Greek for the Rest of Us: Using Greek Tools without Mastering Biblical Languages

by William D. Mounce

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2003

Overview

You don’t have to be a Greek student to understand biblical Greek. If you’d love to learn Greek so you can study your Bible better, but you can’t spare two years for college or seminary courses, then Greek for the Rest of Us is for you. Developed by renowned Greek teacher William Mounce, this revolutionary crash-course on “baby Greek” will acquaint you with the essentials of the language and deepen your understanding of God’s Word. You’ll gain a sound knowledge of basic Greek, and you’ll learn how to use tools that will add muscle to your Bible studies. In six sections, Greek for the Rest of Us will help you: • Recite the Greek alphabet • Read and pronounce Greek words • Learn the Greek noun and verbal system • Conduct Greek word studies • Decipher why translations are different • Read better commentaries Greek for the Rest of Us broadens your knowledge still further with an appendix on biblical Hebrew.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Tense. In Greek, a tense carries two connotations: aspect and time.” (Page 146)

“The imperfect is always continuous; the aorist is always undefined.” (Page 157)

“The undefined aspect means that the action of the verb is thought of as a simple event, without commenting on whether or not it is a process.” (Page 146)

“The perfect aspect describes an action that was brought to completion and has effects carrying into the present.” (Page 146)

“This difference between a simple event (‘studied’) and a process (‘was studying’) is what we mean by ‘aspect.’” (Page 145)

Product Details

• Title: Greek for the Rest of Us: Using Greek Tools without Mastering Biblical Languages
• Author: William D. Mounce
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 2003
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. › Language, style; Greek language, Biblical › Grammar
• ISBNs: 9780310499473, 031049947X
• Resource ID: LLS:GRKRESTUSMOUNCE
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:22:12Z

About William D. Mounce

William D Mounce (PhD, Aberdeen University) lives as a writer in Washougal, Washington. He is the President of BiblicalTraining.org, a non-profit organization offering world-class educational resources for discipleship in the local church. See www.BillMounce.com for more information. Formerly he was a preaching pastor, and prior to that a professor of New Testament and director of the Greek Program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of the bestselling Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Greek, and many other resources. He was the New Testament chair of the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and is serving on the NIV translation committee.