Greek for the Rest of Us: The Essentials of Biblical Greek, Second Edition

by William D. Mounce

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2013

Overview

You don’t have to be a Greek student to understand biblical Greek. If you’d love to learn Greek so you can study your Bible better, but you can’t spare two years for college or seminary courses, then Greek for the Rest of Us is for you. Developed by renowned Greek teacher William D. Mounce, this revolutionary crash-course on “baby Greek” will acquaint you with the essentials of the language and deepen your understanding of God’s Word. You’ll gain a sound knowledge of basic Greek, and you’ll learn how to use tools that will add muscle to your Bible studies. In six sections, Greek for the Rest of Us will help you:

• Recite the Greek alphabet
• Read and pronounce Greek words
• Learn the Greek noun and verbal system
• Conduct Greek word studies
• Decipher why translations are different
• Read better commentaries

Key Features

• Presents the Greek language in a way that helps the lay person to understand the Bible better
• Teaches the reader how to use biblical study tools, in order to glean more from the Bible
• Broadens knowledge with an appendix for biblical Hebrew

Contents

• Part I: Foundational Greek
• Part II: Church Greek
• Part III: Functional Greek

Top Highlights

“The perfective aspect describes an action that was brought to completion and its results are felt in the present.” (Page 29)

“The dative case is used to indicate the indirect object.” (Page 20)

“A word is put into the accusative case to indicate it is the direct object.” (Page 20)

“A Greek verb must agree with its subject in person and number.” (Page 30)

“There are basically four cases in Greek: nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive.” (Page 19)

Product Details

• Title: Greek for the Rest of Us: The Essentials of Biblical Greek, Second Edition
• Author: William D. Mounce
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 320
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Greek language, Biblical › Grammar; Bible. N.T. › Language, style
• ISBNs: 9780310517566, 0310517567
• Resource ID: LLS:GRKRSTSSCNDDTN
• Resource Type: Grammar
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:22:13Z

About William D. Mounce

William D Mounce (PhD, Aberdeen University) lives as a writer in Washougal, Washington. He is the President of BiblicalTraining.org, a non-profit organization offering world-class educational resources for discipleship in the local church. See www.BillMounce.com for more information. Formerly he was a preaching pastor, and prior to that a professor of New Testament and director of the Greek Program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of the bestselling Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Greek, and many other resources. He was the New Testament chair of the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and is serving on the NIV translation committee.