Reading Koine Greek: An Introduction and Integrated Workbook

This in-depth yet student-friendly introduction to Koine Greek provides a full grounding in Greek grammar, while starting to build skill in the use of exegetical tools. The approach, informed by twenty-five years of classroom teaching, emphasizes reading Greek for comprehension as opposed to merely translating it.

Reading Koine Greek covers not only New Testament Greek but also the wider range of Bible-related Greek (LXX, Apostolic Fathers, and other texts). The workbook is integrated into the textbook, enabling students to encounter real examples as they learn each new concept. The book offers thorough explanations of the grammar and concepts as well as multiple examples in context, enabling students to make the most of study time outside of class--whether the traditional classroom or distance learning. Recent discussions of Greek grammar are incorporated, particularly in the verbal system (verbal aspect, the middle voice, deponent verbs, and so on), and full definitions are provided for vocabulary words. Each chapter concludes with an extended reading passage that highlights new material. The book also introduces students to reference tools for biblical Greek. Professors and students in first-year Greek classes will value this work.

704 pages.

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Contents

A Note to Teachers
Introduction: The Language of Koine Greek
Lessons
1. Getting Started
2. Nouns: Part 1: Nominative and Accusative Cases
3. Nouns: Part 2: Genitive and Dative Cases
4. Pronouns: Part 1 Personal Pronouns
5. Verbs: Part 1: Verb Basics
6. Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs
7. Verbs: Part 2: Simple Aorist Verbs
8. Syntax: Part 1: Conjunctions
9. Syntax: Part 2: Prepositions
10. Pronouns: Part 2: Other Types of Pronouns
11. Third Declension: Part 1: Nouns
12. Third Declension: Part 2: Adjectives and Pronouns
13. Verbs: Part 3: Verbal Semantics
14. Present (Imperfective) Indicative Verbs
15. Passive Voice and Middle-Only Verbs
16. Imperfect (Remote Imperfective) Indicative Verbs
17. Aorist (Perfective) Indicative Verbs
18. Second Aorist Indicative Verbs
19. Future Indicative Verbs
20. Perfect and Pluperfect (Stative) Indicative Verbs
21. Contract and Liquid Verbs
22. Infinitives
23. Participles: Part 1: Imperfective Adverbial Participles
24. Participles: Part 2: Perfective Adverbial Participles
25. Participles: Part 3: Adjectival Participles
26. Participles: Part 4: Stative and Future Participles
27. Participles: Part 5: Genitive Absolutes and Periphrastics
28. Subjunctive Mood Verbs
29. Imperative and Optative Mood Verbs
30. Syntax: Part 3: Formal Conditions
31. Syntax: Part 4: Informal Conditions and Discourse
32. Μι Verbs: Part 1: Indicative Mood  
33. Μι Verbs: Part 2: Non-Indicative Forms
Epilogue
Appendixes
A. Reference Charts
B. Morphology Catalog of Common Koine Verbs
C. Participle Chart
D. Vocatives
E. Greek Numbers and Archaic Letters
F. Glossary
Index