Teach Yourself New Testament Greek

by Gavin Betts

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"Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including: " Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar Regular and irregular verb tables Plenty of practice exercises and answers Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout An exploration of the culture And much more

Genres: Language, Linguistics, Reference, Christianity

298 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Gavin Betts was Associated Professor of Classical Studies, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. His publications include Teach Yourself Latin, Teach Yourself New Testament Greek, Teach Yourself New Testament Greek and various translations of medieval and Modern Greek texts.

Reviews

[Jonathan Ammon · Rating 2 out of 5]

For $3.99 as a kindle book this is by far the cheapest NT Greek grammar I’ve come across. Dr. Betts wanted to teach from a grammar that only used examples and exercises directly from the New Testament text. This is admirable, and I thought his examples and exercises were great. This is also a fine overview of the grammar from a grammar-translation pedagogy perspective. That said, as a TEACH YOURSELF book this grammar fails. It would take a highly motivated student many repetitions of the material to use this book to teach themselves. Betts recommends this as well as parsing every word in the reading exercises. I’m not sure why this was published as a TEACH YOURSELF book. It seems meant to be a classroom text with the lectures functioning as explanation and the book as a reference and workbook. As a classroom text or a reference and workbook this text is fine or even good.

[Ben Mizrahi · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is so badly organized I have no idea how one is supposed to learn from it. The reading exercises are given before learning the vocabulary, a bunch of separate topics condensed into one chapter (every chapter), who thought to publish this book?

[Fred Kohn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although relatively short, this book is very comprehensive, which can lead to some difficulties. The author acknowledges this in the last two "odds and ends" chapters, in which he lists miscellaneous but rare usages. Here he writes: "This list is undoubtedly formidable, and an attempt to absorb it in its entirety on first reading could lead to severe indigestion." What is true of the part is true of the whole, though it is fair to say that the previous chapters are not so intense that they would lead you into more than mild dyspepsia unless you were very impatient. In my case, I was not patient enough to parse every word of the reading as the author suggested, but I suppose a more dedicated student should have no problems doing so given the excellent writing.

[Kevin de Ataíde · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short book, more of an overview than anything. It's only function is to remind me of the terrible complexity of Greek grammar and make me wonder if I shall ever conquer this beast. Four stars. It's a *good* overview.