NT 500 Greek I

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NT 500Greek I

• Using the texts of Dr. Bill Mounce

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Development of the Language

• Greek is related to the languages of India
  (Sanskrit), Persia, Armenia, Albania, Slovenia,
  Lithuania, Rome, and Germany.
• These various languages are known as the
  Indo-European family of languages.

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Development of the Language

• The Greek language extends back to about 1400 BC.

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Development of the Language

• The Indo-European languages are those which were
  spoken by those inhabiting a region between
  east-central Asia, and west-central Europe.

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Development of the Language

• The second oldest branch
• is that of Greek.

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Development of the Language

• The Greek language was divided into dialects
  Aeolic, Doric, and Ionic. These were the
  languages of the great writers and poets.

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Development of the Language

• The Semitic family of languages is almost as well
  defined as the Indo-European. Its geographical
  origin was in southern Asia.

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Development of the Language

• Some thought Koine Greek was a Holy Ghost
  language designed specifically for the
  transmission of Scripture.

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Development of the Language

• The writers of the New Testament were simply
  writing in the ordinary language of the masses

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Development of the Language

• There are six sources that give light regarding
  Koine Greek
• Biblical Greek
• Literary Koine
• Papyri
• Inscriptions
• Ostraca
• Modern Greek

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Greek Alphabet

• a b g d e z h q i
• k l m n x o p r s(V)
• t u f c y w

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Greek Alphabet- Transliteration

• a b g d e z h q i
• a b g d e z e th i
• k l m n x o p r s(V)
• k l m n x o p r s
• t u f c y w
• t u/y ph ch ps o

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Greek Alphabet- 7 Vowels

• a e h i o u w

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Greek Alphabet- 2 forms of sigma

• s- at front of or within a word
• V- final form

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Greek Alphabet- Breathing marks

• j- Smooth breathing mark
• Placed over first vowel and not pronounced
• J- Rough breathing mark
• Placed over first vowel (and first r) and
  gives a h sound to the word

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Greek Alphabet- Diphthongs

• A Diphthong consists of two vowels that produce
  one sound
• The second vowel is always an i or an u.
• ai ei oi au ou ui eu hu

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Greek Alphabet- Summary

• Learn the Greek alphabet
• Learn the English name, how to write the letter,
  and its pronunciation
• Greek vowels- a e h i o u w

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Greek Alphabet- Summary 2

• Words beginning with vowel or r must have a
  breathing mark. If they begin in a diphthong, the
  breathing mark is over 2nd vowel
• A Diphthong consists of two vowels that produce
  one sound
• Improper diphthong has an iota subscript (which
  does not affect pronunciation)

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Greek Alphabet- Writing

• Workbook assignment, pp. 1-3

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Greek Punctuation Marks

• , Comma
• . Period
• . (above line) Semicolon
• Question mark

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Summary- Chapter 4

• , (Comma), .(Period), .above line
  (Semicolon),
• (Question mark)
• Three accent marks
• Greek syllabification basically follows
  English syllabification

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Assignment for Saturday

• Read over chapter 5
• Practice writing your alphabet
• Practice singing your alphabet song