[B-Greek] Authorities

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 30 19:42:22 EST 2011


I'll just paste my recommendations from when this question came up a few months 
ago:


I agree with four of Black's picks:  Mounce, Robertson, Zerwick and Decker.  I 
don't know Funk, but I cannot  disagree with this pick.  I would replace his 
other five with  these.

1.  Since vocabulary is the biggest obstacle to mastering the Greek NT, Warren 
Trenchard, The Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament is 
essential.  Cognates may or may not help in understanding the  meaning of Greek 
words, but Trenchard's arrangement by cognates is very  helpful in memorizing 
vocab.

2.  In addition to his grammar, I would include Zerwick's Grammatical 
Analysis. The best thing about this book is that his analysis is, even if at 
times nasty 

and brutish, always short. 



3.   Nothing is more helpful in learning the forms than Mounce's Morphology  of 
Biblical Greek, except that all that information is included in Smyth's Greek 
Grammar .  Mounce is more user friendly, but Smyth is more complete, so take 
your pick.

4.  This is cheating a little bit, because it is really the audio that is great, 

but Christophe Rico's Polis  MUST make the list.  I find that again and  again 
when I read the Greek NT, I read a word or a phrase and I hear the  voice of 
Rico or one of his readers in my mind, making the text come more alive.  His 
short book and audio cover an amazing number of NT  words, and I hope he will do 

even more in his much anticipated sequel. 


5.   I have to include a Reader's Greek NT here.  Zondervan's First Edition  is 
still my favorite because it is so lightweight and portable, but the  most 
helpful, since it's glosses are the most complete and since it provides  full 
parsing info, is

The Greek New Testament for Beginning Readers: The Byzantine Greek Text & Verb 
Parsing Notes
 

But remember, the most valuable NT Greek resource is your time invested in 
learning Greek.


 Mark L



FWSFOROS MARKOS




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From: MT <mahontay at yahoo.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sun, January 30, 2011 4:44:31 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Authorities

Being a beginner student, I am curious as to which resources would be considered 
authoritative in my study of Greek.  Is there a list of works that have 
withstood the test of time and are thus considered invaluable in one's study of 
N. T. Greek?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks, Mark Trzasko


      
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