Biblical Greek: Illustrated with Examples (Scripta Pontificii Instituti Biblici) [Paperback]

Joseph Smith SJ (Adapter), Maximilian Zerwick (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 8876535543 | ISBN-13: 978-8876535543 | Publication Date: June 1, 1963

A discussion of various points of Greek syntax of the New Testament with constant references to examples from the text. Of interest to all students of New Testament Greek, beginners and specialists.

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Book Description

A discussion of various points of Greek syntax of the New Testament with constant references to examples from the text. Of interest to all students of New Testament Greek, beginners and specialists alike. This work is referred to constantly in A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament and as such is a useful companion volume. It is also suitable as a textbook for an advanced course in Biblical Greek.

Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Biblical Institute Press (June 1, 1963)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8876535543
• ISBN-13: 978-8876535543
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #449,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and helpful. Keyed to Zerwick's Grammatical Analysis., October 3, 1997

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Jonathan W. Robie (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This very slim book has extremely clear, simple explanations. Better yet, it is keyed to a verse-by-verse grammatical analysis which tells you exactly which article to turn to in the grammar when you are looking at a difficult construction in the Bible. Highly recommended. Maximillian Zerwick originally wrote this in Latin, but Joseph Smith translated it into English for those of us who couldn't imagine learning Latin to read a book on Greek. For more reviews on grammars, lexicons, textbooks, and other Greek resources, see "http://www.mindspring.com/~jwrobie/littleGreek.html".

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for advanced students! Not for beginners!, October 29, 1998

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Andrew C. Smith (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This book is an excellent discussion of applied grammer. But the reader must already know how to decline nouns and conjugate verbs, and know which cases go with which prepositions. A thoughtful textual study. This book has been chosen by professors at CTS in Ft. Wayne, which is a recommendation all by itself.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Coupled with Zerwick's Gram. Analysis it's a great tool, October 10, 2005

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David A. Bielby "Ev Xpistw" (Normal, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biblical Greek: Illustrated with Examples (Scripta Pontificii Instituti Biblici) (Paperback)

I was told about this book in 1988. I'm still using it almost every week. For a pastor who tries to study the Greek NT for sermon exegesis weekly, this book gives me a quick way to understand more about textual issues and nuances of meanings that I would normally miss. One can learn a lot over time by referring to this book for 10 minutes or so for each sermon you develop...cherry picking relevant issues that relate to the text you are studying. Find the lesson to focus on in the Grammatical analysis book...then just read and reread the lesson in this book until you see clearly how it applies to your sermon (if it does). That can be done in ten minutes or less for each grammatical lesson related to a paragraph of Greek NT. Often he has 4 to 7 lessons associated with a paragraph! Each lesson varies in length from a couple lines of text to maybe a half page of stuff. References and exampls in the NT are there so you can see clearly what he is talking about. That's a lot of practical Greek training built into a sermon! If you put that into the regular mix of your sermon exegesis, you will find your confidence in things like simple prepositions and the various meanings they can be used for growing by leaps and bounds.

I think every pastor who works in the Greek NT should refer to this book alongside of Grammatical Analysis by Zerwick. Gordon Fee also recommends this book in his NT Exegesis (3rd Edition) which is used in Bible Colleges and Seminaries around the world. If you haven't used this book, you need to start in my view.