CHRISTOPHER DAWSON CENTRE
SUMMER SCHOOL IN NEW TESTAMENT GREEK
23 – 27 JANUARY, 2023
Dr David Daintree of the Christopher Dawson Centre will again offer an intensive course in the koine Greek of the New Testament. This course is suitable for virtual beginners who are willing to undertake some preliminary work on the Greek alphabet. We shall read passages from the Gospels and from Christian literature of the apostolic age.
Where: The Fr John Wall Community Library, Fr John Wall Centre, 31 Tower Road (Rear), New Town, Tasmania 7008.
When: Monday 23 January to Friday 27 January 2023
Time: 9.00 am to 3.00 pm each day for five days
Cost: $200 (pension concession available)
Registrations are essential: email Dr David Daintree dccdain@gmail.com
Some prior knowledge of Greek is not essential, but beginners should purchase a self-instruction primer (see below) and work on the basics between now and the start of the course. It is particularly important to begin the course with a comfortable recognition knowledge of the Greek alphabet, otherwise learning even basic grammar and vocabulary will be frustrating and inefficient. Alphabet recognition exercises will be sent to registered participants prior to the start of the course. Participants will never be embarrassed if their Greek is imperfect: the teaching method leaves the entire task of translation and exposition to the Lecturer. This approach has been useful to relative beginners as well as those who are more experienced.
Each intending participant should purchase, as soon as possible, a primer of New Testament Greek. There are many available, but a good choice is Gavin Betts, Complete New Testament Greek: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding New Testament Greek with Original Texts.
The Lecturer is Dr David Daintree who founded the Annual Latin Summer School in Hobart in 1993. Proceeds from this course will go to support The Christopher Dawson Centre.
THE PROGRAMME
There will be four lectures a day on each of the five days, starting at 9.00 am. There will be only one lecture after lunch each day, to free up the afternoons for private study.
To enroll and for further information contact David Daintree dccdain@gmail.com
Daily Archives: 1 August 2022
CHRISTOPHER DAWSON CENTRE 31th ANNUAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN MEDIEVAL AND LATER LATIN
FR JOHN WALL CENTRE, NEW TOWN, HOBART
9 – 13 JANUARY, 2023
Latin is arguably the mother tongue of Europe. Its literature is immensely rich. In a sense it never died; original work continued to be written in Latin up to modern times. This course will offer a general introduction to Latin with particular emphasis on the enormous body medieval and later literature. We shall read original passages of Scripture, liturgy, history, theology and poetry, both secular and secular. There will also be an introduction to palaeography, including an opportunity to handle original medieval manuscripts. There will be a strong emphasis on the pronunciation of Latin in speech and music.
Designed for students of all standards, absolute beginners should purchase a self-instruction primer and work on the basics between now and the start of the course. Participants will never be embarrassed by their shaky Latin: the teaching method leaves the entire task of translation and exposition to the Lecturer. This approach has been useful to relative beginners as well as those who are more experienced. The instructor is Dr David Daintree.
Where: The Fr John Wall Community Library, Fr John Wall Centre, 31 Tower Road (Rear), New Town, 7008.
When: Monday 9 January to Friday 13 January 2023
Time: 9.00 am to 3.00 pm each day for five days
Cost: $200 (concession available). Tea and coffee will be available daily. Registrations are essential: email director@dawsoncentre.org.
THE PROGRAMME
There will be four lectures a day on each of the five days, from Monday 10 to Friday 14, starting at 9.00 am. There will be only one lecture after lunch each day, to free up the afternoons for private study.
Day 1 Liturgy and Scripture.
Day 2 Latin prose narrative: including passages from the Venerable Bede, St Brendan, Isidore of Seville, Robert Grosseteste
Day 3 Hymns, sequences and religious poetry, including works by St Ambrose, Venantius Fortunatus and St Thomas Aquinas .
Day 4 Secular Poetry, including songs from the Carmina Burana
Day 5 Theology and patristics: St Augustine, St Thomas Aquinas, St Benedict, St Patrick and Thomas a Kempis.
Any Latin Primer designed for self-instruction can be used, but F Kinchin Smith’s Teach Yourself Latin (out of print, but copies are available from www.abebooks.com) is particularly recommended. A free digitised version is available at https://archive.org/details/TeachYourselfLatin_201810/mode/2up.
Participants should bring both their grammar and a small dictionary to class each day.
All proceeds from this course go to the Christopher Dawson Centre (http://www.dawsoncentre.org).
For further information contact director@dawsoncentre.org.
