Reading Koine Greek – An Introduction And Integrated Workbook

By (author) Decker, Rodney J.; By (author) Decker, Rodney J.
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A recognized expert provides an in-depth yet student friendly introduction to Koine Greek that integrates textbook and workbook and is supplemented by robust web-based resources.
Short description/annotation
A recognized expert provides an in-depth yet student friendly introduction to Koine Greek that integrates textbook and workbook and is supplemented by robust web-based resources.
Description
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. The workbook is integrated into the textbook, with exercises appearing within each chapter rather than pushed to the end or located in a separate book. This enables students to practice concepts as they encounter them in the chapter--ideal for distance learning or studying beyond the traditional classroom. The book covers not only New Testament Greek but also the wider range of Bible-related Greek (LXX and other Koine texts). It introduces students to reference tools for biblical Greek, includes tips on learning, and is supplemented by robust web-based resources through Baker Academic''s Textbook eSources. Resources for students include flash cards and audio files. Resources for professors include a test bank and an instructor''s manual.
Table of contents
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
Biographical note
Rodney J. Decker (1953-2014) received his ThD from Central Baptist Theological Seminary and served as professor of Greek and New Testament at Baptist Bible Seminary in Pennsylvania. He authored Temporal Deixis of the Greek Verb in the Gospel of Mark with Reference to Verbal Aspect and several major Greek study books, including A Koine Greek Reader and the forthcoming Mark volumes in the Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament.<