Reading Koine Greek

An Introduction and Integrated Workbook

Rodney J. Decker

© 2014 by Rodney J. Decker

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Decker, Rodney J., 1952–2014.

Reading Koine Greek: an introduction and integrated workbook / Rodney J. Decker.

pages; cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8010-3928-7 (cloth)

1. Greek language, Biblical—Grammar. 2. Greek language, Biblical—Grammar—Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title.

PA817.D38 2014

487′.4—dc23

2014013739

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are the author’s translation.

To my Greek teachers

Robert J. Williams

William E. Arp

Kenneth I. Brown

W. Edward Glenny

Contents

Expanded Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction: The Language of Koine Greek

Lessons

1. Alphabet Getting Started

2. Nouns: Part 1 Nominative and Accusative Cases

3. Nouns: Part 2 Genitive and Dative Cases

4. Pronouns: Part 1 Personal Pronouns

5. Verbs: Part 1 Verb Basics

6. Modifiers Adjectives and Adverbs

7. Verbs: Part 2 Simple Aorist Verbs

8. Syntax: Part 1 Conjunctions

9. Syntax: Part 2 Prepositions

10. Pronouns: Part 2 Other Types of Pronouns

11. Third Declension: Part 1 Nouns

12. Third Declension: Part 2 Adjectives and Pronouns

13. Verbs: Part 3 Verbal Semantics

14. Verbs: Part 4 Present (Imperfective) Indicative Verbs

15. Verbs: Part 5 Passive Voice and Middle-Only Verbs

16. Verbs: Part 6 Imperfect (Remote Imperfective) Indicative Verbs

17. Verbs: Part 7 Aorist (Perfective) Indicative Verbs

18. Verbs: Part 8 Second Aorist (Perfective) Indicative Verbs

19. Verbs: Part 9 Future Indicative Verbs

20. Verbs: Part 10 Perfect and Pluperfect (Stative) Indicative Verbs

21. Verbs: Part 11 Contract and Liquid Verbs

22. Non-finite Verbs: Part 1 Infinitives

23. Non-finite Verbs: Part 2 Imperfective Adverbial Participles

24. Non-finite Verbs: Part 3 Perfective Adverbial Participles

25. Non-finite Verbs: Part 4 Adjectival Participles

26. Non-finite Verbs: Part 5 Stative and Future Participles

27. Non-finite Verbs: Part 6 Genitive Absolutes and Periphrastics

28. Verbs: Part 12 Subjunctive-Mood Verbs

29. Verbs: Part 13 Imperative- and Optative-Mood Verbs

30. Syntax: Part 3 Formal Conditions

31. Syntax: Part 4 Informal Conditions and Discourse

32. μι Verbs: Part 1 Indicative Mood

33. μι Verbs: Part 2 Non-indicative Forms

Epilogue

Appendixes

A. Reference Charts

B. Morphology Catalog of Common Koine Verbs

C. Participle Chart

D. Vocatives: The Fifth Case

E. Greek Numbers and Archaic Letters

F. Glossary

Bibliography...

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About Reading Koine Greek: An Introduction and Integrated Workbook

This in-depth yet student-friendly introduction to Koine Greek provides a full grounding in Greek grammar, while starting to build skill in the use of exegetical tools. The approach, informed by twenty-five years of classroom teaching, emphasizes reading Greek for comprehension as opposed to merely translating it. The workbook is integrated into the textbook, enabling students to encounter real examples as they learn each new concept. The book covers not only New Testament Greek but also the wider range of Bible-related Greek (LXX and other Koine texts). It introduces students to reference tools for biblical Greek, includes tips on learning, and is supplemented by robust web-based resources through Baker Academic’s Textbook eSources, offering course help for professors and study aids for students.

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