Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook: Fourth Edition

by William D. Mounce

This expanded and updated workbook is designed with the student in mind and intended for use with the standard-setting Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar textbook, now in its fourth edition.

Two optional chapters have been added to the Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook, allowing students to read large chunks of the biblical text and enjoy the fruits of their labor faster than ever before. Each chapter is divided into six sections and includes extensive exercises and significant biblical passages for translation.

One of the most helpful and unique features of the workbook remains. You can go through the workbook on one of two Track One follows the workbook (and textbook) in its regular order, while Track Two is organized so you can learn verbs earlier in the course.

Genres: Reference, Language, Theology, Biblical Studies, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Christian

239 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

William D. Mounce (PhD, Aberdeen University) lives as a writer in Camas, Washington. He is the Vice President of Educational Development at BibleGateway.com and the president of Biblical Training, a nonprofit organization offering the finest in evangelical teaching to the world. See BillMounce.com for more information. Formerly he was the preaching pastor at a church in Spokane, a professor of New Testament and director of the Greek program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a professor of New Testament at Azusa Pacific University. He is the author of the bestselling New Testament Greek resources, Basics of Biblical Greek, and served as the New Testament chair of the English Standard Version translation of the Bible.

Reviews

[Jesse · Rating 4 out of 5]

This textbook was fairly easy to read, and presented in a decent order. The explanations for the various grammatical constructions taught in the book were, for the most part, clear. Many of the footnotes were useful or interesting. But the professor character I found was either annoying or usually didn't add to anything on the pages that he is featured on. Also, the "exegetical insights" at the beginning of each chapter really shows what a knowledge of Greek can dig out of New Testament and thus they inject motivation into the reader before beginning the chapter. The book is also designed to involve a bit less memory work than the typical standard textbooks, although I think Mounce oversells this when he says that memory is kept to a minimum because there is still a TON of memory work needed.

I mentioned the presentation was in good order, especially how the noun system is presented separately from the verb system, OR there is also an option to mix up the order (track 2). But I didn't like how the vocabulary was almost entirely thrown at you in the earlier chapters while the latter chapters hardly has any new words. Another plus is how the basics are presented in each chapter but the advanced/intermediate level material is presented at the very end of the chapters, and as an option. I recommend that readers study them, as they really help provide a basis for readers who intend to go on to intermediate studies.

The indexes and charts etc. at the back of the book come in handy. The workbook is also helpful too.

All in all, this seems to be one of the better introductory textbooks out there.

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the companion workbook to Mounce's grammar. I used this workbook for homework in my introductory Greek class at seminary. It includes parsing and translations from the New Testament and Church Fathers. There are also review sections.

The exercises are sucessfully oriented toward the limitations of the student's knowledge, and they also nicely reinforce the grammar learned in each chapter. The exercises are nicely glossed where needed, which keeps the student from becoming discouraged. I found it to be a great help in solidifying Mounce's grammar book.

[Matthew Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

The basics of the biblical Greek workbook... does exactly what it says on the tin! As I'm sure it has served the same purpose for many others, this book was my workbook for first-year Greek. What I love about this book is the amount of Greek it gets you reading. Each chapter has parsing exercises, warm-ups, translations, and extension translations from the Septuagint and Didache. By the time I had finished each chapter and looked over the 4o-something questions I'd just translated, I wondered why this was only worth 10 marks; a question I haven't been able to stop asking myself since! And yet there is something exceptional about this. From the beginning chapters, you're supplied with verb translations to practice seeing how your nouns function. Then you add in nouns, participles, and non-indicative moods, and soon enough you're reading whole passages of scripture. Am I prepared to read my Greek NT now? I think so. I'm slightly biased, this is my second time through the textbook, and I've read others, but for someone serious about learning this language, I recommend you take your time with this workbook and try to understand the big key concepts to each section

[Simon Wartanian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally decided to finish what I started toward the end of 2013 and have put out for so long and it was very satisfying to finish it so that I can move to other grammars and more advanced stuff. Dr. Mounce is an excellent teacher and knows how to bring difficult concepts by explaining them in English and also in Greek. This is probably the best beginning Greek grammar.

[Lori L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome for the study of Biblical Greek, particularly when studying the New Testament. Great resource - I learned a lot! W. D. Mounce is definitely an authority on this topic, and he makes it VERY easy to comprehend if you are willing to put in the study time. Loved it!

[Matt Pelto · Rating 5 out of 5]

This workbook was a very helpful companion to Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek. It includes plenty of parsing and many exercises for each chapter which were necessary for my understanding of Koine Greek.

[Sean McGowan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful

[Bezi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for review and self-teaching. Simple and self-explanatory as well as relevant to the subject of study (Greek NT).

[Darren Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must have for every 1st year Greek students!

[Matthew Rawlings · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dr. Mounce needs to correct his online answer sheet but still valuable.

[h.f.]

Yes, I absolutely just logged my Greek workbook.

[Andrew King]

Left off around chapter 20

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The workbook exercises often contain concepts that students have not yet learned, which they found frustrating. I still found Mounce's curriculum to be good for teaching NT Greek, but now I know to tell them to skip certain translation exercises or to give them additional hints before doing them.

[Don · Rating 5 out of 5]

Talbot Course: Greek

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The workbook is exactly what you need to practice the new lessons: translating, translating, and more translation. And parsing too.

[Wade · Rating 5 out of 5]

The workbook was laid out very clearly and went along perfectly with the Grammar.

[Danny Bennett · Rating 1 out of 5]

See Grammar review...

[Nile · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the companion workbook and I think it is essential if you are going to try to work through the textbook.

[Matt Mason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Get the BBG workbook and textbook, find Mounce's free summary lectures online and you'll begin the fun of reading and translating texts from the Greek NT!

[Geoff Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great companion to the grammar. Makes planning classes so much easier, too.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful companion to the text book. A MUST have!

[John Wiley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helped me learn Greek well

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good guide for learning NT Greek. Many online helps.

[Lyle Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

An great resource.