Complete New Testament Greek: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding New Testament Greek with Original Texts
Autor Gavin Bettsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 iun 2018
Evoluția studiilor biblice din ultimele decenii indică o revenire accentuată către sursele primare, îndepărtându-se de simpla memorare mecanică a tabelelor gramaticale în favoarea unei imersiuni directe în textul sacru. Considerăm că Complete New Testament Greek reprezintă un punct de referință în această tranziție, oferind o punte riguroasă între nivelul de începător și capacitatea de a traduce autonom Noul Testament. Autorul, Gavin Betts, valorifică decenii de experiență academică pentru a structura un parcurs care nu doar predă limba, ci o plasează în contextul ei istoric și cultural.
Subliniem organizarea extrem de logică a celor 21 de unități. De la alfabet și accente în prima unitate, progresia este atent calibrată pentru a introduce declinările și timpurile verbale (prezent, viitor, imperfect și aorist) prin intermediul unor fragmente autentice. Comparabil cu New Testament Greek de B. H. McLean în ceea ce privește rigoarea academică, volumul de față se distinge prin abordarea practică specifică seriei Teach Yourself, fiind actualizat pentru a facilita învățarea rapidă printr-un design aerisit și resurse suplimentare. Spre deosebire de alte manuale care folosesc exemple artificiale, Gavin Betts utilizează doar materiale primare, asigurându-se că studentul interacționează cu limba exact așa cum a fost ea scrisă acum două milenii.
Notăm cu interes prezența unor elemente auxiliare valoroase, precum „Excursus—Books in antiquity”, care oferă contextul material necesar înțelegerii modului în care textele au supraviețuit. Structura este întregită de un glosar de termeni gramaticali și hărți, transformând acest manual într-un instrument de lucru complet pentru studiul individual sau universitar.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1473627893
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 214 x 244 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Editura: John Murray Press
Colecția Teach Yourself
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
De ce să citești această carte
Această lucrare este esențială pentru studenții la teologie sau persoanele interesate de studiul biblic care doresc să citească Noul Testament în limba originală. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a gramaticii grecești koiné, trecând dincolo de traducerile intermediare. Este un curs testat în timp, care oferă satisfacția imediată a lecturii textului autentic, fiind ideal pentru cei care caută rigoare academică într-un format accesibil.
Recenzii
I have learned lots from this book myself - it is extremely detailed and Prof. Betts is clearly extremely knowledgeable about this particular form of Greek.
This journey to the heart of Christian scripture takes the reader back two thousand years to the New Testament, and the language in which it was written. It uses only original and primary materials from the New Testament to teach the simple, unambiguous form of Greek intended to broadcast the message of Christianity to the widest possible audience.
Complete New Testament Greek draws on extracts from the Gospels to teach the language in a way that assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the student. It introduces each new grammatical point systematically and thoroughly, ensuring complete understanding before progressing to the next stage and with emphasis on a deeper understanding. Throughout the book, grammar is explained and reinforced with a wide range of readings and exercises, including translation practice.
This course enables readers to understand what the New Testament authors actually wrote, removing the barrier of translation and allowing them to appreciate the fundamental texts of Christianity in their original form. From the earliest point, the reading material is taken from the Greek text of the New Testament itself, avoiding 'made up' phrases or reading exercises and helping the reader gain confidence in their ability to read the language. With a wide array of supporting resources and further insights into the history of the New Testament, this is an ideal language course for anyone interested in reading the scriptures as they were meant to be understood, with an enhanced appreciation of their significance.
Gavin Betts was Associated Professor of Classical Studies at Monash University, Victoria, Australia. His publications include Complete Latin, Complete Ancient Greek, and various translations of medieval and Modern Greek texts.
