Books : Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 220
EAN: 9780310232117
ISBN: 0310232112
Label: Zondervan Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Zondervan Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: July 01, 1999
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Sales Rank: 329929
Studio: Zondervan Publishing Company
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Basics is a first year Greek grammar, supported by a workbook and teacher aids. It now comes with a CD ROM.
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I am not a Greek scholar. I am not a Greek grammar enthusiast. I am merely a seminary student plowing my way through beginning Greek grammar, and this was the textbook assigned to my first two classes. I have used no other Greek grammar resources, so I have no point of comparison.
My impressions of this textbook are mostly positive. Mounce seems to do his best to make the complexities of Greek grammar accessible to the beginning student, and he effectively uses non-technical language to that end. I was periodically irritated by his sometimes rather lame attempts at humor, but even those reflected his heart to connect with his readers. His passion for the Greek language and its potential for application in the lives of beginning Greek students is apparent.
The book is generally well organized and rather systematic, which is helpful for those of us who like process and order and repetition. One minor complaint is the amount of "optional" advanced information that is included in footnotes and appendices. Though some of this information was not essential, we regularly stumbled upon stuff in the footnotes that was seemingly vital to really understanding some of the material. It was difficult to determine which of the additional information was "skippable" and which was essential.
Overall, I think that this textbook did a commendable job of introducing me to the basics of Greek grammar. This process was not especially fun for me, but ... Read More
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The entire study package of Basics of Biblical Greek which includes the textbook, the study guide, the vocabulary cards, the summary sheet, and the lecture CD's is a blessed fruit of a long, thoughtful, meticulous, and high-tech labor of one of the world's best New Testament Greek scholars. I have to admit I have not studied Greek from other professors, but after studying Mounce, I simply can not imagine a better way to teach students an introduction to Biblical Greek than the one Prof. Mounce implements in this study packet. The structure and methodology are so impressively organized that I believe, without trying to diminish the role of an instructor, one can study by himself or herself without taking the class at a seminary. From start to finish, Prof. Mounce designs the lessons with solid exegesis skills as the goal in mind. He wastes no time but immediately exposes students with translation exercises using real Scripture passages in the study guide, even early in the first few chapters when he barely starts with nouns.
The lessons are divided into three major parts; nouns, adjectives and verbs. Each chapter begins with exegetical insights related to the topic being taught in that particular chapter. He then moves on by explaining the English and Greek forms. The nouns and adjectives are not too bad. They are usually divided into three types of declensions. While the nouns usually take on one of the three declensions, the most common configuration of adjectives ... Read More
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Recently I decided to teach myself Greek. I've attempted it before using other grammars without much success. The main stumbling block for me was that other authors assumed I knew what sujective case or nominative predicate meant. I didn't, but Mounce gives the reader a crash course in English grammar along with the Greek lessons. Learning has actually turned out to be fun and easy! I simply cannot recommend this text highly enough.
The workbook, flash cards and vocabulary CD are great adjuncts to the text.
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I purchased the book to help with Bible translation work. It is a reasonable resource for this type of work. As with all things there is no easy substitute for hard work. Greek Grammar is probably more difficult than most - so it is not a book that you can pick up and within a short time be able to speak and read Greek. Still requires lots of work. There is a lot of reading, memorizing and studying. You also have to have an extensive understanding of the grammar of your mother tongue.
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This is the best grammar I have used in my 18 years in the ministry. I have tutored Greek students on occasion and have found this grammar to be the best grammar available. The "inductive" approach is very easy to follow. I highly recommend this grammar as a primary to anyone reviewing their Greek (or secondary grammar to any student) who wants a clear overview of Koine Greek. I use it as part of my daily reading and study.
After learning Dr. Mounce's noun and verb rules for recognizing the "roots," I no longer need to memorize so many paradigms. Once I learned the morphology of the language, the large amount of memorization other grammars require is greatly reduced. This grammar is a must study (or review) for any preacher or teacher working in the New Testament Greek text.
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