Read It in Greek: An Introduction to New Testament Greek

Countryman, L. William

ISBN 10: 0802806651 / ISBN 13: 9780802806659

Published by Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A., 1993

About this Item

Soft cover. 1st Edition, 1993 with no additional printings indicated. Lightly bumped extremities and small corner crease on back wrap. Firmly bound, tight and square. No spine crease. Bright, unmarked pages. A very nice copy in Very Good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Read It in Greek: An Introduction to New Testament Greek
• Publisher: Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802806651
• ISBN 13: 9780802806659
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

In American seminaries today, there is a very limited amount of time available to most students for language study. Still, a working knowledge of the original language of the New Testament is imperative for informed exegesis of the biblical texts. Written with this difficult situation in mind, Read It in Greek offers a concise, one- semester introduction to the Greek language of the New Testament.

Taking a unique, inductive approach to the study of Greek, this text focuses on reading the Greek — 1 John is read through from beginning to end — yet also teaches enough syntax to enable students to interact with all of the New Testament. The book also integrates into the language course lessons in exegesis of the Greek text, resulting in immediate, usable skills that will allow students to look behind the façade of modern-language translations and to follow discussions in technical commentaries and other scholarly works. Students who go beyond the first semester to further study of the language will find it easy to refine the general concepts taught here. Those who do not will have begun reading the Greek New Testament and will have the resources necessary to continue doing so.

Originally published as The New Testament Is in Greek: A Short Course for Exegetes, this volume continues to be one of the best resources available for quickly — yet effectively — introducing students to the reading of New Testament Greek.

About the Author

Professor of New Testament at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California. His other books include The Mystical Way according to John and Biblical Authority or Biblical Tyranny: Scripture and the Christian Pilgrimage.