Koine and other Ancient languages

cfsnowy
Sun, 10 Jun 2018 19:09:31 +0000

University Latin classes are a dime a dozen. Koine Greek is best described as “common” Greek, and any decent classics department will have a class in biblical translation. Probably two, as you’ll translate the Old Testament one semester and the New Testament the other semester. These are usually upper level classes, because you’ll need to have a good foundation in Attic Greek first. For what it’s worth, Koine Greek is much easier to translate in comparison.

As to what you can do with it, it’ll be the same as any other humanities major. Maybe nothing, but you will have learned a bunch of valuable stuff. As to where you can go, I don’t put much stock in “rankings” unless grad school is your goal. It doesn’t sound like that’s necessarily in your plans based on what you wrote. Most Classics programs should be able to meet the short goals you stated. Be aware you’ll also have to study ancient civilizations and archaeology. I’d recommend UMBC, because I went there (they call it Ancient Studies there, by the way), and wouldn’t count out the religious colleges.