[B-Greek] 2nd Year Helps

Will Dilbeck will.dilbeck at gmail.com
Mon Apr 21 22:09:07 EDT 2008


Ha ha, "2nd year takes thirty years to complete!"  Thats encouraging!  I
appreciate all the advice.  I forgot to mention that I have been using
Metzger's Lexical Aids for Study of the N.T. to help with my grammar and
such.  I am very eager to begin reading the text itself, so among the many
resources you guys suggested, what is the general opinion of the "1st John
Reader" by Baugh?  I also want to get a reader's Greek testament as well.
So many resources to buy, so little money!

Thanks again,
Will Dilbeck
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Mark Lightman <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> If you are reading Robertson's grammar you don't need
> much else "help" in regard to syntax, certainly not Wallace
> who who in my opinion is too wordy for what he delivers.  The
> best bang for your time is Zerwick's Biblical Greek which is
> short but is great for both exegesis and grammar.
>
> What you are really going to need help in is vocabulary and
> nothing compares to Warren Trenchard's Complete Vocabulary
> Guide to the New Testament.  It is very important early on to
> learn how often words occur in the NT and what the NT cognates
> are.  Then you need help in recognizing verb forms and some
> rare nouns and there I would go with Mounce's Morphology of
> Biblical Greek.
>
> I do think reading through and doing the exercises for as many
> NT grammars as you can find is the next best thing to reading
> the Greek NT.  And as much as I think Attic is pushed way too
> much on this list, reading through several classical grammars is
> also helpful.  Skip graded readers and instead get the NET diglot
> and a Reader's edition to save you the time from flipping through
> other books.
>
> It's sounds to me like you are right on track.  Be advised that the
> second year of Greek generally takes about thirty years to complete.
>
> *George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>* wrote:
>
> I'm relieved to see that you have made use of other grammars than Machen
> since I found his grammar extremely incomplete. Mounce is used by many who
> seem to appreciate it though I must confess that I've never looked at it and
> therefore will not comment. D & M is an old standard, perhaps a little long
> in the tooth since it is relatively short. While I do have it and have
> looked at it on occassion, I'm not really familiar with it. Robertson is to
> be highly recommended in my opinion. You might add to these Baur, Debrunner,
> Funk _A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian
> Literature_. I would also recommend that you purchase Smyth's _Greek
> Grammar_. This is a classical grammar rather than a Koine grammar, but it
> does frequently prove helpful. I would also recommend that you purchase
> Holmes _The Apostolic Fathers_. Try to avoid looking too frequently or too
> early in your reading to the English. I have the electronic version which
> comes in separate files for Greek and English so I'm not sure whether it
> is on facing pages or in a separate section or perhaps even in a separate
> volume. If the English is on the facing page, cover it while you read the
> Greek then only refer to it afterwards.
>
>
> george
> gfsomsel
>
>
>
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>
>
>
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> _________
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>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Will Dilbeck
> To: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 2:00:50 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] 2nd Year Helps
>
> Hello,
>
> I am finishing up Machen's grammar, with the help of Mounce's grammar,
> Dana
> & Mantey, A.T. Robertson, etc., and I was wondering what were some good
> 2nd
> year resources. I will be learning on my own on, so any helps in that
> department would be appreciated as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Will
>
>
>
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