A Grammar for New Testament Greek

by Adam, A. K. M.

• ISBN13: 9780687016778
• ISBN10: 0687016770
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Abingdon Pr

Summary

A Grammar for New Testament Greek will serve as a concise, authoritative introduction to the study of the language in which the New Testament was written. Written with a variety of learning contexts in mind, this volume will be an essential tool to those whose study of Greek will take place in the classroom, and to those who wish to refresh their knowledge of the language by private study.This book has many invaluable features. The arrangement of the chapters was designed to introduce students to the distinction between the present and the aorist tenses, as well as acquaint them with special forms such as the "-mi" verbs, early on in the grammar. The vocabulary has been oriented more closely to the frequency with which words appear in the New Testament, highlighting certain common New Testament terms. A thorough reference section at the end of the book makes the book helpful to those who wish to look up grammatical forms as they read and translate the Greek New Testament. There is a complete discussion of the different elements of Greek grammar, and how they convey meaning. The exercises draw closely on the Greek text of the New Testament in their choice, not only of vocabulary, but of word order and phrasing as well. The purpose is to acquaint students, as early as possible, with the kind of vocabulary and sentence structure that they will encounter in the Greek New Testament.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
The Alphabet, Vowels and Diphthongs, Breathing Marks, Consonants, Syllables, Accent, Punctuation	1	(5)
Verbs, Present Tense, Active Voice, Indicative Mood, Present Active Indicative, Implied Subject, Negation, Principal Parts, Accent	6	(7)
Second Declension Nouns, Gender, Cases, Second Declension Noun Forms, Neuter Plural Subjects, Masculine and Neuter Articles, Word Order, Accent	13	(9)
First Aorist Verbs, Prepositions, Accent	22	(6)
First Declension Nouns, Form of the First Declension Noun, Feminine Article, Reference Works, Understanding Sentence Structure, Accent	28	(6)
Second Aorist Active Indicative, Nouns with Unexpected Genders	34	(6)
Adjectives, Form of the Adjective, Uses of Adjectives, Demonstrative Pronouns	40	(7)
Passive Voice, Present Passive Indicative, Aorist Passive Indicative, Agency, Adverbs, Postpositive Particles	47	(7)
Middle Voice, First Aorist Middle Indicative, Second Aorist Middle Indicative, Personal Pronouns, Uses of Personal Pronouns, Accent	54	(7)
Imperfect Tense, Imperfect Active Indicative, Imprefect Middle/Passive Indicative, Uses of the Imperfect, The Verb Eiμi, Accent	61	(7)
Ml Verbs, Δiδωμl and Iστημl, Conditional Sentences	68	(8)
Future Tense, Future Active Indicative, Future Middle Indicative, Future Passive Indicative, Deponent Verbs, Dual Case Prepositions, Pronominal Use of the Article	76	(8)
Subjunctive Mood, Uses of the Subjunctive, Negative Questions, Triple Case Prepositions	84	(9)
The Infinitive, Uses of the Infinitive, Third Declension Nouns	93	(7)
More Third Declension Nouns	100	(5)
Perfect Tense, Perfect Active Indicative, Perfect Middle/Passive Indicative, Use of the Perfect Tense, Pluperfect Tense	105	(7)
Relative Pronouns, Interrogative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns, Reflexive Pronouns, Reciprocal Pronouns	112	(8)
Participles, Present Active Participles, Adjectival Uses of the Participle, Participles: Tense, Time and Translation, 'A&phis;ιημι and Tι&thetas;ημι	120	(9)
Aorist Participles, Adverbial Uses of the Participle, Participles: Tense, Time, and Translation	129	(8)
Perfect Participles, Verbal Uses of the Participle	137	(7)
Imperative Mood, Uses of the Imperative, Mεν	144	(7)
Contract Verbs, Contract Verbs in-εω, Two-Ending Adjectives	151	(7)
Optative Mood, Uses of the Optative, Third Declension Adjectives	158	(7)
More Contract Verbs, Contract Verbs in-αω and-oω, Unusual Adjectives	165	(8)
Indirect Discourse	173	(6)
Numbers, 'Aπoλλυμι, Δυνμαi	179	(7)
Nominative Case, Genitive Case, Dative Case, Accusative Case, Use of Grammatical Categories	186	(6)
Comparison, Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs, Unusual Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs, Comparative Constructions	192	(5)
More Uses of Participles, Φημι	197	(3)
Appendix One: Extra Vocabulary	200	(1)
Appendix Two: Common Proper Nouns	201	(1)
Appendix Three: Textual Criticism	202	(1)
Morphology	203