New Testament Greek

[Kendall]

My son, who will be in 11th next year, wants to study New Testament Greek. What are the options for self study? I've kept up in Latin with him for 3 years, but I will not have the time this year to do Greek. We do have a few people that he can go to for help.

What would you suggest?

Thanks,
Kendall

[percytruffle]

I have had this site bookmarked for ages, but we haven't gotten around to using it yet. I thought I'd pass it along.

New Testament Greek (http://www.inthebeginning.org/ntgreek/index.htm)

[Laura K (NC)]

for learning biblical Greek:
http://www.greekbiblestudy.org/gnt/main.do

You have to register, but then it is such a great resource. I use it for exegesis.

I learned Greek in college for three quarters. I found it easier than Latin. It would take some kind of motivated kid to stick with it, though, without some kind of deadlines and prompts. One of my sons is trying to teach himself Japanese and I just can't bring myself to learn it along with him, so he's progressing very, very slowly. His motivation is to go to Japan on exchange, but that isn't really enough to keep him going in the day-to-day.

I googled biblical+greek+course+school and came up with some interesting options. It looks like there are classes out there, but I can't tell how good they are.

Greek takes so much time to memorize, I think this would be a good subject to do with a tutor's help once a week. If you have this kind of local help, that seems like the ideal way to go.

[Beth in Central TX]

Thank you for this link; I'll pass it along to my DH.

My boys are just about to finish up the 3rd volume of the Elementary Greek series. Next school year my DH is going to move them into Machen's New Testament Greek for Beginners and use the corresponding workbook found at Amazon. It's a high school level book, but we'll take about 3 years to move through it.

[Jenn in CA]

We're using Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek. Great for self-study which is what my boys are doing. You can buy a workbook and from Mounce's website, you can download the answers to the workbook. He even has quizzes at the website (no answers for those) and some short lectures that can supplement the book, I believe. And, a computer flashcard quizzing program to download. All this extra stuff is free.

This text is very doable, esp. if you've already had Latin. Oh, and about self-study, I'm even having them grade their own work, in order for them to see the correct translations for themselves. The answers are very thorough; every single word is translated so you can tell exactly where your mistake was.

[Jenn in CA]

Oops, wanted to clarify a couple things. First, the lectures are audio files. And as to what to buy, you should buy the textbook and the workbook.

BTW this book is designed to be completed by seminary students in one year. It covers pretty much all grammar and several hundred of the most common NT vocab. I think it's very doable for a motivated high schooler to complete it in a year (although we're doing a little slower).

[Jackie in AR]

My son, who will be in 11th next year, wants to study New Testament Greek. What are the options for self study? I've kept up in Latin with him for 3 years, but I will not have the time this year to do Greek. We do have a few people that he can go to for help.

What would you suggest?

Thanks,
Kendall

Harvey Bluedorn's Greek books are written to be used as self-studies, and he recommends them for students 13 and above. He now has the 2nd volume in beta format. You can see it here:

http://www.triviumpursuit.com/xcart/home.php?cat=256

[Mamagistra]

My boys are just about to finish up the 3rd volume of the Elementary Greek series...

:hurray: I stand in awe! :)

[mom2abcd]

We (dh, myself, and kids then ages 6 and 10) did well with Hey,Andrew, Teach Me Some Greek Level 2...

We tried Elementary Greek and failed.

Dh is continuing with Mounce with a local pastor.

I want to try this:
Online classes, including 10 week Greek alphabet course, Greek grammar, etc. $20/course/family.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Resource Center
http://lphrc.org/

The following is Attic Greek, but I would consider it:
High school Greek

Scholars Online
http://www.scholarsonline.org/Info/greek.php

Classes meet from September 5, 2007 to May 28, 2008
Wednesday 4:45 PM to 6:15 PM ET • Friday 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM ET
Tuition: $450.00


Nissi
My ds. takes an online Greek class with Scholars Online. They use the college text by Hansen and Quinn. He likes it so far. At the end of the first year, the child will be able to read the New testament with a lexicon.
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LaJuana
We are another family who has had an excellent experience with Scholars Online Greek classes..
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Gwen in VA
My son also does Greek through Scholars Online He is in the middle of Greek 3. At this point, he knows more Greek and is more comfortable doing on-the-spot translations than any of the men in our church (inluding three seminary grads!). my son can sit and "read" his Greek new testament ( with a little help from the lexicon of course!)

The Greek that SO offers is Attic Greek and so is not geared specifically towards Biblical Greek, but Attic Greek is the more complex form. Ds has not learned any Bible-specific vocab, but if he were also working through a Biblical Greek text to help with Bible-specific vocab, he would be amazing with Biblical Greek!
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The class is scheduled twice a week for 1 hour and 30 minutes each. Yes, it's online and adults can take their courses. Their web address is www.scholarsonline.org.
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[ereks mom]

...link: http://bteministries.org/learnkoinegreek

[ksva]

All 5 dc and I have been using this for over a year and really like it. They are all working at the same pace. (I am WAY behind them. It took me forever just to learn the alphabet. :)

Oldest ds (at home) did Vol. I of Bluedorn's Greek and said he liked the Mounce program better.

HTH,
Kathy