"This is one of the most useful books that could be put into the hands of the beginning student of NT Greek." " Revue Biblique Mastering Greek Vocabulary offers a rapid and reasonable method for developing a working Greek vocabulary using Robinson s ingenious Cognate Group approach: allowing the student to learn the most frequent words in relationship to other words from the same stem.
Readers learn how to intelligently use commentaries and reference works that will produce more beneficial Bible study with minimal knowledge of New Testament Greek.
For many years, first-year Greek students have relied on James Allen Hewett's New Testament Greek: A Beginning and Intermediate Grammar for its straightforward approach to the fundamentals of language study. Now this trusted grammar will continue to provide beginning scholars with a solid foundation for doing translation, exegesis, and biblical interpretation. New Testament Greek presents complex Greek grammatical concepts clearly and in terms of familiar English grammar. Each concept is then illustrated using multiple examples from the New Testament, and students apply their learning with translation exercises drawn directly from biblical text instead of artificial sentences created by grammarians. The CD-ROM included with the textbook contains powerful learning tools for vocalizing Greek, mastering new vocabulary, and identifying verb forms. Features include: • chapters providing a foundational understanding of the basic components of language • a linguistically informed chapter on how languages communicate meaning • detailed explanations of complex grammatical constructions that shed light on biblical meanings • grammatical discussions that reflect recent advances in the understanding of Greek tense and case • vocabulary study lists based on NT word frequency • Greek-to-English translation exercises that help students quickly build competency and confidence • optional "Step Beyond" advanced grammar sections and English-to-Greek translation exercises • expanded reference appendixes, including summary word charts, vocabulary lists, and a list of principal parts of common verbs • a dictionary of all the Greek words used in the text • a complete answer key to the translation exercises on the CD-ROM
Building Your New Testament Greek Vocabulary, now in its third edition, provides students a user-friendly introduction to the vocabulary of New Testament Greek. Van Voorst helps the student to move away from rote memorization toward better long-term vocabulary learning based on how Greek words are built and related to each other. He provides students with easy-to-remember English derivatives, lists the number of occurrences for each word learned, provides lists that are easily learned in a single vocabulary-learning session and, most importantly, organizes the book on the basis of word families and frequency. New to this edition are a comprehensive list of proper nouns and a section to help students understand particular Greek words. Definitions of Greek words have been revised where necessary according to the new, third edition of the Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament edited by Frederick Danker.
The most popular language learning model applied to learning New Testament Greek. Mark Wilson introduces Greek students to a method widely used today in general language learning--semantic domains, or categories.
This logical, developmental presentation of the major aspects of modern Greek grammar includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension. Designed for adults with limited learning time who wish to acquire the basics of everyday modern Greek, this grammar features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.
To truly master New Testament Greek, a thorough knowledge of the vocabulary is mandatory. Mastering Greek Vocabulary offers a rapid and reasonable method for developing a working Greek vocabulary using Robinson's ingenious Cognate Group approach: allowing the student to learn the most frequent words in relationship to other words from the same stem. It does not require that one learn all the words from a given root, but it allows the student first to concentrate on terms appearing twenty-five times or more and then those used ten times or more. Once the stem is mastered, other words in the Cognate Group can be learned more easily. Additional unique features are an invaluable list of 225 identical Greek-English words; a list of derived English words; and sections concerning how prefixes and suffixes affect Greek words as well as how many prefixes and suffixes are shared by Greek and English. Mastering Greek Vocabulary gives the part of speech, a breakdown of a word's elements, and, whenever possible, a helpful memory aid. With a complete index of Greek words, it also functions like a mini-lexicon. While students may be tempted to keep this resource a secret from fellow students, teachers will want to be sure it is available.
Help students understand that many words are made up of different parts. Larger vocabularies can lead to improved test scores and enhanced reading comprehension.
