A Summer Greek Reader [Paperback]

Richard J. Goodrich (Author), David Diewert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2001

A Summer Greek Reader is the first practical text specifically designed to help students of introductory Greek Strengthen their grasp of the essentials over the summer. By spending just twenty minutes a day, students not only maintain when they've learned in their first-year class, but will also build their working vocabulary and gain practice with extended Greek New Testament passages. This volume is perfect for students who want to begin reading complete passages of the Greek New Testament while avoiding the complexities encountered in intermediate and advanced studies. A Summer Greek Reader encourages readers to memorize new words while applying the essentials of Greek to translating larger blocks of the New Testament text. * Passages are selected for their straightforward syntax. * Unfamiliar words are cross-referenced or defined in footnotes eliminating the need for lexical work. * English translations are provided for each passage so students can check their work. Self-contained and easy to use, A Summer Greek Reader is a rewarding means of strengthening the knowledge first-year Greek students have worked so hard to acquire. By eliminating then need to rebuild old foundations and by minimizing the mad dash for a bigger vocabulary during the first weeks of second-year Greek, this book will quickly prove its worth to students and educators alike.

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A Summer Greek Reader is the first practical text specifically designed to help students of introductory Greek Strengthen their grasp of the essentials over the summer. By spending just twenty minutes a day, students not only maintain when they’ve learned in their first-year class, but will also build their working vocabulary and gain practice with extended Greek New Testament passages.

This volume is perfect for students who want to begin reading complete passages of the Greek New Testament while avoiding the complexities encountered in intermediate and advanced studies. A Summer Greek Reader encourages readers to memorize new words while applying the essentials of Greek to translating larger blocks of the New Testament text. • Passages are selected for their straightforward syntax. • Unfamiliar words are cross-referenced or defined in footnotes eliminating the need for lexical work. • English translations are provided for each passage so students can check their work. Self-contained and easy to use, A Summer Greek Reader is a rewarding means of strengthening the knowledge first-year Greek students have worked so hard to acquire. By eliminating then need to rebuild old foundations and by minimizing the mad dash for a bigger vocabulary during the first weeks of second-year Greek, this book will quickly prove its worth to students and educators alike.

About the Author

Richard J. Goodrich (Ph.D., University of St. Andrews) is lecturer in the department of history at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.

David Diewert (PhD, University of Toronto) is an adjunct professor of New Testament at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; Workbook edition (March 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310236606
• ISBN-13: 978-0310236603
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #878,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Diewert (PhD, University of Toronto) is an adjunct professor of New Testament at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Study Aid, April 24, 2001

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"etjchildress" (Bloomington, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Summer Greek Reader (Paperback)

This book is perfect for any student (Highschool or College) who wishes to preserve what was learned during the school year. It contains 12 weeks worth of daily reading passages and parsing questions. The length of the reading passages only require about 15-20 minutes a day and the 3 parsing questions are perfect for paradigm maintenance. Each chapter has a small vocabulary list which is easy to memorize in a small amount of time. Also, students can check the back of the book which contains full English translations of the daily passages. It would be helpful if it had a comprehensive Vocabulary list in the back but, if a word is forgotten, it is not that difficult to look through the lesson lists. Overall, this book is a terrific collection of daily 20 minute studies.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful Exercise Material, September 16, 2007

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Andy Kaylor (Beaverton, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Summer Greek Reader (Paperback)

This is a pretty good workbook for its stated purpose. I worked through Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek on my own, and when I was done I found this book to be at a very good level for practicing and maintaining what I had learned.

Probably the chief drawback to this workbook is that it encourages the practice of thinking of the Greek text in terms of Englishing the text rather than actually trying to understand the Greek directly. As I worked through it, after producing my "translation" I tried to go back and re-read the Greek to see how much I could understand without thinking it in English.

There were a few (but just a few) cases where unfamiliar vocabulary wasn't defined as described in the preface. There were more than a few cases where verbs were presented for parsing in completely unfamiliar forms, so that rather than practicing parsing one is actually learning a new principle part. That's useful, obviously, but a little frustrating. I would have rather had a footnote hinting at the lexical form.

My biggest complaint about this book is that the binding on my copy was terrible. The pages kept falling out. By the time I finished, the last page was the only page still attached to the cover.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Workbook, March 5, 2008

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Anthony C. Papadakis "VBConst68" (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Summer Greek Reader (Paperback)

I used Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek for Seminary Greek and have found this an excellent way to maintain what I learned. I like gaining experience translating larger passages from the Greek text. I'm starting to feel more comfortable working with the Greek.

The one reviewer who said the binding is terrible and that pages quickly fall out is absolutely correct.

It was very helpful to use this workbook with Mounce's BBG Vocab cards. The vocab lists are organized in a Friends, Cousins and Strangers format, but they actually pick up from the BBG vocab card list and move in order.

Overall, the tie-in with Mounce's BBG material is excellent and this is a more than worthwhile investment to maintain your NT Greek and prepare for Mounce's Graded Biblical Reader.