A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek

by William D. Mounce

Making the leap from the basics of biblical Greek to its real-life application can be a frustrating challenge for students of intermediate Greek. A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek was developed to make the transition easier.

It takes beginning exegetes from simple to progressively more difficult biblical texts. Students can now learn New Testament Greek the way they would any other language: through a graded program. A Graded...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310205824
• ISBN13: 9780310205821
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Good for the self initiated

I am partially self-taught in Biblical Greek (one semester of Greek in bible college) and owe my success in this effort to Bill Mounce's excellent Grammar and Daniel Wallace's equally excellent Syntax volume. I purchased the graded reader after completing both and have been steadily working through it. Each chapter presents a passage of Scripture in Greek (though the last two chapters are from the LXX and Didache) with comments and questions about grammar, syntax, and even exegetical points. Each chapter is increased in difficulty. It serves to effectively illustrate many of the important points in the grammar and syntax books. My comprehension of Biblical Greek is better for it. It is a fun book to work through if you enjoy Greek. I wish it were the first in a series. Highly recommended.

your own personal tutor in Biblical Greek

This workbook has been kept me on the right track thoughout my studies of Greek. In a fairly systematic way, Mounce introduces practical grammatical and syntactical ideas as they show up in the given texts and keys them into Wallace's grammar. This allows the student to inductively learn and retain more intermediate concepts while working in the New Testament without having to sit down and read Wallace cover to cover (which would take a long time...)

Excellant for self study

First work through Basics including the workbook, then A Summer Greek Reader (for practice with easy syntax and additional vocablary memorization), then this. After that read the Greek New Testament with A Reader's Lexicon to cut down on time spent thumbing through the lexicon. Start with the gospels or Acts.

Great workbook

Interesting passages, well annotated; good review of grammar; original methode (phrasing) to unterstand the text I think all these qualities plead for this companion to Greek Grammar beyond the Basics (and others).The format is well adapted. The difficulty is introduced step by step.I can't imagine a best way to learn Greek New Testament than in the Greek New Testament, and this the case of this recommanded book.

Excellent tool for Intermediate Greek

Looking for an Intermediate Reader for Biblical Greek students? Look no further. This reader is a great tool for helping students move from beginning Greek to more difficult Greek. It also contains helps for Greek syntax and phrasing.