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Greek 1A

GKK1AA1

NQF level: 6

NQF credits: 16

Content:

Grammar and translation introduction to phonetics, morphology, syntax, vocabulary of the Greek New Testament with appropriate language exercises

Purpose:

To familiarise the learner with the Greek alphabet, and the basic linguistic aspects of phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics in order to read and translate simplified Greek sentences and texts.

Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module learners should be able to:

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  Read, write and pronounce Greek words correctly.
  
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  Recognise relationships between verbs, nouns and adjectives exhibiting similar stems.
  
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  Translate basic words, phrases, sentences and passages from Greek to English.
  
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  Understand the relationships between different tenses and numbers of verbs, as well as between the singular and plural of nouns and adjectives.
  

Calculation criteria:

Minimum Full Period Mark for Examination Admission – 40%

Full Period Mark Weight – 50%

Examination Mark Weight – 50%

Greek 1B

GKK1BB1

NQF level: 6

NQF credits: 16

Content:

Grammar and translation reading and translation of passages from the Greek New Testament and an introduction to Greek-Christian History

Purpose:

To continue familiarising the learner with the basic linguistic aspects of phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics of Ancient Greek in order to read and translate uncomplicated original Attic and Hellenistic Greek texts. The learner should develop a basic understanding of the geography, history and culture of Ancient Greece.

Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module learners should be able to:

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  Recognise relationships between verbs, nouns and adjectives exhibiting similar stems.
  
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  Translate sentences and passages from Greek to English which include various forms
  

of subordinate clauses.

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  Understand the relationships between different moods and voices.
  
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  Understand the basic socio-historic background of the texts read
  

Calculation criteria:

Minimum Full Period Mark for Examination Admission – 40%

Full Period Mark Weight – 50%

Examination Mark Weight – 50%

Greek 2A

GKK2AA1

NQF level: 7

NQF credits: 16

Content:

Linguistics: Greek syntax and unprepared translation; literature: a study of texts from Hellenistic (including the New Testament) and/or Patristic literature; and history: a general survey of the Hellenistic period

Purpose:

To explore and revise the complete grammar and syntax of Ancient Greek, read intermediate texts from the Attic (e.g. Plato and Euripides) or Hellenistic (e.g. New Testament and Church Fathers) period. To receive an overview of the history and culture of the Classical or Hellenistic period, focusing, inter alia, on the codes regulating the position of women and justice).

Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module learners should be able to:

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  Translate unseens on the level of the Gospel of Mark or easier passages from
  

Xenophon and Herodotes.

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  Translate and understand the grammar and syntax of intermediate Greek passages on
  

the level of the Acts of the Apostles or Plato, Euripides and Demosthenes

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  Understand the workings of patriarchal society in ancient Greece
  
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  Understand the basics of the Greek concept of justice
  
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  Have knowledge of the basic historical framework of the Attic or Hellenistic periods.
  

Calculation criteria:

Minimum Full Period Mark for Examination Admission – 40%

Full Period Mark Weight – 50%

Examination Mark Weight – 50%

Greek 2B

GKK2BB2

NQF level: 7

NQF credits: 16

Content:

Linguistics: Greek syntax and unprepared translation; literature: a study of texts from Hellenistic (including the New Testament) and/or Patristic literature; and history: a general survey of the Hellenistic period

Purpose:

To continue exploring and revising the complete grammar and syntax of Ancient Greek, read intermediate texts from the Classical (e.g. Herodotes and Homer) or Hellenistic (e.g. New Testament and Church Fathers) period. To continue with an overview of the history and culture of the Classical or Hellenistic period, focusing, inter alia, on the heroic code).

Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module learners should be able to:

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  Translate unseens on the level of the Gospel of Luke or easier passages from
  

Thucydides and Euripides.

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  Translate and understand the grammar and syntax of intermediate Greek passages on
  

the level of the Acts of the Apostles or Herdotes and Homer.

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  Have a basic understanding of Greek religion and mythology.
  
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  Have a basic understanding of the concept of the Greek male and female hero.
  
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  Have knowledge of the basic historical framework of the Attic or Hellenistic periods.
  

Calculation criteria:

Minimum Full Period Mark for Examination Admission – 40%

Full Period Mark Weight – 50%

Examination Mark Weight – 50%

Greek 3A

GKK3AA3

NQF level: 7

NQF credits: 22

Content:

Linguistics: language and translation; literature: a study of texts from Classical, Hellenistic (including the New Testament) and/or Patristic literature; and New Testament applied literary theory; historical criticism applied to the history of the Classical, Hellenistic and Christian periods

Purpose:

To enable the learner to apply Greek grammatical, syntactic, semantic, literary, cultural and historical knowledge to selected texts, especially through unseen translations; to translate and interpret selected texts from e.g. Paul, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Menander, and Plutarch and develop an understanding of the history and main genres of Greek literature.

Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module learners should be able to:

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  Compose Greek prose containing compound sentences and indirect speech.
  
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  Translate unseens on the level of intermediate passages from Demosthenes, Plutarch,
  

Paul and Sophocles.

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  Translate, comment on, and interpret selected passages from the Classical and/or
  

Hellenistic and/or Early Christian periods.

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  Critically evaluate source material from a selected historical period (Classical,
  

Hellenistic and Christian).

Calculation criteria:

Minimum Full Period Mark for Examination Admission – 40%

Full Period Mark Weight – 50%

Examination Mark Weight – 50%

Greek 3B

GKK3BB3

NQF level: 7

NQF credits: 22

Content:

Grammar: language and translation (including unprepared translation), literature: a study of texts from Classical, Hellenistic (including the New Testament) and/or Patristic literature; New Testament applied literary theory; and history: a study of the sources of Classical, Hellenistic and/or Christian history

Purpose:

To enable the learner to apply Greek grammatical, syntactic, semantic, literary, cultural and historical knowledge to compose Greek prose, and to translate and interpret selected texts from e.g. Paul, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Menander, and Plutarch.

Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module learners should be able to:

• 
  Compose Greek prose containing compound sentences and indirect speech.
  
• 
  Translate unseens on the level of intermediate passages from Demosthenes, Plutarch,
  

Paul and Sophocles.

• 
  Translate, comment on, and interpret selected passages from the Classical and/or
  

Hellenistic and/or Early Christian periods.

• 
  Critically evaluate source material from a selected historical period (Classical,
  

Hellenistic and Christian).

Calculation criteria:

Minimum Full Period Mark for Examination Admission – 40%

Full Period Mark Weight – 50%

Examination Mark Weight – 50%