A Beginner's Reader-Grammar for New Testament Greek

by Colwell, Ernest Cadman

• ISBN13: 9781565635999
• ISBN10: 156563599X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Hendrickson Pub

Summary

A Beginner s Reader-Grammar for New Testament Greek has two parts: a concise grammar and a series of readings. The included readings are based on the actual content of the Greek New Testament but constructed to begin easy and lead the student through basic vocabulary and grammar. The authors have abandoned the method that takes the student through a progression of grammar lessons, each concluding with a few sentences for translation. Rather, after learning the alphabet and the pronunciation of Greek words, the student begins immediately to read text, learning to find needed information in standard reference tools.

Author Biography

Ernest Cadman Colwell was Claremont School of Theology's first president, founder of Claremont's Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, and Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Claremont Graduate University.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(2)
Introduction	9	(6)
Suggestions to the Teacher	15	(3)
The Alphabet	18	(1)
The Numerals, Diphthongs, Breathings, Accents, Punctuation	19	(2)
FORMS WITH TENSES
The Verb	21	(15)
Tense	21	(2)
Tense Formation	23	(1)
The Verb &epsis;iμi	24	(1)
Voice	25	(1)
Deponent Verbs	26	(1)
Person and Number	26	(2)
Table of Subject Identifiers	28	(1)
Table of Tense Identifiers	29	(1)
The 2nd Aorist	30	(1)
Compound Verbs	30	(1)
Verb Identification	30	(3)
Mood	33	(1)
Mood and Tense	33	(1)
Mood Identifiers (Subjunctive, Imperative, Infinitive)	34	(2)
FORMS WITH CASES
The Noun	36	(2)
Gender	36	(1)
Case	36	(1)
Greek Cases	37	(1)
The Definite Article o	38	(1)
Pronouns (&epsis;γω, συ, αυτoς, oς, oυτoς, &epsis;κ&epsis;ινoς)	38	(1)
The Adjective	39	(5)
Case Identification	40	(1)
3rd Declension Nominatives	41	(1)
Some Common 3rd Declension Forms (τις, πας, &epsis;ις)	42	(2)
FORMS WITH TENSE AND CASE
The Participle	44	(6)
Usage	44	(1)
Verbal Adjective	44	(1)
Verbal Noun	45	(1)
Circumstantial Modifier	46	(1)
Tense	47	(1)
Identification	47	(1)
The Participle of &episis;ιμι (ων)	48	(1)
To Identify a Participle	48	(2)
FORMS WITHOUT TENSE OR CASE
Prepositions	50	(4)
Adverbs, Conjunctions, Particles, Negatives	54	(1)
Syntax	55	(2)
The Exercises	57	(8)
THE READER	65	(43)
List of Identified Verb Forms	100	(8)
The Forms of the Verb πιστ&epsis;υω	108