Beginning with New Testament Greek

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Benefits of Beginning with New Testament Greek

  • The most up-to-date elementary New Testament Greek grammar on the market in terms of pedagogy, scholarship, and free online resources.
  • Readable and student-friendly.
  • Includes extensive practice exercises (all translation sentences from the Greek New Testament) and a detailed answer key.
  • Designed to be optimal for both one-semester and two-semester classes.
  • Includes introductory discussions of text criticism, commentaries, critical editions of the Greek New Testament, diagramming, Greek word studies, and digital resources.
  • Incorporates current scholarship on verbal aspect, discourse functions of tenses, and middle voice/deponency.
  • Extensive free digital resources found at BeginningGreek.com. These include overview video lectures for each chapter, vocabulary videos, and mnemonic videos. In addition, the website contains free resources prepared for both students (vocabulary flashcards, PDFs of PowerPoint files, links to videos and other resources, etc.) and professors (tests, quizzes, PowerPoint files, OneNote folder keyed to textbook, syllabi, etc.).
  • Each textbook chapter begins with a “significance” section—looking at specific text from the Greek New Testament that illustrates the meaning payoff of the new grammatical category that is being introduced.
  • Chapters contain multiple practice exercises that isolate specific new skills before applying them to translation sentences.
  • Biblingo.org (separate subscription or purchase) has an immersive vocabulary flashcard deck keyed to the textbook.  The flashcards employ the communicative method of learning vocabulary with live video clips. The student may choose from a variety of pronunciation schemes for the flashcards: Erasmian, Modern, or Reconstructed Koine.

Beginning with New Testament Greek

by Benjamin Merkle, Robert Plummer

Beginning with New Testament Greek

by Benjamin Merkle, Robert Plummer

Hardcover
$39.99
Getting Started with New Testament Greek is a user-friendly textbook for elementary Greek courses at the college or seminary level.

Beginning with New Testament Greek

by Benjamin Merkle, Robert Plummer

Beginning with New Testament Greek, eBook

by Benjamin Merkle, Robert Plummer

eBook
$29.99
Getting Started with New Testament Greek is a user-friendly textbook for elementary Greek courses at the college or seminary level.

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Voices from the Classroom

  • Merkle and Plummer show how to get started with New Testament Greek without getting lost in an ancient language. This book explains Greek in a way that people who are not language nerds can easily understand and eventually progress toward being able to read the New Testament in the original Greek. In short, this is a book that students will enjoy and instructors will appreciate.

    Michael Bird, academic dean and lecturer in theology, Ridley College

  • Beginning with New Testament Greek is exactly what today’s teachers and students need. Students can rest assured they are getting here the very best of scholarship in the service of the church. I recommend Beginning with New Testament Greek with enthusiasm—an abundant feast for mind and heart alike.

    J. Scott Duvall, professor of New Testament and J.C. and Mae Fuller Chair of Biblical Studies, Ouachita Baptist University

  • Do we really need another beginning Greek grammar? Merkle and Plummer show us that the answer is yes! The book is written by two veteran teachers of Elementary Greek, and the clarity of their teaching is evident on every page of their grammar. I recommend this textbook with enthusiasm.

    Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, professor of biblical theology, and associate dean, the School of Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Meet the Authors

Beginning with New Testament Greek Vocabulary and Paradigm Cards

by Benjamin L. Merkle, Robert L. Plummer

Beginning with New Testament Greek Vocabulary and Paradigm Cards

by Benjamin L. Merkle, Robert L. Plummer

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These Greek flashcards will aid students in their beginning study of the Greek New Testament.

Charts for Beginning Greek Grammar and Syntax

by Benjamin L. Merkle, Robert L. Plummer

Charts for Beginning Greek Grammar and Syntax

by Benjamin L. Merkle, Robert L. Plummer

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A folded, laminated chart that’s the best Greek “cheat sheet” keyed to Beginning with New Testament Greek.

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Chapter Overviews

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  • BNTG Chapter 2

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  • BNTG Chapter 3

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  • BNTG Chapter 4

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  • BNTG Chapter 5

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  • BNTG Chapter 6

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  • BNTG Chapter 7

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  • BNTG Chapter 8

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  • BNTG Chapter 9

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  • BNTG Chapter 10

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  • BNTG Chapter 11

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  • BNTG Chapter 12

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  • BNTG Chapter 13

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  • BNTG Chapter 14

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  • BNTG Chapter 15

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  • BNTG Chapter 16

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  • BNTG Chapter 17

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  • BNTG Chapter 18

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  • BNTG Chapter 19

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  • BNTG Chapter 20

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  • BNTG Chapter 21

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  • BNTG Chapter 22

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  • BNTG Chapter 23

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  • BNTG Chapter 24

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Vocabulary Videos

  • Vocabulary Chapter 1 (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 2 (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 3 (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 4 (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 5 (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 6 (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 7 (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 8 (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 9 (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 10 (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 11  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 12  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 13  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 14  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 15  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 16  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 17  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 18  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 19  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 20  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 21  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 22  (BNTG)

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  • Vocabulary Chapter 23 (BNTG)

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Songs & Memory Devices

  • Greek Alphabet Song

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  • Amazing Greek 1st and 2nd Declension Noun Song

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  • “Everyday” Active Indicative Verb Endings Song

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  • The B-I-B-L-E and εἰμι, sung by Jeff Hurtgen 

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  • Present Middle Passive Indicative Endings Memory Device (1)

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  • Imperfect Indicative of εἰμι 

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  • Imperfect Middle-Passive Indicative Memory Device

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  • Come Thou Personal Pronouns Song 

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  • The Greek (Active) Verb Song  (2nd Active Verb Song option)

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  • Infinitives Song, to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”

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  • Full YouTube Playlist

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Homework

  • Homework Chapter 1 (BNTG)

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