This edition includes:
Grammatical tables * Verb tables * Greek-English vocabulary
"I have learned lots from this book myself - it is extremely detailed and Professor Betts is extremely knowledgeable about this particular form of Greek." - Dr Cressida Ryan, University of Oxford
Cuprins
- : Introduction
- : How to use this book
- : Glossary of grammatical terms
- : Abbreviations
- : Unit 1: 1.1/1 The Greek alphabet and its pronunciation /2 Accents .2 Exercise
- : Unit 2: 2.1/1 Nouns in Greek /2 Second declension and the masculine and neuter definite article /3 Basic uses of cases /4 Verbs in Greek /5 Present and future indicative active /6 Word order and elision .2 Greek reading /1 Vocabulary .3 The nature o
- : Unit 3: 3.1/1 First declension (feminine nouns) and the feminine definite article /2 First declension (masculine nouns) /3 First and second declension adjectives /4 Adverbs /5 Prepositions /6 Present indicative and infinitive of 'I am' .2 Greek read
- : Unit 4: 4.1/1 Imperfect indicative active and weak aorist indicative and infinitive active /2 Personal pronouns /3 Non-Greek proper nouns /4 Connecting particles .2 Greek reading /1 Vocabulary .3 Excursus—Books in antiquity
- : Unit 5: 5.1/l Third declension—consonant stem nouns (1) /2 Contracted verbs /3 Further uses of the definite article .2 Greek reading /1 Vocabulary
- : Unit 6: 6.1/1 Third declension—consonant stem nouns (2) /2 'know' /3 Compound verbs formed with prepositional prefixes /4 stems in palatals, labials, dentals .2 Greek reading /1 Vocabulary
- : Unit 7: 7.1/1 Strong aorist indicative and infinitive active /2 Direct and indirect speech /3 'say' and direct speech /4 Indirect command /5 Numerals /6 Phrases expressing time and space .2 Greek reading /1 Vocabulary
- : Unit 8: 8.1/1 Middle and passive voices /2 Deponent verbs /3 Negatives /4 Indirect statement /5 Third declension nouns—stems .2 Greek reading /1 Vocabulary .3 Excursus—How the New Testament has been transmitted
- : Unit 9: 9.1/1 Demonstrative pronouns /2 A relative pronoun and adjectival clauses /3 Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns /4 Possessive adjectives and pronouns .2 Greek reading /1 Vocabulary
- : Unit 10: 10.1/1 Questions, direct and indirect /2 First and third declension adjectives /3 Third declension adjectives .2 Greek reading
- : Unit 11: 11.1/1 Aorist passive, root aorist and future passive /2 Agent and instrument /3 Crasis .2 Greek reading
- : Unit 12: 12.1/1 Participles /2 Uses of participles .2 Greek reading .3 Excursus—The text of the New Testament
- : Unit 13: 13.1/1 Moods of the Greek verb /2 Subjunctive mood /3 Uses of the subjunctive (1) /3 Optative mood and its uses .2 Greek reading
- : Unit 14: 14.1/1 Uses of the subjunctive (2) /2 Perfect indicative active .2 Greek reading
- : Unit 15: 15.1/1 Verbs used with the genitive or dative /2 Further particles 2 Greek reading
- : Unit 16: 16.1/1 Pluperfect indicative active /3 Perfect and pluperfect indicative middle/passive /4 Other parts of the perfect tense .2 Greek reading
- : Unit 17: 17.1/1 Imperative mood - commands and prohibitions /2 Comparison of adjectives and adverbs /3 Meaning of the comparative and superlative /4 Constructions involving the comparative .2 Greek reading .3 Excursus—The Septuagint
- : Unit 18: 18.1/1 'give', 'put', 'place' /3 Conditional sentences /4 Other potential constructions .2 Greek reading
- : Unit 19: 19.1/1 Eccentric verbs .2 Greek reading
- : Unit 20: 20.1/1 Uses of cases (1) - nominative and accusative /3 Uses of cases (2) - genitive /4 Oddities in verbs .2 Greek reading .3 Excursus—Translations of the New Testament
- : Unit 21: 21.1/1 Uses of cases (3) - dative /2 First and second declension contracted adjectives /3 Further demonstrative and relative adjectives/pronouns .2 Greek reading
- : Suggestions for further study
- : Appendices
- : 1 Conjugation of 'loosen'
- : 2 Conjugation of contracted verbs (present and imperfect)
- : 3 Conjugation of 'be', 'say', 'know'
- : 4 Root aorists
- : 5 Conjugation of 'give', 'put', 'place', 'make stand'
- : 6 Numerals
- : 7 Accentuation
- : Key to exercises
- : Principal parts of verbs
- : Vocabulary
- : Index