[B-Greek] Textbook for Beginning Greek

Shirley Rollinson rollinsondr at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 11 21:39:13 EST 2010


Textbook for Beginning Greek
I'm currently "between textbooks" for the Beginning Greek courses I teach.
I'd appreciate some ideas for a textbook which uses a blend of inductive and grammatical methods.

I used Dobson's "Teach Yourself NT Greek" for years, and my students did well with it. I had to give them plenty of additional grammar and vocabulary hand-outs, but the book got them reading fluently and with confidence. Within one semester they were reading (and enjoying) large passages from the NT. However, the earlier edition has been edited and "improved" several times. The later editions became less and less satisfactory, until I just gave up on it.
Wenham is out of print.
I've tried others over the years, including Duff, Mounce, Croy, and MacNair, and none of them get the students reading and understanding as quickly as the original Dobson.
What's more frustrating is that I also teach Latin, using a blend of the Cambridge Course and Wheelock, and my Latin students are up and running in one semester. But so far I haven't found a Greek equivalent of the Cambridge Latin Course.
I'm teaching at the College level, up to a Minor in Greek, as part of a BA or BS degree, with students who may or may not go on to seminary (most do not). What I want is a book which will help to get them started, will give them confidence in reading and comprehension, and which they can use by themselves if they drop out of College.
Any ideas ?
thank you
Shirley Rollinson
Eastern New Mexico University

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