated tardiness, non-participation, inappropriate conduct, or disruptions to class will negatively affect this part of the grade.
- Students are required to participate actively in class discussion with appropriate Christian humility, charity, and respect. There will be a number of assigned reading and research for informed recitation discussions. Students who are not prepared for these discussions will be graded down.
- Translation Assignments (5%)
- Students will be graded upon their completion of required readings and translations by specific dates as recorded on the reading checkoff sheet.
- Reading Notes (5%)
- Students must submit detailed reading notes when each translation is due.
- Minimum content for notes:
- The Greek text (each chapter may be downloaded from the forum or from other Bible sites)
- An English translation which that can really be called yours.
- Every participle must be parsed and its use explained (15 is sufficient if there are more).
- Every non-complementary infinitive must be parsed and its use explained (8 is sufficient if there are more).
- At least five interesting uses of either articles or noun cases.
- To go above and beyond the minimum (in order to impress me) include some of your own exegetical thoughts.
- In Class or Online Quizzes (15%)
- Students will have a number of in class or online quizzes that will cover vocabulary and basic grammar.
- Students must join class number 7078 after registering at www.greekexam.com to find the online quizzes.
- Major Term Exam (40%)
- The major term exam will be given to evaluate students’ study and skill without access to resources.
- It will be translation exam that will also ask questions about grammar and the content of the gospel.
- The exam may also include some vocabulary or principal part review.
- National Biblical Greek Exam (10%)
- Students must log in at www.greekexam.com and join class #7078
- Students may take this Exam as often as they wish.
- Student must find someone to proctor and watch them during the one hour exam.
- It may be taken no later than the Friday of week six
- Written Final Examination (15%)
- There will be a translation passage from any of the chapters translated in depth.
- There will be a few grammatical and literary questions.
- There will be verses read in English so the student may identify the correct chapter.
5. Schedule
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Assignment |
| Week 1 |
Monday
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Book sale Monday 9:30-4:00
Introduce class and syllabus
Assign recitation presentations
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| Friday |
Due:
5 points for joining class #7078 at www.greekexam.com
Acquaint yourself with the online resources for the Gospel of Mark provided by biblicalgreek.org.
Preparation for Recitation:
Read through several Overviews, Introductions and Outlines for the Gospel of Mark. Develop a method for verifying quality information versus speculative, dubious, or errant information. Come to recitation with examples and general thoughts on the structure and purpose of the gospel. What do you think the structure of Gospel is?
Take online Mark "vocabulary quiz 6+" repeatedly until you acheive a score of at least 96%. Here is the link for the vocabulary list for the quiz.
Learn these principal parts:
ἔρχομαι, ἐλεύσομαι, ἦλθον, ἐλήλυθα, --, --
γίνομαι, γενήσομαι, ἐγενόμην, γέγονα, ἐγενήθην
Submit Translation and Reading Notes for chapter 1 of Mark.
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| Week 2 |
| Monday |
Vocabulary & Principal Part Quiz (including passage location chapters 1-4)
Due:
Quick translation (nothing written) of Mark chapters 2-3
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| Friday |
Last day to drop or add
Due:
Fee's Text chapter 1 (Guide to exegesis)
Recitation discussion is Fee's guide, and examples of applying it to Mark chapter 4
Vocabulary (general list & chapter 4 list)& Principal Part Quiz (including passage location chapters 1-4)
Learn principal parts for: γίνομαι, ἀκούω, πέμπω
Mark Chapter 4 translation and reading notes
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| Week 3 |
| Monday |
In Class:
Read from Mark Chapter 4 in class and discuss Wallace reading
Assign Online Vocabulary & Principal Part Quiz (Due Friday)
Due:
Quiz over the chapter location of various verses from the first six chapters of Mark.
Quick translation (nothing written) of Mark chapter 5
Wallace 494-512 & Baugh handout (Verbal Aspect)
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| Friday |
Winter Windy 7:00 Hamilton Recreation Center
Registration for Westminster Term due; Exam schedule posted;
Due:
Vocabulary & Principal Part Quiz (in recitation)
- A couple questions from the gernal vocabulary list
- A couple questions from the chapter 4 list
- Most questions from the chapter 6 list
- Principal parts from one of these words:
- δίδωμι, δῶσω, ἔδωκα, δέδωκα, δέδομαι, ἐδόθην
- δύναμι, δυνήσομαι, -- , -- , -- , ἐδυναμώθην
- ἐσθίω, φάγομαι, ἔφαγον, -- , -- , --
- ἔρχομαι, ἐλεύσομαι, ἦλθον, ἐλήλυθα, -- , --
Mark Chapter 6 translation and reading notes
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| Week 4 |
| Monday |
Mark Chapter 8
Passage location quiz chapters 1-8 Due:
Quick translation (nothing written) of Mark chapter 7
Wallace 587-611 & Baugh handout (Infinitives)
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| Friday |
Last day to resolve incompletes
Due:
Fee's Text chapter 2 sections 3 & 4
Mark Chapter 8 translation and reading notes
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| Week 5 |
| Monday |
Midterm Exam
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| Friday |
Last day to withdraw (with a "W")
Due:
Mark Chapter 9 translation and reading notes
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| Week 6 |
| Monday |
Mark Chapter 9
Passage location (chapters 1-12) and verbal aspect quiz
Due:
Quick translation (nothing written) of Mark chapters 10-12
Wallace 485-493, 713-725; Baugh handout (Imperatives)
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Due:
Mark Chapter 15 translation and reading notes
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| Week 7 |
| Monday |
End of Mark
Vocaublary & Principal Part Quiz (including passage location chapters 1-15)
Due:
Quick translation (nothing written) of Mark chapters 13-14
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| Friday |
National Biblical Greek Exam
Due:
Submit Mark Chapter 16 translation and reading notes and Reading Check-sheet to Mr. Schwandt's box.
