Two Helpful Biblical Greek Sites
Two helpful (and free!) online Biblical Greek resources.
Read MoreC.S. Lewis's Experience of Learning Classical Greek
C.S. Lewis recounts his experience learning classical Greek.
Read MoreQOTD: Martin Luther on the Original Languages
Without the original languages we could not have received the gospel.
Read MoreQOTD: Greek Has No Concern with German or English - AT Robertson
Concerning the article in Greek…
Read MoreQOTD: The Adequacy of Language (Silva)
Have you ever heard that Greek is a superior language because its complexities?
Read MoreBook Notice: The Greek Article by Ronald Peters
A new book published by Brill on the Greek article looks to be helpful. The description on Brill’s website says:
Read MoreHow to use BDAG - Rodney Decker
This is a repost of mine from about a year ago but I thought it would be helpful to post it again with the new semester starting. BDAG is an invaluable resource but unfortunately many people treat it like a dictionary for glosses. If you spend the time now to learn how to use it then it will help your Greek studies in the future...
Read MoreQOTD: Steve Runge on the Need for Preachers and Teachers to Learn the Original Languages
Steve Runge on the need for preachers and teachers to learn the original languages:
Read MoreDaily Greek Reading Setup
In order to master any language you need daily exposure to it. Many seminary students quickly lose their languages because they do not continue reading Greek after their 1–2 years in class. Only spending a couple semesters in a language is not enough to learn a language, let alone master it.
Read MoreGreek Reading List
I have been trying to do more Greek reading of late and I came across this list over at the Dunelm Road blog. The list is by Daniel Wallace and was originally posted by Ben Blackwell[1] here.. The order of the list is supposed to go form easiest to hardest while being grouped in about 10 chapter increments.
Theoretically one could read the whole New Testament in a month but for my studies right now that seems a little too ambitious. I do think I will try to start with a chapter a day and increase over time.
I find it best to use the Zondervan Greek Reader for when I am just reading Greek. I find by using the reader it forces me to think through words I should know but have forgotten. For example, if you come across a word that occurs more than 30x it will not be listed in the footnotes. If I were not using a reader I would have a much quicker trigger looking up a word that I already know. I prefer this reader over UBS Greek NT Reader’s Edition for a couple reasons:
- No parsing. I find this to be an advantage because it forces me to work on my parsing on vocabulary I do not know. In the UBS reader it parses both difficult words and every word that occurs 30x or less.
- Size. The Zondervan reader is roughly over half the size of the UBS Reader, which makes it much easier to carry around from place to place.
If anyone is interested in forming a Greek reading plan with me just contact me via twitter (@renshaw330) or email ([email protected]). This would mostly be for accountability purposes because it is so easy to stray from reading the original languages daily.
Here is the list:
- John 1–11
- John 12–21
- 1 John; 2 John; 3 John; Philemon
- Mark 1–8
- Mark 9–16
- Matthew 1–10
- Matthew 11–20
- Matthew 21–28
- Revelation 1–11
- Revelation 12–22
- 1 Thessalonians; 2 Thessalonians
- Ephesians; Colossians
- Philippians; Romans 1–8
- Romans 9–16
- 1 Corinthians 1–10
- 1 Corinthians 11–16
- Galatians; James
- 1 Peter; 1 Timothy
- 2 Timothy; Titus
- Jude; 2 Peter
- 2 Corinthians 1–7
- 2 Corinthians 8–13
- Luke 1–8
- Luke 9–16
- Luke 17–24
- Acts 1–10
- Acts 11–19
- Acts 20–28
- Hebrews 1–7
- Hebrews 8–13
Download the PDF of the list here.
Tavis Bohlinger has several good posts on practicing greek like a violin player. You can find his introductory post here.
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You can follow him on twitter at @bencblackwell ↩