Yes.  It will have all of the content that is common to a traditional first year Greek curriculum in seminary.

Hi all,

It is a little too early to get into specific details for this course.  All of the details will be presented once all we have all of the “production ducks” in a row.  I’m expecting this to happen in late summer.  It will be an in depth traditional style Greek course, but leverage every advantage the Logos platform can offer.

I’m a big fan of older grammars that included plenty of composition exercises (like Machen and Nunn).   To Keith’s question – it will not be an immersion course that focusses on conversational skills.  It will be a grammar/translation driven course that provides plenty of helps and exercises to help three types of learners:

 1)    Those who just want to learn Greek grammar. (One can just work through grammar segments.)

2)    Those who just want to learn grammar and learn how to translate. (One can just work through grammar segments, vocabularies, and translation exercises.)

3)    Those who want to develop an initiative understanding of grammar and reading skills.  (One can work through everything including composition exercises to gain an ability to consider linguistic and literary alternatives authors had, which could inform choices they did make.)  This is the old-school approach that I love.  It is one step shy of teaching complete fluency.  However, it can be used as a stepping stone in that direction.  A dedicated fluency course typically isn’t helpful for those with #1 and #2 learning objectives.   To be sure, I haven’t lost my passion for fluency but this course was designed for a larger audience to help the maximum number of people grow in their understanding and interest in biblical Greek.  I hope it will prove to be a huge stepping stone for future fluency efforts (from me or anyone else.) 

I hope that I haven’t raised more questions than I answered.  [;)]

Thanks for the encouragement, Keith!

It won’t be long until we have full pre-pub documentation.  Because we want to maximally leverage the Logos platform and it has so much to offer in the area of biblical languages, there is more involved in this project than the typical pre-pub.   I’ll have to ask everyone for patience.  I can say that it will be worth the wait.  [:)]

There are going to be a number of parts to this program (textbook, Mobile Ed course with exercises and vocabulary, flashcards and an amazing alphabet course that is highly interactive to lay a solid foundation for learning the language.)  The Interactive Greek Alphabet Course will ship first.  Watch for it sometime this month.  All of the parts will be available for "pre-order" (with a substantial discount) through a pay up front SKU.  Those who purchase in this way will get the parts as they are released.  I'm pushing to see all of the parts shipped by the end of the year.  I'm sorry that all of the parts are not shipping for use this month.  We are working as fast as we can.  I'm very happy to see that first Greek Alphabet course will ship this month. I hope this helps with your planning.  I'm thrilled that you are dedicating time and energy to learning Greek and will be excited to hear how it blesses your studies in the New Testament.

The intention is to please two types of customers.  There are those who want a pre-order discount and would like to get started using the products that are available right away.  They should be happy with the bundles.  (The Biblical Language Certificate Program bundle even has the effect of putting the Hebrew course and text on sale during this time as well.)  Then there are those want the pre-order discount but don’t want to be charged until all of the products are live.  We will have plenty of last chance messaging when the last resource is about to ship and the special discount will finish.  I will also post to this thread so you will be sure to get a notice.  So those customers don’t have to feel compelled to make the transaction earlier than they typically would.  I expect the remaining two resources (digital version of the Lexham text and GK101) to be available before the year ends.

It is true that this course shipped without the typical pre-order offer, but the same discount is currently available until the all of the resources ship.

Thanks everyone for the interest in the courses and the programs.  I’m very pleased with the alphabet course.  It is the most interactive course that we have ever produced.