[B-Greek] Help finding an Interlinear
Jonathan Robie
jonathan.robie at datadirect-technologies.com
Wed May 21 12:03:27 EDT 2003
At 08:49 AM 5/21/2003 -0700, Debbie Manrique wrote:
>Hello. I am in dire need of some assistance. My
>brother-in-law is in prison and is very interested in
>reading Greek. He is currently enrolled in a class
>and wants an interlinear. I don't know anything about
>Greek.
Hi Debbie,
Just in case your brother in law happens to be geographically close to
someone on this list who would be able to visit him and help him learn
Greek, could I ask where your brother-in-law is jailed?
>He wants a pocket size interlinear, New
>Testament, numerically coded to Strong's Concordance,
>and Nestle-Aland. ed. (NA 27). Can someone reccommend
>a good one? I found one by Jay P. Green but it is
>Textus Receptus. Help! Thank you.
Does he know any Greek at all? If so, he might be better off with the
combination of a Greek New Testament and a "cheater's guide". Here are two
good ones.
The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament,
Fritz Rienecker and Cleon L. Rogers III, 1998. ISBN 03-1020-175-6.
A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament, Max Zerwick and
Mary Grosvenor. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1981. ISBN
88-7653-588-8.
I like Zerwick and Grosvenor better, but either will do. He'll also need a
grammar, perhaps Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar by
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Mounce%2C%20William%20D./002-2047102-9788049>William
D. Mounce.
Many of us don't like interlinear Bibles because they tempt people to think
in English instead of thinking in Greek, and because they sort of imply
that a given Greek word is exactly equivalent to a corresponding English
word, which is often not the case.
Hope this helps!
Jonathan
Jonathan Robie
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