[B-Greek] Machen's NT Greek for Beginners

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Feb 17 21:20:11 EST 2004


At 8:21 PM -0500 2/17/04, Terry and Gail Cook wrote:
>Greetings,
>I've seen the Machen book at Amazon and other places for between $50-$70
>so when I found a 1923  printing for $6 at Half-Priced Books I thount I
>had a bargain.
>The book is small, about 287 pages and rather helpful, but, it does not
>have an answer key to the end of chapters exercises!!
>What (if any) is the difference between my $6 book and the $70 book (if
>anyone knows)? Does anyone have an answer key they'd like to share with a
>brother?

The real question is whether Machen is a bargain at any price. It's not
that one cannot learn Greek from it, but there are so many better print
textbooks and now there are many more better ways to learn Greek from
on-line resources. At this point, I wouldn't urge anyone to take the book
as a gift.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
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