[B-Greek] Textbook for Beginning Greek
Mark Lightman
lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Sun Dec 12 08:39:11 EST 2010
Shirley egrapsed:
<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.>
Hi, Shirley,
That's interesting. I did not know about the earlier editions. Are you saying
that the earlier editions were more inductive? I have only seen the latest
edition, and this strikes me as inductive only in comparison to say Machen, but
now that you mention it, I cannot think of a NT textbook that is any more
inductive than Dobson, which just goes to show that I don't think we yet have a
Koine equivalent of Athenaze or JACT Reading Greek. Mounce claims to be in the
middle of the Deductive to Inductive Scale, but I think he is much closer to
Machen. Maybe you should try Frank Beetham's An Introduction to New Testament
Greek
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-New-Testament-Greek-Language/dp/1853993387/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292159498&sr=1-6
I have not seen this book and don't know any one who has, but Beetham's books on
Plato and Homer are excellent, and about a 7 on the Deductive to Inductive
Scale. I think he introduces easy but real (or maybe lightly adapted like JACT
does) readings from Bel and the Dragon early on, but again I'm not sure.
Unfortunately, the Amazon preview does not show much, and there are no reviews.
Has ANYONE seen this book?
Louis Sorenson has talked about writing an on-line Koinaze.
Mark L
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From: Shirley Rollinson <rollinsondr at yahoo.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sat, December 11, 2010 7:39:13 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Textbook for Beginning Greek
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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