Students are expected to look up exegetical tools in the library and on the internet and to practice working with them. Students will be able to apply to new texts the paradigms and grammar which they learned in the course. They will be able to make use of the available (printed and electronic) tools. Students will learn the basics of working with different manuscripts and textual criticism.
Students are expected to be able to compare different translations with each other and with the Greek text and explain what the differences are rooted in. Students will learn to understand Greek texts adapted to their level and answer questions relating to the texts (reading comprehension). Students will also acquire the skill of translating simple sentences from English into Greek. This course enables students to acquire the basic skills needed to understand Greek words and sentences used in specialised exegetical studies as well as to parse and analyse less complex sentences of the Septuagint and the New Testament making use of a specially designed sentence analysis tool.
At the end of this course students are expected to know the content of Lessons 1-13 of the handbook (see the sections: Vocabulary, Grammar, Study Tools for Exegesis and Theology, Relevance for Theology and Exegesis, Content Focus, Learn by Heart).
Some of the most important primary sources of Christian faith and of theology were originally written in Greek: the Septuagint, the New Testament, early Christian writers and early conciliar texts.
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