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Basic Greek in 30 Minutes a Day

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I use this primer to teach beginning Greek to middle school students and also to adults. It is fun to use and proceeds at a good pace for those who are not ardent language acquisition artisans. By the end of the workbook, you will be able to do rudimentary translation of Greek scripture into English (such as the book of I John as it has a more simplified Grrek grammar than say Romans or Hebrews).

The author's stated aim was to provide beginners with a simple and straightforward introduction to classical Greek, as encountered in the New Testament. He has done this very successfully. The text is divided into a series of short lessons, each designed to take the student no more than about half an hour. The academic level is not high, but is such that on completion of this text, the student should have little trouble with a first year college course on classical Greek.

This book starts well, and really draws you in with fun images and a very hands-on approach to writing out page after page of word translations. The visuals are nice, and the language is very slowly introduced initially. However, as you get about midway into the book, you get much more deeply into the fundamentals of the language (grammar) and things get a lot more trickier. I knew going into it that Greek can be hard, but this book at least gives you an engaging format and introduction, and has you working with word translations at an early point. Worth checking out.

Although you won't know the entire Greek language when you finish this book, this book is a wonderful reference.

The book studies the bible and the Greek references in the New Testament. It's efficient and as it advertises, quick. The book includes lessons and then a short activity at the end of each chapter. A bonus of this book is that although it is mainly about the bible, it also deals with things like verbs.

This book is a wonderful beginning and one I recommend to all.

I bought this book recently and it has been presented very well.
The examples were easy to understand.Good book for beginners in Greek.

This is a great book and simple to understand. I am attempting to learn Greek so I can better understand some of the Bible New Testament which was written in Greek.

This book is better for student that have had an introduction to greek.
I found it great to bring one up to speed rapidly. It would great with
a teacher as an immersion method.