The Upshot
Second Year Greek is about using what you have learned, reviewing grammar, extending your grammar, extending your vocabulary, extending your exposure to Scripture, introducing a history of the critical study and collection of the texts, and textual variants.
The background to the textual variants will help explain why the
various English translations may read differently. The classic example is the
difference between the Greek text used for the King James Version of the Bible
versus other more modern versions which use a text compiled later and by
scientific inquiry. Understanding this will help explain such things to church
members, where this issue frequently arises.
Resources
The UBS Greek New Testament, 4th ed. This text has a critical apparatus that deals with textual variants (I recommend the version with the dictionary in the back). Most students get this in their second year as a required text, although some teachers require the blue edition of Novum Testamentum Graece instead.
The Bauer Greek Lexicon. This is a wonderful reference tool and is also available in many of the computer software packages. Every student should learn to use this.
Blass, Debrunner, & Funk. This is a different style grammar for New Testament Greek. Every student should learn to use it.
Perseus is a website that features many Greek tools, particularly dealing with classical Greek material. It is an evolving site so it will only get better over time. The link supplied here is only to the Tools section.
Logos or BibleWorks software. These programs can greatly facilitate your study of Greek, if for no other reason than their search capabilities. These are two of the major programs, let me know of others you like for language study.
Greek Fonts become important, particularly when writing a paper in the spring semester. If you have the TekniaGreek font installed and use WordPerfect, here is a macro that switches fonts for you. Since most people tend to use Microsoft Word, here is what I've been able to develop so far. Serious biblical scholars may want to consider Nota Bene, and ANYONE who writes papers should use Endnote. I have yet to find a better bibliography and footnote program than this. It works great with Word.
If you have suggestions for adding to this page, e-mail me.
Fall Semester
Syllabus - Fall Semester
Vocabulary List for 2nd Year. This is intended to be printed on both sides. If you do not print them this way and then punch holes for a binder, the holes will go through many of the words. Updated 2/8/08
Flash Cards in PDF for 2nd Year. Updated 2/8/08
Lexicon (same as 1st Year). This is intended to be printed on both sides. If you do not print them this way and then punch holes for a binder, the holes will go through many of the words. Updated 2/8/08
Lexicon with Principal Parts (same as 1st Year). This is my own arrangement of two critical tools: the above Lexicon and the Principal Parts, which are indexed in the book. This layout will serve you well when we get to verbs because it will save looking at two resources to get your answers. The Mounce principal parts list in the book has many, many wonderful notes and you may want to refer to it in order to explain anomalies. This is intended to be printed on both sides. If you do not print them this way and then punch holes for a binder, the holes will go through many of the words. Updated 2/8/08
Vocabulary file for use with the Teknia Language Tools Flashworks program. My file is a self-extracting and installing file. It will load into the standard default directory for Flashworks and configure Flashworks to use it as the default database. This is the same list as used in 1st Year Greek, so there is no need to download it again if you already have it installed. For second year, the chapter numbers are 30-58. Updated 2/8/08
Spring Semester
Syllabus - Spring Semester