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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...

If a sentence has a neuter plural subject, often the verb will be singular. This is an exception to subject-verb agreement, provided as a rule in lesson 5. The reason for the exception is related to how we deal with collective nouns—such as “people,” “orchestra,” or “bunch.” It can be difficult to determine (in both English and Greek) whether to use a singular or plural verb with such subjects. In Greek, a collection was a conceptual idea; thus, such nouns tended to be feminine singular (explaining