[B-Greek] hi everyone

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Wed Aug 17 00:21:45 EDT 2005


Sam Robb wrote:
>>Beginner Books:
>>One book that seems to be very popular is "Basics of Biblical Greek 
>>Grammar" by William D. Mounce.
> 
> 
> This is the text we used for first-year Greek.  It was a decent
> textbook, but I have some doubts the usefulness of the 5-case
> system it presents.  Once you get past introductory Greek, you
> will need to understand the 8-case system - otherwise, a vast
> amount of existing material will be confusing to you.  So why
> learn two case systems when you could just learn one?
> 

What would you recommend as a replacement on the first-year then?

> 
> 
> Hmm.  I'm also a technical person (software development), and of
> the three books I've mentioned: Mounce is in excellent condition,
> D&M is in very good condition, and Summers is falling apart from
> frequent use :-)  It's not that the other two books are not as
> good, mind you - it's just that, for day-to-day translation work
> over the past two years, I have usually found myself turning to
> Summers as a primary reference before trying other resources.
> 

Where are the O'reilly type "in a nutshell" books for Biblical Greek? :)

-Brian
AMDG


> -Sam Robb
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