New Testament Greek--2

We thank you for your interest in our New Testament Greek correspondence course. In this time of many translations it is a useful exercise to check out for yourself how the Word of God was written about 2000 years ago. Throughout the centuries God took care that the autographa (the original manuscripts of the New Testament writers themselves) were reproduced with an accuracy of 99%. Human error accounts for only 1% in minor variations, and 0.1% in major variations. But also here nothing of Christian doctrine is uncertain.

Advantage

Following this course is of course not only conducive to comparing translations. What do you think the effect will be on your memory? You will memorize much more and automatically so while learning the Greek of the New Testament. Through perusing the original text things will strike you that may have gone unnoticed in your normal readings. Then there is etymology (the study of original meanings). Here a new world opens up for every student of New Testament Greek. So, for example, one of the characteristics of the wisdom from above (epieikeia= mildness, gentleness): comes down to us from the word 'eikos' (which in turn comes from 'eoika', meaning 'resembling,' 'looking alike' and from there 'seeming' and 'beseeming'); meaning 'probable,' natural,' 'seemly,' 'reasonable.' And therefore it has been described as 'sweet reasonableness!'

Too difficult?

Does the Greek alphabet scare you? Shouldn't be too much of a problem! You know already more letters than you realize, namely: A B Z I K O T and of course the pi and the omega. Are you afraid the grammar will turn out to be too difficult? If you have managed to learn one foreign language in school, then this course should not be too difficult; with the necessary perseverance of course. But know this: 'Ars longa, vita brevis!'

Contents

The course consists of 36 lessons. You will be taught about 1500 words ranging from the most frequent to the more unusual. This is about a third of the vocabulary of the New Testament. The lessons have been prepared with modern computer programs, and is richly furnished with background information that will enhance your knowledge of and about the New Testament. Thanks to the computer we can offer you a unique method of learning New Testament Greek, for the Greek texts have all been taken from the New Testament and the sentences you learn have been arranged according to grammatical patterns from very easy in the beginning to more difficult at the end of the course. (However for the course itself one need not use a computer). You should be able to assimilate the language with not too much difficulty and you will be reading the original New Testament from the beginning. (This course does not contain any doctrinal information typical of any denomination; it is entirely based on the N.T.).

Tempo

You can set your own pace of learning. You can choose to take as many lessons a month as you please, for the entire course will be sent to you or will be available to you upon payment. At a tempo of six lessons per month you have to reckon with an average study of one hour a day. Three lessons a month will take you probably half an hour a day.

Cost

We prefer you pay directly to our paypal account or to our Canadian bank account.You can also pay through international money order, written out to Institutio Scripturarum, Gouda, The Netherlands, or send us a certified check from your bank (if you send a cheque or money order, add USD $22.- for cashing charges). This amount covers also the correction of your homework sent in to our institute. You purchase the right to two consecutive years of study assistence (except in the case of unforseen circumstances such as calamities and serious illness).

The course can be bought with or without the right to assistence and the correction of homework. But experience teaches that assistence is very necessary. Also, sending in the homework regularly will support you in the process of discipline and perseverance.

With assistence [by mail, e-mail (and SkypeIn helpdesk hour) for all your questions]: USD $344.62 at once (comes with a 2 year right for correction of homework and an exclusive ring-binder and scribbling-block); or USD $124.30 in three consecutive installments (to a total of USD $372.90).

Without assistence and correction: USD $196,17.

The New Testament Greek Course