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New Testament Greek for Beginners 2/e
J. Gresham Machen Deceased
Dan G. McCartney
Published October 2003 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 2004, 400 pp., Cloth
ISBN: 0-13-184234-X
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$54.67
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Preface
Summary

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 terms--Helps students recognize and understand frequently used terms and cross-reference with word roots
  • Charts and figures on grammar--Includes a list of prepositions, a chart of vowel contractions, a regular verb formation chart, and several new paradigms
  • Word list of 250 terms--Highlights the 250 words appearing most frequently in the Greek New Testament, prepared by Professor Bruce M. Metzger for this new edition
  • Updated style--For example, substitutes 'you' for 'thee' and 'thou', in language familiar to today's students
Features

  • NEW - General updating throughout—Clarifies grammatical content and presentation.

    • Meets students' needs with new pedagogy to help them study grammar.

  • NEW - Glossary of basic grammatical and linguistic terms.

    • Helps students recognize and understand frequently used terms and cross-reference with word roots.

  • NEW - Charts and figures on grammar—Includes a list of prepositions, a chart of vowel contractions, a regular verb formation chart, and several new paradigms.

    • Provides easy reference for students.

  • NEW - Frequency list—The 250 words most frequently appearing in the Greek New Testament, prepared by Professor Bruce M. Metzger.

    • Helps students recognize and understand frequently used terms and cross-reference with word roots.

  • NEW - Updated style—Especially the substitution of ‘you’ for ‘thee’ and ‘thou.’

    • Presents material in language familiar to today's students.

  • Long-respected manual for New Testament study.

    • Assures students of having most authoritative text on market to assist their study of ancient Greek biblical texts.
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.


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