greek exegesis: galatians
GREK 604
Summary
Explore the Greek Exegesis: Galatians course and what you can expect to learn through the semester.
Course Overview
Greek Exegesis: Galatians consists of Translation and exegesis of Galatians using a prescribed step-by-step process.
Emphasis is placed on the dynamic of translation in the interpretive process as well as the relation of syntactical structures to the text’s meaning.
Textbooks
- See the current booklist.
Professor: Dr. James Sedlacek
Intended Outcomes
Knowledge
- The contents and syntactical characteristics of Paul’s letter to the Galatians.
- The components and uses of a standard critical Greek NT apparatus.
- The range of scholarly opinion on a selected text, including its textual critical, exegetical, and pragmatic dimensions.
Appreciate
- The role and significance of textual criticism for interpretation.
- Structural diagramming as a means to sharpen one’s understanding of an author’s argument in epistolary literature.
- The role of the elements of NT exegesis.
Ability
- Write an exegetical paper that demonstrates familiarity with the whole range of exegetical skills on one passage in Galatians.
- Show evidence of advanced skill in analyzing the case, prepositional, tense, participle, infinitive, and article uses of Koine Greek.
- Demonstrate proficiency in translating the Greek text of Galatians.