All,

Biola's Greek class that I need to take for my degree may not work into my schedule next semester. That being said...

Can anyone recommend another university/seminary in Southern California that offers a Greek I class in the Fall? (WSC offers it in the Spring, not Fall '08, FYI).

Thanks!

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Seth Stark
Communion Presbyterian Church (ARP), Irvine, CA
Biola University, Graduate Student, M.A. - Science and Religion
Seth's Blog

I assume that something would be available in the Classics departments at UCLA and USC.

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Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

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Hi Seth,

We offer it in August (intensive) and in Jan-May (at night).

Come on down!

rsc

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R. Scott Clark, D.Phil
Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology

"For Christ, His Gospel, and His Church"
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Oceanside URC
The Heidelblog

Hmm... I didn't see the August offering on the website. Can you point me to a link where I can get more info?

Thanks!

Call the sem. 1 866 480 8474 and ask for Christa Haeck (pron "Heck").

We always offer summer Greek in Aug. It's in the catalogue, which is on the website. I don't know if they've posted the fall schedule yet but if so it would be under current students.

It meets several days a week from something like 8am - Noon (or so -- this is a very rough estimate). Then students go off the memorize that day's assignment and then it starts over. It's "boot camp Greek."

"Okay recruit. Get down and give me that paradigm. What? I can't hear you! Luo, lueis, luei-- a great hit by the kingsmen by the way and not dirty at all -- etc."

It's great fun and it builds strong bones 12 ways.

rsc

I saw grown men cry.

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Adam J. Myer
Pastor
Trinity Reformed Presbyterian Chapel
Pistol River, Oregon

I know every seminary does it this way, but the "summer intensive" Greek course is almost single-handedly responsible for men thinking Hebrew is easier, and not keeping up their Greek.

I don't know why some of the lesser-value courses aren't offered in summer instead and Beginning Greek made a whole semester.

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Fredrick T. Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX)
Christ Church Blog

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I so don't need to hear this as I am going to be doing Greek this summer. My class will run from early June thru late August, doing 2 mornings a week.
However, I will be doing Greek again in Spring semester.
I fully expect to have a busy summer, especially as I work also.

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Donnie MacLeod
Westminster PCA, Atlanta, GA
MDiv Student Covenant Theological Seminary

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than others may have found
As they rejoiced at harvest time,
when grain and wine abound.Ps 4:7, Sing Psalms 2003

That is actually better. The typical summer Greek is 5 days a week, 4-5 hours a day, for 6 weeks or so. It is way too much to get a solid grounding in Greek, in my opinion.

I would second that.

The only way that I was able to make gains in the summer course was due to the fact that I had taken a year of Greek at a previous seminary. For that reason the WSC course served as an enjoyable if intensive review, but a lot of guys for whom it was meant just flat out choked.