[B-Greek] More Grammar Books
James Spinti
JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com
Sun Oct 8 10:50:35 EDT 2006
Are you looking for a reference grammar, or a second year type grammar? That makes a difference.
I am currently reading Porter's Idioms of the Greek New Testament, which is quite good, despite my disagreement with his views on the verb :) Brooks & Winberry's Syntax of NT Greek is another good 2nd year type grammar. I think everyone should read at least one second year grammar, preferable two or three.
Reference grammars, as others have mentioned, AT Robertson, Smyth, BDF. I also have Goodwin for classical, he gives a bit different perspective than Smyth.
I know George is big on electronic, but, personally, I prefer paper. Not because I'm a bookseller, either. The reason I prefer paper is that I have learned so much in the process of finding what I am looking for. As I turn the pages, something jumps out and I stop and read it--viola! I learned something new. That doesn't happen in electronic form. You search for the term or word (as in a lexical lookup) and that's all you find...just an idle musing.
HTH,
James
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From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Stephen Baldwin
Sent: Fri 10/6/2006 10:31 PM
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [B-Greek] More Grammar Books
Ladies and Gentlemen:
More questions I'm afraid. This time I'm looking for more in-depth
grammars...
Being born-and-bred greekly speaking on Mounce / BBG, and finding him pretty
good (see note 1), I nonetheless feel led to have a range of grammar books.
Sometimes (in fact fairly regularly) as one gains in knowledge, questions
come to mind that the book either doesn't answer or doesn't answer
satisfactorily. I am teetering on BDF; You get a lot more paper with AT
Robertson (but this is fairly old isn't it?) Smyth I believe deals mainly
with Attic? I am currently only a koine man (see Note 2)...
I guess eventually these tomes will end up on my shelf...but one book at a
time...
All [helpful] musings from the list are welcomed...
Thanks
Stephen Baldwin
stbaldwi at hotmail.com
NOTES
1: I've been around here long enough to know some of you may have to sit
down at this point and take a deep breath, perhaps supplemented with Jack
Daniel's
2: If you already saw note 1, call the ambulance else see note 1
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