Advanced Greek I: Topics
HDS 4245
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Description
This course aims to move students from an intermediate to advanced proficiency with Greek by studying select Christian, pagan, and Jewish texts primarily from late antiquity. A primary purpose is to increase reading comprehension through prepared readings (with review of grammar when necessary).
Course Notes
This advanced Greek reading course explores Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature from the Hellenistic world to Byzantium, including selections from the Septuagint, the Book of Revelation, the Sibylline Oracles, the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius, and fragments of several apocryphal apocalyptic texts. The course emphasizes close reading in Greek. Each session will center on translation with careful attention to grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, alongside brief discussions of the historical and literary development of apocalyptic traditions in antiquity. Two years of Koine, Classical, or Byzantine Greek or equivalent is recommended.
Available for BTI Cross Registration
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
