Each month, I review a beginning Greek Grammar on the Master New Testament Greek YouTube channel.
After I review each grammar, I assign it a spot on “the leaderboard” below. This page lists the grammars I’ve reviewed ranked in order.
For each grammar you’ll find
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Dana Harris, An Introduction to Biblical Greek Grammar: Elementary Syntax and Linguistics (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2020), 471 pages.
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Classroom grammar, reference grammar
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Best all-round grammar, ideal for self-study, but also great as a classroom grammar or to help refresh.
Rodney J. Decker, Reading Koine Greek: An Introduction and Integrated Workbook (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2014), 564 pages
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Great for self-study or classroom use. Also an ideal reference grammar or for reviving your Greek. Intended to be used into second year and exegesis classes.
Pair with Croy for simplified explanations or with Mounce’s Basics of Biblical Greek for more on morphology.
John H. Dobson, Learn New Testament Greek (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005), 333 pages.
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Very different approach to learning the language, almost eliminating memory work and paradigms, delaying grammatical instruction until much later in the students study. Moves quickly and is intended to help keep students moving.
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Ideal as a classroom grammar, but great for reviving Greek or as a reference grammar.
Richard J. Gibson and Constantine R. Campbell (Grand Rapids: Zondervan), 125 pages
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Classroom grammar
Danny Zacharias, Biblical Greek Made Simple (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018), 284 pages
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Classroom or self-study (see distinctives)
N. Clayton Croy, A Primer of Biblical Greek (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999), 203 pages.
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Classroom grammar.
John D. Schwandt, An Introduction to Biblical Greek, rev ed. (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020), 316 pages
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Reviving Greek or possibly solo learning.
David Alan Black, Learn to Read New Testament Greek (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009), 215 pages.
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Classroom grammar
Ray Summers, Essentials of New Testament Greek, revised ed. (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2019), 156 pages.
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Classroom Grammar
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My Rank | Title | Author | Date | Publisher | Ideal Use | Pair with | Layout (/5) | Guidance (/5) | English Grammar | Content Spectrum (1-5) | Middle Voice | Time vs Aspect | Exercises | Answer Key | Strengths (/5) | Weaknesses (/5) | Self-study Ranking | Classroom Ranking | Pages | Amazon | Logos |
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5 | Reading Biblical Greek | Campbell & Gibson | 2017 | Zondervan | Classroom | Harris | 4 | 3 | No | 1 | Middle Voice | Aspect | Workbook | No | 4 | 3 | 10 | 109 | https://amzn.to/2NRavc8 | N/A | |
10 | Essentials of New Testament Greek (Revised Edition) | Ray Summers | 2019 | B&H Publishing | Classroom | Decker | 3 | 1 | No | 1 | Deponency | Time | Good | No | 2 | 5 | 9 | 155 | https://amzn.to/3bf8kbc | N/A | |
8 | An Introduction to Biblical Greek (Revised Edition) | John D. Schwandt | 2020 | Lexham | Classroom | Croy | 5 | 3 | No | 5 | Deponency | Time | Excellent | Yes | 4 | 3 | 8 | 316 | https://amzn.to/3gNhgVm | http://mntg.me/schwandt | |
6 | Biblical Greek Made Simple | Danny Zacharias | 2019 | Lexham | Reference | Decker | 5 | 3 | No | 2 | Middle Voice | Aspect Primary | Excellent | No | 2 | 3 | 3 | 325 | https://amzn.to/2xwsY5h | http://mntg.me/bgms | |
7 | A Primer for New Testament Greek | Clayton Croy | 1999 | Eerdmans | Classroom | Mounce | 2 | 2 | No | 2 | Deponency | Time | Excellent | Online (search) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 204 | https://amzn.to/2Ohiy1I | http://mntg.me/croygrammar | |
4 | The Basics of Biblical Greek (4th Ed) | William D. Mounce | 2019 | Zondervan | Classroom | Decker | 5 | 5 | Yes | 5 | Middle Voice | Aspect Primary | Workbook | Online | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 416 | https://amzn.to/2ZY7VFZ | http://mntg.me/bbg4 |
9 | Learn to Read New Testament Greek | David A. Black | 2009 | Baker Academic | Reference | Mounce | 3 | 5 | No | 3 | Deponency | Aspect Primary | Good | Yes | 4 | 4 | 5 | 216 | https://amzn.to/3aFyfHd | http://mntg.me/blackgrammar | |
1 | Introduction to Biblical Greek Grammar | Dana Harris | 2020 | Zondervan | Classroom/Reference | Decker | 4 | 4 | No | 5 | Middle Voice | Aspect | Workbook | No | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 463 | https://amzn.to/39sQP4S | http://mntg.me/harris |
3 | Reading Koine Greek | Rodney Decker | 2014 | Baker Academic | Any | Croy | 4 | 4 | Yes | 5 | Middle Voice | Aspect | Excellent | Partial | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 563 | http://amzn.to/2jgwRU7 | http://mntg.me/decker |
2 | Beginning with New Testament Greek | Benjamin Merkle & Robert Plummer | 2020 | B&H Publishing | Any | Mounce | 4 | 3 | No | 3 | Middle Voice | Aspect Primary | Excellent | Yes | 4 | 2 | 1 | 281 | https://amzn.to/33JKIYV | N/A |