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6. Vocabulary Lists for the Gospel of Mark
Please check back frequently throughout the term as I will be consistently adding to these lists.
Frequency lists for the entire Gospel of Mark
| This is a list of vocabulary that occurs more than 5 times in the Gospel of Mark and less than 50 times in the New Testament (from Sakae Kubo's Text). The first number in the parenthesis refers the number of occurrences within the Gospel of Mark. The second number refers to the number of occurrences in the entire New Testament. |
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ἀγρός, ὁ (9-35) field, country, farm
ἀκάθαρτος (11-31) impure, unclean
ἁμαρτωλός (6-47) sinner, adj. sinful
ἀναβλέπω (6-25) look up, see again
ἄνεμος, ὁ (7-31) wind
ἅπτω (11-39) light, kindle; mid. touch, take hold of
γρηγορέω (6-22) be or keep awake, be watchful
δέω (8-41) bind, tie
διαλογίζομαι (7-16) consider, reason, discuss
εἰσπορεύομαι (8-18) enter, go in
ἐκπορεύομαι (11-33) go out, go away, proceed
ἔξεστι (6-31) it is permitted, it is possible, proper
ἐπιτίθημι (8-40) lay or put upon, give (name), inflict
ἐπιτιμάω (9-29) rebuke, reprove, censure
ἔρημος, ἡ (9-47) wilderness, grassland, desert; adj. abandoned, empty, desolate
ἑτοιμάζω (6-41) prepare
θύρα, ἡ (6-39) door
καθεύδω (8-22) sleep
καθίζω (8-45) cause to sit down, seat; set; appoint; sit down, settle stay, live
καλῶς (6-37) well, rightly, fitly
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κρατέω (15-47) take hold or, grasp, seize; arrest; hold fast, keep
κώμη,ἡ (7-27) village, small town
μνημεῖον, τό (6-37) tomb
νηστεύω (6-20) fast (as in not eating)
ξηραίνω (6-15) dry, dry out; pass. become dry, wither
ὀπίσω (6-35) after, behind
οὐκέτι (7-48) no longer
παρίστημι (6-41) be here, have come; stand near, be present; put at someone's disposal; present, make, render; bring before; prove; approach
παραλαμβάνω (6-49) take along; receive, take over
πέραν (7-23) adv. on the other side
περιβλέπω (6-7) only mid. look around
πόσος (6-27) how much, how many, how great
ποτήριον, τό (6-31) cup, drinking vessel
προσκαλέω (9-29) only mid. summon, call on, call to oneself, invite
πρωΐ (6-12) adv. early, early in the morning
σατάν, -νᾶς, ὁ (6-36) Adversary, Satan
σκανδαλίζω (8-29) cause to fall or sin; give offence to, anger, shock; pass. take offence, fall away
σταυρόω (8-46) crucify
συζητέω (6-10) discuss, dispute, debate
φωνέω (9-42) call summon; produce a sound
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Chapter 4 Vocabulary
This list contains common and important words for the fourth chapter of Mark not contained in the previous list.
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ἄκανθα, ης, ἡ thorn-plant
ἀκούω I hear
βλέπω I see
γῆ land
γίνομαι I become
διά + gen. through; + acc. on account of
διδάσκω I teach
εὐθύς immediately
εἰς + acc. into
εἶτα adv. then, next, therefore
ἑκατόν on hundred
ἑξήκοντα sixty
ἐχω I have
θάλασσα sea
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ῥίζα root
καρπός fruit
καρποφορέω I bear fruit
λέγω I say
λύχνος portable lamp
ὄχλος crowd
παραβολῇ parable
πέμπω I send
πλοῖον boat
σκιά shadow
σπείρω I sow
τριάκοντα thirty
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Chapter 6 Vocabulary
This list contains common and important words for the fourth chapter of Mark not contained in the previous list.
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ἀγοράζω - I buy
ἀδελφὸς - brother
βασιλεὺς - king
γύνη - woman
δεῦτε – come, come on; here; here now; please
διδάσκω – I teach
δίδωμι – I give
δίκαιος, α, ον - righteous
ἴδιος, α, ον - one’s own
δύναμι- I am able
δύο - two
δώδεκα - twelve
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ἐκεῖθεν – from there
ἐκείνος, η, ον - that
ἔρχομαι – I come
θέλω – I want
κεφαλὴ - head
κοράσιον, ου, τό - girl
κύκλῳ - circle
κώμη - village
ὅπου – where (within indirect discourse)
πέντε - five
πολύς, πολλή, πολύ - many
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