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| Week 1 | In-Class | At home |
| Day 1 |
uses of the definite article (9.6; 23.5); Reading: Arrian, Preface of the Anabasis 1-2 |
Homework: decline ho Thebaios, to neoterismon; conjugate
grapho, machomai, and poieo; Supplementary Ex 2;
handout on personal and reflexive pronouns (odd). |
| Day 2 |
Accusative Case (Adam); Reading: Arrian Preface 3; 1.1.1-3 |
1st declension; Homework: conjugate the same verbs in the imperfect and aorist;
decline he gnome "opinion" and ho stratiotes
"soldier"; write 4 sentences using the different types
of the accusative (Adam); sentences on expressions of time and
place (David); in the first paragraph of tonight's reading, underline
prepositional phrases, bracket the participial phrases and put
parentheses around subordinate clauses |
| Day 3 |
Genitive case (Evan); Reading: Arrian 1.1.3; 1.7.1-3 |
3rd declension; Homework: decline he polis and ho presbeus
"ambassador"; conjugate teleutao and aggelo;
find the genitives and identify what use in Arrian 1.7.4-5 (Evan);
learn vocab on pp. 172-73 of Supplementary Grammar handout; Supplementary
Ex 4, sentences 1-4 (Jen); Relative clauses, sentences 2,4,6 (handout-Andrew); |
| Day 4 |
Dative case (Adam); Reading: Arrian 1.7.3-9 |
aorist and future passive (17.1-3) Homework: prepare for quiz; |
| Day 5 |
Quiz; Reports: |
Homework: read the rest of Plutarch's Life of Alexander; |
| Day 6 |
sequence of moods; Reading: Arrian 1.11 |
didomi and tithemi Homework: conjugate didomi and tithemi in the present
and aorist; work on your vocabulary presentation |
| Day 7 |
uses of hos (Supplementary Ex 6); Reading: Arrian 1.13 |
histemi and hiemi Homework: Conjugate kathistemi and aphiemi in the
present and aorist; work on your vocabulary presentation: |
| Day 8 |
Reading: Arrian 1.14 |
Homework: read another account of the Battle of Granicus and
compare it to Arrian's account: |
| Day 9 |
Reading: Arrian 1.15 |
To prepare for the midterm:
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| Day 10 |
Midterm on Arrian |
Homework: read Outline of Acts; Reading: Jay Treat, Differences between Classical and Hellenistic Greek: A Quick Introduction |
| Day 11 |
Acts 9: 1-19 |
Read Acts 9:20-43 in English and Acts 10: 1-23 in Greek; Read Metzger, Ch 2, (36-51; skim 52-67; read 67-68; skim 68-71; read 72-79; skim 79-92) |
| Day 12 |
Acts 10: 1-16 |
Read Acts 10: 17-48 Read Metzger Chs 3-4, pp. 95-106, 124-46 |
| Day 13 |
Acts 10: 17-33 |
Read Acts 11 in English and Acts 12:1-24 in Greek Read Metzger, Ch 7, 186-206 |
| Day 14 |
Acts 10: 34-48, 12: 1-18 |
Read Acts 13 Read Metzger, Ch 8, pp. 207-30 |
| Day 15 |
Visit University of Iowa Special Collections to view early printed books and manuscripts of the Bible and Arrian |
Read Acts 13 as far as you can get Work on the Textual Criticism Project |
| Day 16 |
Read Acts 15 Finish Textual Criticism Project |
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| Day 17 |
Textual Criticism Project due |
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| Day 18 |
Final Exam on Acts |

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