GREK 101: Koine Greek I

This course is a standard introduction to Koine Greek. Specifically; this course is primarily concerned with writing Koine Greek and translating Greek passages from the Greek translation of the Jewish scriptures; the Greek Christian scriptures; the Church Fathers; as well as selected writings from the historians Josephus and Philo of Alexandria. The course content for Koine Greek I includes: writing and pronouncing the Greek alphabet; pronunciation of Greek words; formation and translation of the first; second; and third declensions; formation and translation of the entire active; passive; and middle indicative verbal systems of ω and μι verbs; the relative pronoun; and the formation and translation of the present participle.