Biblical
Greek Resources
Compendium
of Greek Phonology This is my own summary of some of the
chief phonological factors involved in Greek morphology and lexicology;
it is intended to render the memorization of apparently irregular
paradigms more intelligible, even if no less tedious to learn.
This PDF file is pages 63-75 of A Supplement to Reading Greek,
an unpublished book of materials originally prepared for my students
in Beginning Greek at Washington University. I am now in the
process of revising it as as "Supplement to Beginning Greek
Textbooks" for use with a variety of Classical Attic and
Koine primers.
Funk,
Beginning-Intermediate Grammar of Hellenistic Greek: Introductory
materials: This is an extract from Robert W. Funk's 3-volume
textbook of Koine greek, first published in 1973 and long out
of print. The materials here extracted set forth the rationale
of Funk's method and sketch the linguistic framework on which
the textbook and teaching program are organized. I have long
thought that these are the principles that ought to govern the
teaching and learning of ancient Greek at any level, whether
Homeric, Classical Attic, or Koine.
IrregularVerbsGNT.pdf
A listing that I've drawn up from the vocabulary of Mounce's
Basics of Biblical Greek, indicating frequency in the
GNT, basic English meanings, principal parts, form(s) of the
simple root of the verb, and some comment on idiosyncracies of
each verb.
NewObsAncGrkVc.pdf
"New Observations on Ancient Greek Voice": PDF
version of my Nov. 19, 2002 expansive revision of my original
B-Greek message of May 27, 1997, "Observations on Ancient
Greek Voice."
Active,
Middle, and Passive: Understanding Ancient Greek Voice This
is a 9-page introduction to how the different voices in ancient
Greek work; it is intended to give practical guidance based upon
principles set forth in the longer article indicated above, "New
Observations on Ancient Greek Voice."
"Aorist
Passive" in -H-QH.pdf
Extracts from Pierre Chantraine and Andrew Sihler on the
origin of the aorist intransitive and "passive" verb
forms, here made available as documentation for "New Observations
on Ancient Greek Voice" above.
An
Overview of the Ancient Greek Verb: it consists of a section
A that tabulates all the endings of the finite verb as well as
infinitives and participles, and a section B that catalogs the
six tense-systems in terms of roots and stems formed from those
roots and illustrates the linking of stems and endings by presenting
"synopses" of a particular person and number.
AppendixNunn.pdf
Appendix of H.P.V. Nunn, A Short Syntax of New Testament
Greek (Cambridge U.P., 1913); this appendix contains Greek
texts of Acts 10 and of the following extracts from early Christian
Literature: selections from The Didache, I (?) Clement (to the
Corinthians), Hermas, Gospel acc. to Peter, "The Christians
In The World" (author unk.), Martyrdom of Ignatius, Martyrdom
of Carpus, Martyrdom of Polycarp, Justin Martyr's apology, Lucian's
view of Christians, and the Last Words of Socrates. The Greek
texts are annotated with simple glosses and references to items
in the grammar.
A Supplement to Reading Greek (1999) The materials included in this collection are all
supplementary handouts which I have distributed piecemeal in
roughly twenty years of teaching Beginning Greek at Washington
University in St. Louis with the JACT Cambridge Greek Course
entitled Reading Greek. Including are listings of Principal
Parts of Irregular Verbs, Charts showing construction of the
six systems involved in conjugation of the Greek verb, and a
brief selection of readings illustrating the history of the Greek
language from early inscriptions to 20th-century poetry. Anyone
who uses this booklet should note that my account of the verbal
voice system has undergone considerable change and should consult
Active,
Middle, and Passive: Understanding Ancient Greek Voice (listed
above) for a better account of voice usage.
Reading to Keep Alive and Extend Greek Skills
