Can you chant by memory through all of beginning Greek grammar in 75 seconds?[1] Everyone in my Greek classes can do it in 90 seconds, but successfully chanting through Greek grammar in 75 seconds is difficult—even harrowing: alphabet, article, noun endings, indicative verb endings, general verb forms, participles, infinitives, imperatives, contract forms, and forms of eimi … all in 75 seconds or less! Anyone who survives this public ordeal receives a button displaying these words: I SURVIVED BERDING’S 75 SECOND GREEK CHALLENGE. This year seven students received the coveted buttons, and you can to see it for yourself. Many thanks to Jorden Harber for the video. The successful students in order of appearance are: Jorden Harber, Jonathan Yu, Drew Botts, Masaki Ito, Josh Swigart, Alex Worthington, and Isaac Baumheckel.
[1] Note that these students learned these forms by singing. See Kenneth Berding's, (Zondervan).
Kenneth Berding is a professor of New Testament at Talbot School of Theology. He is an author of various books, some academic (such as Polycarp and Paul), some semi-academic (such as What Are Spiritual Gifts? Rethinking the Conventional View), others for-the-classroom (such as Sing and Learn New Testament Greek or The Apostolic Fathers: A Narrative Introduction), and still others for-the-church (such as Walking in the Spirit or Bible Revival: Recommitting Ourselves to One Book). He has published articles in such journals as the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vigiliae Christianae, New Testament Studies, and Journal of Early Christian Studies. He is the director of . Before coming to Talbot, Berding was a church planter in the Middle East and taught at Nyack College just north of New York City. He has a heart for God and ministry, has written many worship songs, and has served as a worship pastor in local church ministry.