[B-Greek] Novice
Eric Weiss
eweiss at gte.net
Fri Oct 10 11:47:58 EDT 2003
Welcome to B-Greek.
I started with the most convenient interlinear I could find -- the no-longer-in-print paperback one by J. Green with words coded to Strong's. Stuck it in my pocket and read it while standing in line at Wal-Mart, grocery stores, etc. Carried it everywhere.
Eventually it prompted me to learn Greek.
When the "words" of the NT are no longer enough and you want to be able to read the "text" and understand what the authors wrote, and be able to make valid judgments about the words they used, then learning Greek becomes not just a desire but a necessity.
But for portability, the Comfort one (personal size) is the best out there, and it is based on the currently most widely used Greek text among seminarians and scholars.
The dual-English Interlinears with Marshall's Interlinear (based on N-A 21 or 23, I believe -- Comfort uses N-A 27) have the advantage of giving you two English translations to compare -- e.g., NIV & NASB with the Interlinear; NIV & NRSV with the Interlinear; etc.
For "completeness" you can get George Ricker Berry's. It has the KJV Greek text, with footnotes at the bottom noting manuscript variants, and also has a lexicon in the back, as well as a "synonyms" discussion. However, the print is hard to read at times (it's not freshly typeset -- it's a copy of a copy of a copy, it looks like), and the lexicon in the back is 100 years old or so. But it has all this in a single volume for only $18 retail.
Enjoy your visits here!
Eric S. Weiss
eweiss at gte.net
http://home1.gte.net/vzn05pnm/index.htm
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