A grammar of New Testament Greek / Rodney A. Whitacre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitacre, Rodney A., author.

Contributor:

Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Series:

Eerdmans language resources

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Greek language, Biblical--Textbooks.

Greek language, Biblical.

Greek language, Biblical--Grammar.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xiv, 508 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021.

Summary:

"A beginning-intermediate grammar that covers the morphological and syntactical material most commonly met when reading texts written in Koine Greek, such as the New Testament, the Septuagint, and the Apostolic Fathers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction to Greek Writing, Pronunciation, and Punctuation

Essential Material

Further Related Details

2. Basic Features of Ancient Greek

Core Elements in Clauses

Key Features of the Verbals

Key Features of the Nominals

Learning and Parsing Verbals and Nominals

Word Formation and Word Families

3. Morphology of Nominal Forms

The First and Second Declensions

Second Declension Nouns

First Declension Nouns

First and Second Declension Adjectives

The Third Declension

Third Declension Nouns

Third Declension Adjectives

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Diminutives

Adverbs

Pronouns

4. Morphology of Verbal Forms

The Primary Tense-Forms in the Indicative

The Present Indicative Tense-Form

The Future Indicative Tense-Form

The Perfect Indicative Tense-Form

The Secondary Tense-Forms in the Indicative

The Imperfect Indicative Tense-Form

The Aorist Indicative Tense-Form

The Pluperfect Indicative Tense-Form

Principal Parts

A List of Basic Greek Tense-Form Components

The Subjunctive Mood

The Imperative Mood

TheOptativeMood

The Infinitive

The Participle

Present Participles

Future Participles

Aorist Participles

Perfect Participles

5. Greek Syntax

The Definite Article

The Article as a Structure Signal

Other Uses of the Article

The Absence of the Definite Article

Cases

Nominative

Vocative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Comparatives and Superlatives

Verbs

Aspect and Aktionsart

Further General Verbal Details

Present Tense-Form: Aspect and Aktionsarten

Future Tense-Form: Aspect and Aktionsarten

Perfect Tense-Form: Aspect and Aktionsarten

Imperfect Tense-Form: Aspect and Aktionsarten

Aorist Tense-Form: Aspect and Aktionsarten

Pluperfect Tense-Form: Aspect and Aktionsarten

The Subjunctive

The Optative

The Imperative

Sentences and Clauses

Subordinate Clauses

Subordinate Clauses Functioning Like a Noun or Adjective

Subordinate Clauses Functioning Like an Adverb

Sentence Connectors and Conjunctions

Word Clusters within Clauses

Word Order and Emphasis

Word Order and Emphasis between Clauses

Word Order and Emphasis within Clauses

Sentence Mapping

Appendix 1 Rules for Accenting

Appendix 2 Words Distinguished by Their Accents and Breathing Marks

Appendix 3 Common Suffixes

Appendix 4 Paradigms for Reference

Appendix 5 Summary of Selected Syntax Topics

Appendix 6 Simple Overview of English Grammar Essentials

Appendix 7 Suggestions for Approaching a Sentence in Greek

Appendix 8 Principal Parts of Common Greek Verbs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-478) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780802879271

0802879276

OCLC:

1237693696

Publisher Number:

99990178704