Koine Greek

BL5101, BL5102, BLK6100 … Fall-Winter-Spring Terms 2025–26 …

Have you ever read a book or an article, or even watched a documentary and thought to yourself, I need to learn how to read the languages of primary sources so that I can form my own opinions, rather than rely on someone else to tell me what these sources mean? If your answer is yes, then this class is for you.

This is a three-quarter sequence (one academic year) of introductory study of Classical Greek and Koine Greek. The main objective is to build confidence and competence in the reading and consistent use of the Greek text of the New Testament as well as Greek texts from classical antiquity, the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods, and late antiquity.

As a school fully accredited by the Association of Theological Schools, all credits earned at Ecumenical Theological Seminary are transferrable (at both the undergraduate and graduate levels). Audits are available for this course. Koine Greek at ETS meets Mondays online for 10 weeks (each quarter), from 6–9:50 pm, beginning September 8.

The instructor for this class, James Waddell, is a Classicist and historian of Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament. He has 40+ years of experience as a student (and instructor) of Classical and Koine Greek. He has taught at ETS since 2012.

For more information about

this course contact …

James Waddell, Ph.D.

Professor of New Testament

Ecumenical Theological Seminary

jwaddell@etseminary.edu