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Designed as a textbook for teaching introductory Greek grammar and syntax, Greek Is Good Grief: Laying the Foundation for Exegesis and Exposition uses a graded database, beginning with the simpler Greek of John 1, moving to Mark 8 as an example of middle level Greek, and concluding with 1 Thessalonians 1–2 as representative of Paul’s style. Working from that database, the chapters introduce first...

To this point one mood (indicative) and two modes (participle and infinitive) have been introduced. There are, however, three additional Greek moods. In this chapter the Subjunctive mood will be introduced. In the next chapter the Optative and Imperative moods will be explained. Mood portrays the speaker’s affirmation of whether he views the action or state as actual, probable, possible, or potential. Greek verbs may, therefore, occur in any of four moods. In the
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