[B-Greek] Mounce versus Croy

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Wed Apr 6 20:09:16 EDT 2011



Stephen, 



In spite of the poor quality of the binding, I would slightly favor Croy over Mounce. If you do choose Croy you should consider the following: 

    1. Expand on the treatment of participles. Croy is concise and accurate, but learning to use Greek participles correctly is one of the major hurdles for native English speakers who are learning Greek. Most students will need more explanation, more hand-holding, and more practice than Croy provides. 
    2. Make it clear that the Present Tense is not the default tense in Greek. Croy doesn't teach that it is, but a surprisingly high percentage of students simply assume that it is because this is the first tense that they learn (this is one thing that Porter, Reed, and O'Donnell get right by teaching the Aorist first). 



Best wishes, 



David 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Carlson" <stemmatic at gmail.com> 
To: "Biblical Greek Mailing List" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 5:26:19 PM 
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Mounce versus Croy 

Looking at the comments on Amazon for Croy, the two biggest complaints 
about it I see are: 

1.  Not as helpful for self-learners as Mounce (potentially meaning 
that it's more important to get my teaching right). 

2.  The shoddiness of the physical construction of the book.  Even in 
my newly arrived exam copy, I have noticed that the glue has already 
cracked. 

Do people agree or disagree with these? 

Stephen 
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Stephen C. Carlson 
Graduate Program in Religion 
Duke University 
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