Lesson 10 | Odds & Ends, Part 2
[3] Next Steps: Resources
At this point in your journey of learning NT Greek, you very likely have a mixture of emotions. You should rightly feel a sense of great accomplishment. You may also feel something like a toddler, who has just learned to walk. There is an eagerness to start running, yet you find yourself still stumbling over the little things. You are not alone!
In these next two lesson steps, we want to point you to some resources and strategies that will help you advance in the journey.
Scattered throughout our series of Greek courses, we have highlighted a variety of textbooks and supplemental resources. Following is a summary list with brief comments on each.
Beginning Greek Grammars
Personally, I have found it tremendously valuable to review beginning grammars. It helps lock in familiar concepts. I also regularly find little details that had been missed when I was first learning the basics.
- Basics of Biblical Greek, William Mounce (544 pages). Read the footnotes: they are a treasure chest of helpful details.
- Beginning Greek, Benjamin Merkle and Robert Plummer (401 pages). The authors have distilled the essentials.
- Reading Koine Greek, Rodney Decker (704 pages). Decker brings a fresh approach to learning Greek in a very readable style.
Intermediate Greek Grammars
Having completed our series of beginning Greek courses, you are well-equipped to move to the next level of Greek studies.
- Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, Daniel Wallace (860 pages). This is the heavy weight of all Greek grammars. This is not a book you will likely read through, but it is an invaluable reference resource.
- The Basics of New Testament Syntax, Daniel Wallace (336 pages). An abridged version of Wallace's big grammar. The formatting is not easy to follow, but still, it is a great quick reference tool.
- Going Deeper with New Testament Greek, Andreas Köstenberger, Benjamin Merkle, and Robert Plummer (550 pages). This text is very readable. The authors helpfully track with more recent scholarship.
General Resources
- The Handy Guide to New Testament Greek, Douglas Huffman (112 pages). Exactly what the title says, a handy guide.
- Robert Plummer’s Daily Dose of Greek. One of the keys to maintaining and growing your skill in reading your Greek NT is building a pattern of regular review. This habit comes to you every day via email.
- Greek NT Diagramming Facebook Group. A discussion group with Randy Leedy, author of a complete set of New Testament Greek Sentence Diagrams.
- Bible Vocab app. This vocabulary flashcard app is specifically designed for biblical Greek (and Hebrew). You can easily create vocabulary sets based on frequency and/or biblical passages.
- A Book-by-Book Guide to New Testament Greek Vocabulary, Christopher Fresch (200 pages). Includes a list of high-frequency vocabulary (40x or more) and then a book-by-book list of lower-frequency words. Also includes a helpful appendix on difficult verb forms.
Exegetical Guides
The following two series are excellent resources if you are interested in studying a specific NT book. They do not have the same scope as a general commentary, but focus on the Greek grammar/syntax and the exegetical issues that arise directly from the grammar.
- Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament (21 books)