Learn to Read New Testament Greek
Third Edition
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3.4 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
An academic staple updated for the first time in fifteen years, David Alan Black's user-friendly introduction to New Testament Greek keeps discussion of grammar as non-technical as possible. The simplified explanations, basic vocabularies, and abundant exercises are designed to prepare the student for subsequent practical courses in exegesis, while the linguistic emphasis lays the groundwork for later courses in grammar. Revisions to this third edition include updated discussions and scholarship, further back matter vocabulary references, and additional appendices.
"A streamlined introductory grammar that will prove popular in the classroom."
—Murray J. Harris, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
"Clear charts, clear examples, clear discussion—what more could one want from a beginning grammar!"
—Darrell L. Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary
" . . . combines the strengths of a fairly traditional sequence of topics, in generally manageable chunks with clear explanations fully abreast of modern linguistics."
—Craig L. Blomberg, Denver Seminary
"Pedagogically conceived, linguistically informed, hermeneutically sensitive, biblically focused—unique among beginning grammars. It sets a new standard."
—Robert Yarbrough, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Customer Reviews
Poorly formatted
Update: The publisher has posted a revision to this book that properly formats the Greeks characters! Now that I can read the book, my initial thoughts are that it is well-organized and easy to understand. It takes a lot of patience to learn how to read a new alphabet if you are not already familiar with Greek, but if you stick with it, this book is very rewarding — just be prepared to spend time outside of reading where you practice.
My previous, now outdated, review:
All of the Greek characters in this book are rendered as images at a very low resolution. So low that the accents, diacriticals, and breath marks are indistinguishable from one another. Plus the letters themselves are blurry. Best buy a paper version or wait for publisher to release a legible electronic version.
Don't buy the electronic version
The Greek text is fixed (at a poor resolution) so that you are not able to increase its font size even though you can vary the size of the English text. Also, the electronic version is not suitable for easy referencing. Moreover, if you are going to follow along in a classroom setting, the page numbers in the ibook won't line up with the hard copy.