Greek Courses
Christian Leaders Institute offers Greek 1-3, in order to equip students with the ability to study the New Testament in its original form. These high level courses challenge students technically and biblically.
GRE 201 Biblical Greek I (4 credits)
This is the first in a sequence of three courses on basics of New Testament Greek, laying a foundation for studying the New Testament in its original language.
(Note: Greek is hard for most people. Usually it is best to take Greek only after you have successfully completed some other CLI classes.)
Outcomes:
- Learn Greek alphabet and pronunciation.
- Learn how some English grammar basics correlate to Greek grammar.
- Learn cases and uses for first and second declension Greek nouns, adjectives, and personal pronouns.
- Learn inflection of present active, present middle/passive, and future Greek verbs.
- Learn vocabulary of Greek words that appear most frequently in the New Testament.
- Learn where to access some of the most helpful online tools for studying the Greek New Testament.
- Learn some examples of how knowledge of Greek offers deeper, more accurate insight into the meaning of God’s truth in the New Testament.
GRE 202 Biblical Greek II (4 credits)
This is the second in a sequence of three courses on basics of New Testament Greek, increasing the ability to study the New Testament in its original language. You must complete Greek I before taking this course.
Outcomes:
- Learn forms and uses of demonstrative, relative, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.
- Learn inflection and grammatical use of imperfect, aorist, future passive, contract, and perfect verbs.
- Learn forms and uses of present participles.
- Learn additional Greek vocabulary that appears frequently in the New Testament.
- Learn in greater depth how knowledge of Greek helps understanding of what God communicates in the New Testament.
- Review and refresh knowledge from Greek I and Greek II.
GRE 301 Biblical Greek III (4 credits)
This is the third in a sequence of three courses on the basics of New Testament Greek, completing a study of essential language knowledge and online tools for studying the New Testament in its original language. You must complete Greek II before taking this course.
Outcomes:
- Learn forms and uses of aorist and perfect participles.
- Learn inflection and grammatical use of infinitive, subjunctive, and imperative verbs.
- Learn the inflection of mi-verbs in their various uses.
- Learn various types of interrogatives.
- Learn numbers and comparatives.
- Learn more sophisticated constructions involving clauses and conjunctions.
- Learn some nuances of the Greek case system.
- Learn additional Greek vocabulary that appears frequently in the New Testament.
- Learn how to use online Greek tools and increase interpretive skills for understanding of the original meaning of God’s New Testament revelation.
- Review and refresh knowledge from Greek I, II, and III.