Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #571082 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

Customer Reviews

An intuitive approach to learning NT Greek
Many books teaching Greek make you start by learning all about grammar and then giving lists of endings to memorise. I found this killed any enthusiasm I had for learning within about one chapter.

In contrast, Dobson's book gets you reading Greek almost from the start, in an intuitive way. You learn by doing and translating. The information about what the grammar is called comes only later, when you already know and understand (and can use) it in practice.

This means that you feel able to dive into the New Testament and have a go at reading it far earlier, which maintains enthusiasm.

Any disadvantages? It is not for everyone. Some people prefer having everything set out in front of them (all the tables of endings and so on) right at the beginning, and may feel slightly lost at the much freer approach of this book.

Also, because the emphasis is on reading Greek rather than knowing the technical terms for the grammar, you are more likely to be puzzled by a commentary referring to a genitive absolute (though you would be able to translate one - you just may not know what it was formally called).

But overall, if you want to read the New Testament in the Greek rather than just understand commentaries better, then I think this is an excellent book.

I just wish he would write one for Hebrew.

Learn New Testament Greek
This is a very good first Greek book. It introduces grammar slowly (but completely) and gets you doing *lots* of translation. As with any language learning, some memorisation will be required, but he tries to make it all feel very natural, by introducing you to forms informally in the translation exercises before he formally describes them. (eg. just before the section on how to form agent nouns, the translation exercises include some examples of agent nouns for which you already know the corresponding verb).

a BRILlIANT MASTERPIECE
I discovered John Dobson amazing way of teaching through this book, and well.. what can I say that would sound realistic ..
It is by far the best available textbook for discovering New Testament Greek . The layout is clear, easy to use and tne text and explanations are very easy to understand ..

This edition comes with a CD ROM, ever so useful for grasping the sounds of Greek and learning ..
and also,, it is simply very well written and well done

It sure does make the task of learning a language as tricky as Ancient Greek easy.. (get ready though..NT Greek has a LOT of grammar ..) and even if you intend to learn NT Greek on your own .. This book will definitely deliver what you expect .. with smiles and fun along the way

a must buy