introduction

Mark D. Taylor mdtayl at monsanto.com
Wed Apr 7 15:12:50 EDT 1999


I have been very busy the past few days, but would like to reply to 
Catherine's question about tools for learning New Testament Greek.

I am a self-taught Greek reader, but struggled for a while with how to get 
off the ground. I tried some books, but just wasn't able to discipline 
myself to work through them. Then, my wife bought me the Greek Tutor 
software from Parsons, which was done by Dr. Ted Hildebrandt from Grace 
Seminary in Indiana ($25 or $35 from CBD, etc).

Greek Tutor was exactly what I needed, I guess partly because I enjoy 
working with computers anyway. For me, it was exactly at the right level - 
not too superficial, and not too detailed. Each chapter will teach you a 
new type of grammar, give you the paradigms to memorize, and then drill you 
like crazy.

I think the drills in each chapter were actually what did the most for me. 
Drills on the paradigms, drills on translating verses, drills on vocabulary 
words. After each question it tells you if you were wrong and what the 
right answer is, and after each drill it tells you how many you got right. 
It also comes with flashcards you can carry around for memorization.

I went through all 28 chapters and feel like I received a very solid 
understanding of basic grammar, and I know the various paradigms very well. 
I still go back every couple of months and "review", to make sure I am not 
losing anything, and try to read out of the Greek NT every day.

Randy, the Greek Tutor might be good for some of your students, as well.

Mark Taylor
St. Louis



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