[B-Greek] relative difficulty of New Testament Greek passages?

Brent Hudson brent at riveroflifembchurch.com
Mon Aug 18 00:11:05 EDT 2003


Wallace groups the NT as follows:

Semitic/Vulgar            	Conversational             Literary Koine
Revelation	                   	most of Paul                 Hebrews
Mark                              Matthew                      Luke-Acts
John, 1-3 John                                                   James
2 Peter                                                                Pastorals
                                                                            1 Peter
                                                                            Jude

Daniel B. Wallace. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics - Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament, pg. 30.

I'm not sure if this corresponds exactly to 'ease', but it is probably a good approximation since all such determinations are bound to be somewhat subjective.  I think just about every 1st year Greek student is encouraged to read the Johannine literature first.  

The JACT "New Testament Reader" from Cambridge Press (ISBN: 0521654475) is affordable and would supply an ample number of NT texts with basic helps.

Brent Hudson


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On 8/17/2003 at 7:24 PM Ted Shoemaker wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Would anyone care to give an opinion as to the relative
>levels of translation difficulty of various passages in the
>Greek New Testament?
>
>Most people agree that 1 John and the gospel of John are
>the easiest; the hardest are Luke and Acts.  Any more
>specifics than that?
>
>Here's why I'm asking:
>I took 3 1/2 years of Greek a LONG time ago.  Now I am
>homeschooling my kids, and they want to learn Greek.  Sure,
>we're using a grammar book.  But it doesn't contain many NT
>quotes, since this is classical Greek.  I'd like to
>supplement a little by introducing my kids to the Greek NT
>--
>but in a reasonable order!
>
>All comments will be appreciated.
>
>***BY THE WAY***
>This is my first post to this discussion group.  Please let
>me know if this is off-topic or in any way unsuitable.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Ted Shoemaker
>shoemakerted at yahoo.com
>Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>  
>
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