Synopses & Reviews
J. Gresham Machen's classic manual for students in biblical studies has been carefully revised and updated by
Dan G. McCartney who holds the same academic appointment at Westminster Theological Seminary that Machen himself once held. Students who have no prior understanding of the Greek language will find this new edition eminently readable and valuable in their study of scripture.
New to This Edition: - Glossary of basic grammatical and linguistic termsHelps students recognize and understand frequently used terms and cross-reference with word roots
- Charts and figures on grammarIncludes a list of prepositions, a chart of vowel contractions, a regular verb formation chart, and several new paradigms
- Word list of 250 termsHighlights the 250 words appearing most frequently in the Greek New Testament, prepared by Professor Bruce M. Metzger for this new edition
- Updated styleFor example, substitutes 'you' for 'thee' and 'thou', in language familiar to today's students
Synopsis
This book is intended primarily for learners who are beginning the study of the Greek Testament either without any previous acquaintance with the Greek language or with an acquaintance so imperfect that a renewed course of elementary instruction is needed. This revision, over seventy-five years since the first edition was published, retains much of the character and organization of the first edition while accommodating readers today who lack an understanding of Latin and grammar necessary for fully comprehending the original edition. For an introduction to the Greek Testament.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Moises Silva.
Preface to the Revised Edition.
Preface to the Original Edition.
Introduction.
Abbreviations.
1. The Alphabet.
2. Accent.
3. Present Active Indicative.
4. The Second Declension.
5. The First Declension.
6. Adjectives of the First and Second Declension.
7. Masculine Nouns of the First Declension.
8. Personal Pronouns.
9. Adverbs.
10. Present Passive and Middle Indicative.
11. Imperfect Active Indicative.
12. Imperfect Middle and Passive Indicative.
13. Future Active and Middle Indicative.
14. First Aorist Active and Middle Indicative.
15. Second Aorist Active and Middle Indicative.
16. Aorist Passive Indicative.
17. The Third Declension.
18A. Progressive Participles.
18B. Attributive Participles.
19. Aorist Active and Middle Participles.
20. Aorist Passive Participle.
21. The Subjunctive Mood.
22. The Progressive and Aorist Infinitives.
23. Contracting Verbs.
24. Future and First Aorist Active and Middle of Liquid Verbs.
25. More Nouns of the Third Declension.
26. Additional Irregular Declensions.
27. Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns.
28. The Imperative Mood.
29. The Perfect Tense.
30. Comparison of Adjectives.
31. Irregular Aorists, and the –mi Verb (part 1).
32. Purpose Clauses, and –mi Verbs (part 2).
33. –mi Verbs (part 3), and Conditions Contrary to Fact.
34. –mi Verbs (part 4),and the Optative Mood.
Paradigms.
Charts.
Glossary.
Greek-English Vocabulary.
English-Greek Vocabulary.
Frequency List (prepared by Professor Bruce M. Metzger).
Section Number Correlations.
Index.