Richard Ascough

Assistant
Professor
of New
Testament
and Greek

Queen's
Theological
College

Department
of Religious
Studies


Theological Hall 229
Kingston, ON
Canada, K7L 3N6

(613) 533-6000
x78066

fax: (613) 533-6879

rsa@post.queensu.ca

http://
post.queensu.ca/~rsa

Winter 2002

Monday
10:00 - 11:30
Wednesday
8:30 - 10:00

Theological Hall 209

Countyman 1993

Black 1998

Students who wish to further their facility in Greek will be prepared to take THEO 697 Intermediate New Testament Greek, a half-course extending over the fall and winter terms.

Prerequisite: THEO 597 The Language of the New Testament

Textbooks

L. William Countryman, Read It In Greek: An Introduction to New Testament Greek (Grand Rapids and Cambridge: Eerdmans, 1993).

David Alan Black, It's Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998).

Barclay M. Newman, A Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament (London: United Bible Societies, 1971).

The Greek New Testament (4^th revised edition; Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft / United Bible Societies, 1993).

Course Work

During this semester we will continue to work though the introduction to New Testament Greek by William Countryman. It is an inductive approach to learning Greek in which we will work with the Greek text of 1 John. Each class period will begin with a review of the exercises assigned in the the previous class period. It is expected that students will be prepared to share their translations and ask and answer questions about the text. We will then work together through one or more lessons in the Countryman text.

Once we have completed the lessons in Countryman we will begin translating other New Testament texts, using Black as a guide for review.

Course Grading

• 50% Class Participation

• 20% Sermon Outline (Due March 13)

• 30% Exegetical Analysis (Due April 3)

For students at Queen's Theological College the course can be assessed on a pass/fail basis.

All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the stated day. Late assignments will be assessed a penalty of a one mark reduction per day late.

For an indication of how I grade written assignments see my Evaluation Guide
(http://post.queensu.ca/~rsa/evaltion.htm)

Please do not hand in assignments enclosed in a covering of some sort (e.g., binder, plastic sleeve); just place a staple in the top left corner.

Academic Integrity: Academic dishonesty is a serious offense and can result in a grade of F and a notation in the student's record. All use of sources in any form, paper or electronic, must be acknowledged and documented in both written and oral presentations. This includes indirect use of another's ideas as well as direct quotation. Please be sure to read Queen's University's Policy on Academic Dishonesty (http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/senate/policies/acaddish.html) and section 2.20 Academic Dishonesty in the Queen's Theological College Student Handbook (pp. 12-15).