[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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