New Testament Greek for Laymen: An Introductory Grammar

Michael A. Merritt

University Press of America, 2002 - Education - 258 pages

New Testament Greek for Laymen is an introduction to New Testament Greek designed for the non-specialist - the average person who would like to study the language of the New Testament, but may not have the opportunity to do so in college or at seminary.

Contents

• The Greek Alphabet: 1
• Present Active Indicative: 11
• Second Declension Nouns: 19
• First Declension Nouns: 29
• Adjectives and Adverbs: 35
• Prepositions: 43
• Personal Pronouns: 49
• Demonstrative Pronouns Conjunctions and Particles: 57
• Present Passive and Middle Indicative: 63
• Deponent Verbs: 69
• Imperfect Active and MiddlePassive Indicative: 75
• Future Active and Middle Indicative: 81
• Aorist Active and Middle Indicative: 87
• Aorist and Future Passive Indicative: 95
• Third Declension Nouns: 101
• Perfect and Pluperfect Indicative: 111
• Contract Verbs: 119
• The Infinitive: 127
• Present Participles: 135
• Aorist Participles: 145
• Perfect Participles Genitive Absolute Periphrastic Constructions: 153
• Conditional Sentences: 161
• Imperative Mood: 171
• Additional Pronouns and Numerals: 179
• Irregular Adjectives and Comparison of Adjectives: 189
• vi: 196
• The Article: 203
• General Rules of Accent: 211
• GreekEnglish Vocabulary: 225
• Principal Parts of Greek Verbs: 241
• Subject Index: 255

About the author

Michael A. Merritt teaches New Testament Greek as a continuing education course. He is an Analyst with the Department of Defense.

Bibliographic information

• Title: New Testament Greek for Laymen: An Introductory Grammar
• Author: Michael A. Merritt
• Publisher: University Press of America, 2002
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jul 22, 2010
• ISBN: 0761823190, 9780761823193
• Length: 258 pages
• Subjects: Education / Teaching / General; Foreign Language Study / Greek (Modern); Religion / Biblical Reference / Language Study