Aug 9, 2006

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Beginner's Grammar of the Greek New Testament (W. H. Davis)

Among Davis' credentials is his personal tutelage as a former student under the renown A.T. Robertson. That, accompanied by his instruction of all eight cases of nouns, his limitation of Greek exercises to Scripture passages, and his manageable lists of vocabulary, continue to make this classic grammar a worthy beginning Greek instructional tool.


Lexical AIDS for Students of New Testament Greek (Bruce M. Metzger)

A must vocabulary tool for every beginning Greek student! Includes all word used ten or more times in the New Testament. Listed in logically appropriate categories by frequency of occurrence.


A Reader's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Sakae Kubo)

Kubo tracks all of the Greek vocabulary book by book with a unique categorization that must be observed to be fully appreciated. Also a "must" reference work for those who want to move forward with their command of Greek vocabulary and easy of New Testament study in the original text. An added feature (for the beginning Greek student) of Kubo's work is his numbered alphabetical listing (appendix) of the 301 words used more than 50 times in the New Testament. A nice, concise, handy listing of all the "everyday" words that all beginning students must learn (and soon take for granted) because of their appearance frequencies.

Syntax of New Testament Greek (Brooks, James A; Carlton L Winberry)

The beauty of this Advanced Greek syntax reference book is its layout, clarity, and broad use of multiple scriptural examples of the Greek syntactical functions being presented. In it's own right, it can hold it's place with classic works like Dana and Mantey's Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament.

English Grammar to Ace New Testament Greek (Dr. Samuel Lamerson)

Get over your terminology (and other) "heebie-jeebies" with this helpful and purposefully humorous, scholarly work from the head of the New Testament department of Knox Theological Seminary, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Even non-Elvis fans doubling as beginning Greek students will be able to appreciate Dr. Lamerson's didactics revealed in chapters such as, "You Ain't Nothin' But a Noun Dog!"

Greek New Testament: With English Introduction including Greek/English dictionary/flexible (Kurt Aland)

It's Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek (David Alan Black)

 

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GREEK VOCABULARY

All the New Testament Greek Vocabulary in W.H. Davis' Beginning Grammar **

Listed in textbook appearance order, this textbook-inclusive itemization of New Testament Greek vocabulary is accompanied by a numerical conflation of Sake Kubo's Reader's Lexicon words used more than 50 times and Metzger's Lexical Aids words used from 10 times all the way up to 46-49 times. **(Only includes the 489 New Testament words presented within the Davis grammar.)

Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek (Bruce M. Metzger)

A "must" vocabulary tool for every beginning Greek student! Includes all word used ten or more times in the New Testament. Listed in logically appropriate categories by frequency of occurence.

 

All the Vocabulary (10x+) in the Greek New Testament: Alpha-Numeric Listing

Here’s a viewable, downloadable PDF comprehensive alpha-numeric lexical listing of all of the vocabulary used (10x+) in the N.T. (1,067 words) as found in Bruce Metzger’s Lexical Aids. I created this “numbered” listing to allow for organized “bookkeeping” when students are attempting to track the vocabulary they have encountered within a given Greek grammar and have made (or need to make) vocabulary cards for. The list also shows how many words are encountered within a given frequency of occurrence (info that Metzger omits from his book). If a student only “numbered” his vocab cards, the number itself would reveal the relative “importance” of the word (re: its frequency of use in the N.T.). The lower the number, the more frequently the word is used; the higher the number, the less frequent. I tend to think, too, that it’s the middle range of words (20-30x or so) that need the most concentration, since we see them not so often as to know them “inherently,” but often enough to warrant knowledge of them, particularly if they have strong theological importance.

For an online flashcard study of all the New Testament words occurring more than 10 times per Bruce Metzger’s Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek frequency lists (supported with words noted by Sake Kubo from his Reader’s Lexicon of the Greek New Testament >50x word usage appendix), click here. Each Greek vocabulary word occurs not only on the front of the vocabulary card, but also on the back of the card—with the definition immediately under it. In this way, you are associating the original Greek word with its definition, so that, when you turn the card over to the front side—even though the "answer" is not really there—after repetitive viewings you will actually “see” the definition under the Greek word on the front side of the card as well!  Some cards also include a "third side" clue to the word's meaning (see example below).

Here's a visual example, via screen shots (click each to enlarge), of what you'll find once you're on the "Flashcard Exchange" (.com) site.

1) Word frequency categories listing —

2) Word frequency group selected —

3) Features & Navigation —

4)  Sample Vocabulary Card (Front) —

5)  Sample Vocabulary Card "Third Side" Definition Clue —

6) Sample Vocabulary Card (Back) showing Greek word coupled with its English definition —

 

 

A Reader's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Sakae Kubo)

An initial feature (for the beginning Greek student) of Kubo's work is his numbered alphabetical listing (appendix) of the 301 words used more than 50 times in the New Testament. A nice, concise, handy listing of all the "everyday" words that all beginning students must learn (and soon take for granted) because of their appearance frequencies. Kubo also tracks all of the Greek vocabulary book by book with a unique categorization that must be observed to be fully appreciated. A "must" reference work for those who want to move forward with their command of Greek vocabulary and easy of New Testament study in the original text.

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

The following Greek Nouns Declensions chart, available here as a PowerPoint presentation, details all of the types and genders of nouns that the New Testament Greek student will encounter. I know of no other paradigm in existence that condenses all of these case endings into a single, concise chart of all Greek Noun Declensions. I call it the "satellite view" of all Greek Nouns. Apart from this, the value of this particular chart is found mainly in the horizontal relationships existing between nouns that can be clearly seen in this layout. Assisting in the memorization of these endings are the use of arrows showing continuity, and yellow highlights denoting pattern shifts.

GREEK WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE

Tavultesoft Keyman (Free Downoad)

 

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