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New Testament Greek Grammars

 

Reading Koine Greek: An Introduction and Integrated Workbook by Rodney J. Decker

 

Intermediate Greek Grammar: Syntax for Students of the New Testament by David L. Mathewson and Elodie Ballantine Emig

 

Fundamentals of New Testament Greek by Stanley E. Porter, Jeffrey Reed, and Matthew Brook O’Donnel

 

Fundamentals of New Testament Greek: Workbook by Stanley E. Porter and Jeffrey T. Reed

 

Idioms of the Greek New Testament by Stanley E. Porter

 

 

New Testament Greek Dictionaries/Lexicons

 

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition [2001] 3rd Ed. Walter Bauer, Frederick William Danker

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains (2 Volume Set)

New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis Set

The Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament

 

 

 

*The following descriptions are of the recommended Greek New Testament dictionaries/lexicons noted above:

 

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition [2001] 3rd Ed. Walter Bauer, Frederick William Danker

“Described as an “invaluable reference work” (Classical Philology) and “a tool indispensable for the study of early Christian literature” (Religious Studies Review) in its previous edition, this new updated American edition of Walter Bauer’s Wörterbuch zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments builds on its predecessor’s staggering deposit of extraordinary erudition relating to Greek literature from all periods. Including entries for many more words, the new edition also lists more than 25,000 additional references to classical, intertestamental, Early Christian, and modern literature. In this edition, Frederick W. Danker’s broad knowledge of Greco-Roman literature, as well as papyri and epigraphs, provides a more panoramic view of the world of Jesus and the New Testament. Danker has also introduced a more consistent mode of reference citation, and has provided a composite list of abbreviations to facilitate easy access to this wealth of information. Perhaps the single most important lexical innovation of Danker’s edition is its inclusion of extended definitions for Greek terms. For instance, a key meaning of “episkopos” was defined in the second American edition as overseer; Danker defines it as “one who has the responsibility of safeguarding or seeing to it that something is done in the correct way, guardian.” Such extended definitions give a fuller sense of the word in question, which will help avoid both anachronisms and confusion among users of the lexicon who may not be native speakers of English. Danker’s edition of Bauer’s Wörterbuch will be an indispensable guide for Biblical and classical scholars, ministers, seminarians, and translators.”

 

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains (2 Volume Set)

“Louw-Nida Greek Lexicon is a modern Greek lexicon using the concept of “semantic domains.” This lexicon differs from other lexicons in that it does not arrange words alphabetically and it does not give one listing of a word with all of that word’s meanings after it. Instead, it breaks words down by their various shades of meaning. It then groups all of those entries together and organizes them by topics and sub-topics. It shows the nuances in word meanings and explains difficult expressions and idiomatic usages of words, and even provides advice on how words might be translated under various conditions. Since it groups words by meanings, it shows distinctions in meaning between similar words, and also between differences in one word’s meaning in different contexts, as well as showing the overlaps between word meanings.”

 

New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis Set

“A standard and widely-used reference work for nearly 40 years, the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis has been thoroughly revised and updated to aid today’s pastors, students, scholars, and teachers in their study of the New Testament. Offering a wealth of background and information on the meaning of Greek words in the New Testament―as well as related usage in classical Greek sources, the Septuagint, Jewish literature, and more―this important tool offers the following features: Alphabetical arrangement according to Greek words instead of previous order according to English topics; this ensures that individual Greek words are not discussed in isolation from one another and are easy to access. Expanded to include additional Greek words and concepts not covered in the original work, NIDNTTE includes nearly 800 entries covering over 3,000 Greek words. Discussions have been revised to be in line with modern scholarship and bibliographies are updated. Corrections have been made to inconsistencies and omissions in earlier versions. Updated and added consistency to include―for every entry―all necessary background information from classical Greek, the LXX, and Jewish literature. A helpful semantic domain index now directs the reader to all of the Greek words that have something to do with a particular English word. For example, under the English word “Anger, Wrath,” there is a list of thirteen Greek words that are related to that topic. Significant changes have been made in the presentation and discussion of linguistic details.”

 

The Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament

 

 

Fundamentals of New Testament Greek by Stanley E. Porter, Jeffrey Reed, and Matthew Brook O’Donnel

Fundamentals of New Testament Greek: Workbook by Stanley E. Porter and Jeffrey T. Reed

“This extremely useful volume is a comprehensive introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of the Greek of the New Testament, with extensive paradigms, examples, and explanations. / Porter, Reed, and O’Donnell’s Fundamentals of New Testament Greek makes use of pedagogically sound and linguistically informed language-instruction techniques to provide the most effective textbook possible. The book introduces the individual elements of the Greek language according to their frequency of use in the New Testament so as to reinforce in students the elements that they will most often encounter. Every grammatical element is explained in sufficient detail ― including illustrative examples ― and is accompanied by useful information to describe its composition and analysis. The authors also include complete paradigms with plenty of examples, and significant vocabulary is introduced throughout the course of the volume. / Students who complete this text can engage in serious reading, translation, and understanding of the Greek New Testament, moving directly into Greek exegesis courses and more advanced Greek-language courses. Fundamentals of New Testament Greek: First Year will prove invaluable for gaining a thorough foundational understanding of New Testament Greek. It is bound to be a standard text for years to come.”

 

Idioms of the Greek New Testament by Stanley E. Porter

“The Greek grammar, newly revised and reset for the second edition, which is also available in paperback, can be used as an instructive handbook, as an intermediate level textbook and as a basic reference work to New Testament Greek. The major topics of Greek grammar are treated in a useful pedagodical sequence. Among the innovative treatments are those on tense and aspect, Mood and Attitude, conditional clauses, word order and clause structure, and discourse analysis. The grammar takes account both of the traditional categories of Greek grammar and of recent discussions on structural linguistics.”