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An Introduction to Biblical Greek: A Grammar with Exercises is unavailable, but you can change that!

A complete introductory grammar that builds on a classic approach to learning Greek. In An Introduction to Biblical Greek, John D. Schwandt integrates the rigor of a classic Greek grammar with the fruit of contemporary language learning. The result is a one-stop introduction to New Testament Greek that is both scholarly sound and academically friendly. This textbook teaches students the basics...

recessive principle. Verbs are accented as close to the beginning of the word as possible. The length of the last syllable (the “ultima”) determines how far forward an accent can be placed on a word. If the last syllable of a verb is long (i.e., if it contains a long vowel or a digraph, with the exception of αι or οι), the accent falls on the second-to-last syllable (the “penult”). If the last syllable of a verb is short (i.e., if it contains a short vowel1), the accent falls on the third-to-last