Koine Greek

Koine Greek prepares students to read the Greek of the New Testament and other texts from the Hellenistic era (3rd century BC onwards) fluently and enjoyably.

Drawing on the latest insights in language pedagogy, students will acquire Koine Greek as they are presented with vocabulary and grammar alongside reading and discussing a continuous, compelling narrative right from the outset. This follows the fictitious adventures of Paul, Philemon and Onesimus, and is interspersed with other stories including adaptations of texts from the New Testament and the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament). These ‘sheltered’ narratives largely employ only the vocabulary and grammar to which students have been introduced up to that point. Students will develop an active knowledge of the language through writing and even speaking in Koine Greek. The goal is for students not to substitute English for the Greek, as if they were only solving a puzzle, but to read the Greek, as C. S. Lewis put it, “with no officious English word intruding.”

Dual Credit

This course is undergoing the approval process for dual credit at Colorado Christian University.

Course Objectives:

• Learn Koine Greek vocabulary and grammar through compelling stories which gradually introduce new concepts
• Develop an active knowledge of Koine Greek by writing and speaking the language
• Read Koine Greek fluently and enjoyably without first translating it
• Grow in courage through writing and speaking in Koine Greek
• Become better readers and communicators in general
• Be led back to the knowledge of God through his word

Click here for a short article in which I further explain the benefits of learning Koine Greek

*The time of the class can be negotiated.