[B-Greek] textbook on Greek Syntax

Henry T. Carmichael carmih at bigfoot.com
Sun May 2 22:07:00 EDT 2004


At 1:49 PM -0700 4/30/04, Mitch Larramore wrote:

 >>I am looking for a book that helps students understand
 >>how to "connect the pieces." Since word order is very
 >>flexible, I was hoping to find a book that explains
 >>the basics (and some advanced information would be a
 >>plus) on how to connect the Greek words of a sentence
 >>together. I am reading through Mounce, and I was
 >>hoping to find a book that takes a strong syntactical
 >>approach to the Greek sentence. Any suggestions?


Mitch, I have a feeling that you're looking for something that doesn't
exist. There are two or three standard "intermediate" Greek grammars 
(for NT Koine) such as Wallace, Brooks and Winbery, etc.; but none of 
these will provide you with fully satisfactory solutions to each every 
question of syntax that arises during your endeavors to read and exegete 
more complex Biblical Greek texts: you'll still have to read carefully 
and sift through the text and approaches to the constructions; you'd 
probably do best to acquire more than one advanced grammar, and 
ultimately you may find that you need to have Smyth's grammar as well, 
even if that is fundamentally a grammar of Attic Greek. At best these 
grammars are TOOLS that you use to develop your own more solid grasp of 
how the language works in practice within the minds of the ancient writers.
-- Carl W. Conrad Department of Classics, Washington University 
(Emeritus) 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243 
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/ 
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Dr. Conrad et al. on B-Greek:
I have a 180 page book entitled "A Short Syntax of New Testament Greek" 
by H. P. V. Nunn, published 1951 by Cambridge University Press.  Are you 
acquainted with this volume, and if so, please give your impressions.  I 
am not well-enough equipped in Koine to be able to tell if the book has 
significant value in the field of syntax, and if it would be useful to 
Mitch Larramore at his stage of study.  Thank you for any help you my be 
able to give.

Henry Carmichael




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