John Poly

John Poly was born in New York City, U.S.A. in 1937. His parents were Greek immigrants from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. John became absorbed in the language of his parents and began studying it in earnest. He was fascinated by the richness of expression in the Greek language and found it useful in his study of Bible Greek. Though the Greek spoken by his parents was modern Greek, known as Demotic, he saw a close connection to it in the Greek verses of the "New Testament" and has embarked on a thorough investigation into both Greek tongues. He has discovered what many have found: the Greek spoken today is not as different than what is written in the "New Testament," and his work includes comparisons of the two languages as well as their similarity in pronunciation.

John has been a minister for 60 years and for all those years has been involved in Bible education. He has been teaching Greek to all those who have shown a deep interest in the language.

John lives with his wife of 48 years in the western state of Wyoming. They have raised two sons who live in various parts of the country.

John has always shown an interest in writing. He is very creative and employs effective techniques to teach the Scriptures and the Greek language.

His sense of humor is noted in his use of animals displayed in his grammar

to teach a vital point. This method helps the students to be absorbed in the subject and to grasp quickly the principles being taught.

At this time, John has completed a more extensive and interesting Greek grammar in three volumes, entitled "GREEK GRAMMAR: You ARE Learning Bible Greek, A Progressive Study Course" which he has just published. This comprehensive study course considers texts often difficult to understand, or which have been translated in a variety of ways, such as John 1:1, John 8:5:8 and Philippians 2:6. His aim is to help the Greek student and educator to look at all aspects of Greek grammar within its own context, before making an evaluation on their meaning. The results have proven quite enlightening.

While grammar may at first be a difficult subject to approach, especially Greek, the effort put into learning it is truly worthwhile. John hopes he can help sincere seekers of Bible knowledge to grasp the vital principles presented in the Koine Greek of the "New Testament" and to benefit fully from their discoveries.