A Short Syntax of New Testament Greek

This book is not intended to be a complete syntax of New Testament Greek; its aim is to present the main features of that subject for the benefit of students in Theological Colleges and of those who take up the study of Greek, chiefly with a view to reading the New Testament.It is founded wholly on the Greek of the New Testament, but it is hoped that it may be useful to those who expect to read a little Classical Greek as well. It seems to the writer that those who do not begin to learn Greek early, and who do not expect to make a thorough study of the Classical authors, may best begin the study of the language with the New Testament.The style of the writers of the Gospels and the Acts is very simple, and may generally be translated straight into English, while the style even of such a simple Classical author as Xenophon needs considerable adaptation.Moreover the vocabulary of such books as the Gospel and Epistles of St John is so limited that the student is not burdened at the beginning of his course with a long, and daily increasing, list of new words. Most of the words which he meets with are easily learnt from their frequent repetition.Care has been taken to indicate all deviations from Classical usage, and occasional notes have been added on usages which are confined to, but common in Classical Greek.Some of the rules are illustrated by Latin1 as well as by Greek examples. The student probably has some knowledge of Latin, and it is believed that these examples will help him to remember the Greek rules either as parallels or contrasts Read more