Read It in Greek: An Introduction to New Testament Greek

by Louis Wm Countryman

Overview

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

In American seminaries today, there is a very limited amount of time available to most students for language study. Still, a working knowledge of the original language of the New Testament is imperative for informed exegesis of the biblical texts. Written with this difficult situation in mind, Read It in Greek offers a concise, one- semester introduction to the Greek language of the New Testament.

Taking a unique, inductive approach to the study of Greek, this text focuses on reading the Greek — 1 John is read through from beginning to end — yet also teaches enough syntax to enable students to interact with all of the New Testament. The book also integrates into the language course lessons in exegesis of the Greek text, resulting in immediate, usable skills that will allow students to look behind the façade of modern-language translations and to follow discussions in technical commentaries and other scholarly works. Students who go beyond the first semester to further study of the language will find it easy to refine the general concepts taught here. Those who do not will have begun reading the Greek New Testament and will have the resources necessary to continue doing so.

Originally published as The New Testament Is in Greek: A Short Course for Exegetes, this volume continues to be one of the best resources available for quickly — yet effectively — introducing students to the reading of New Testament Greek.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802806659
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/08/1993
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Professor of New Testament at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California. His other books include The Mystical Way according to John and Biblical Authority or Biblical Tyranny: Scripture and the Christian Pilgrimage.

Table of Contents

LESSON I

Basic Elements

The Alphabet
Diphthongs
Breathings
Accents
Punctuation and Other Signs

LESSON II 1 John 1:1

Grammar

"Person" and "Number" of Verbs
Basic Sentence Types and What Goes into Them—A Quick and Dirty Review

LESSON III 1 John 1:2-3a

Grammar

A Case of Cases
Gender and Parsing
The Definite Article

Paradigm of the Definite Article

LESSON IV 1 John 1:3b-5

Grammar

The Relative Pronoun
Basic Forms of Nouns: First and Second Declensions

LESSON V1 John 1:6-7

Grammar

Prepositions
Personal Pronouns

LESSON VI 1 John 1:8-10

Grammar

The Two "Selfs"
Agreement

LESSON VII 1 John 2:1-3

Vocabulary List

Grammar

Personal Pronouns for First and Second Persons Singular
Forms of the Third Declension

LESSON VIII 1 John 2:4-6

Grammar

Indirect Discourse
Personal Endings of Verbs

Synopsis of Verb Endings

LESSON IX 1 John 2:7-11

Grammar

Verb Tenses
Augments
Reduplication

Table of Consonants

Redundancy

LESSON X 1 John 2:12-17

Grammar

More Indicators of Tense

Analyzing Greek Verbs

LESSON XI 1 John 2:18-25

Grammar

Some Distinctive Adjectives
The Subjunctive

Exegesis

The Textual Apparatus (I)

LESSON XII 1 John 2:26-3:3

Grammar

Demonstrative Pronouns
Imperatives
Participles

Exegesis

The Textual Apparatus (II)

LESSON XIII 1 John 3:4-10

Grammar

Deponent Verbs
"Voice" in Verbs

Exegesis

Principles of Text Criticism

LESSON XIV 1 John 3:11-18

Grammar

First and Second Aorists
Irregular Verbs

Exegesis

The Punctuation Apparatus

LESSON XV 1 John 3:19-24

Grammar

Comparison of Adjectives
MI-Verbs

Exegesis

Cross References

LESSON XVI 1 John 4:1-6

Grammar

The Verb eiµí
Contract Verbs

Exegesis

Using the Lexico

LESSON XVII 1 John 4:7-12

Grammar

Infinitives

Exegesis

Some Johannine Vocabulary

LESSON XVIII 1 John 4:13-17

Grammar

Verbs with Liquid and Nasal Stems

Exegesis

Word Groups

LESSON XIX 1 John 4:18-21

Grammar

Review of Verbs: Tenses

Exegesis

Using a Concordance (I)

LESSON XX 1 John 5:1-5

Grammar

Review of Verbs: Forms

Exegesis

Using a Concordance (II)

LESSON XXI 1 John 5:6-12

Grammar

Tenses in Participles

Exegesis

The Importance of Context

LESSON XXII 1 John 5:13-17

Grammar

Participles and Subordinate Clauses

Exegesis

Basic Books for an Exegetical Library

Bibliography

LESSON XXIII 1 John 5:18-21

Grammar

The Genitive Absolute

Exegesis

Some Concluding Remarks on Exegesis

LESSON XXIV 2 John

Grammar

A Further Use of the Infinitive

LESSON XXV 3 John; John 1:1-18

PARADIGMS

I. Substantives

A. Nouns of the First Declension
B. Nouns of the Second Declension
C. Substantives Using First and Second Declension Forms
D. Nouns of the Third Declension
E. Other Substantives Using Third Declension Forms
F. Personal Pronouns
G. Comparison of Adjectives

II. Verbs

A. eiµí, be
B. Tenses of the O-Verb
C. Participles of the O-Verb
D. Contract Verbs
E. MI-Verbs: Two Examples

III. Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs
IV. Accentuation: A Simplified Account

A. Syllables and Individual Accents
B. Accents on Substantives
C. Accents on Verbs

Abbreviations
Glossary and Index

Editorial Reviews

Deirdre J. Good
"Extremely user-friendly, and much more than a grammar, this book will educate and delight would-be preachers, seminarians, lay folk, and others interested in 'good Bible study."

Religious Studies Review
"Countryman ably succeeds in his goal of providing for novice exegetes a one-semester introduction to the Hellenistic Greek of the New Testament."

Reformed Theological Review
"Well-written from an educational point of view. The lessons build well on each other."

From the Publisher

"Extremely user-friendly, and much more than a grammar, this book will educate and delight would-be preachers, seminarians, lay folk, and others interested in "good Bible study.""

Deirdre J. Good

Well-written from an educational point of view. The lessons build well on each other.

Reformed Theological Review

Countryman ably succeeds in his goal of providing for novice exegetes a one-semester introduction to the Hellenistic Greek of the New Testament.

Religious Studies Review