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Document Guide for Practicing Koiné Greek

This course will only make sense if you have already learned the material in my earlier work, “Introduction to Koiné Greek” available at Koiné Greek

This second year of study consists of using the analytical parsing and rendering process learned last year with more passages of the New Testament. In this course the translation hints and translation guide are combined. First John was used for the first year because it contains fewer difficult constructions than the other books of the New Testament and because it was about the right size for a year of study. If the student has access to the necessary lexical, parsing and lexical tools he should be able to translate any passage in the New Testament. It is assumed that you do have the necessary tools but in case you don't the On-line guide provide links to where you can get them on the internet. This year we selected several passages from different books of the New Testament so that the student will get some experience with almost all of the styles of the various ancient Greek writers.

Lessons to Download

Click below to download printable version of lesson materials. More will be added as they become available.

To Get Started:
Lesson Guide Introduction to the Course
Grammar Notes These are often referred to in the lessons.
On Line Guide How to find and use free materials from the internet
Teacher's Guide (incomplete as of 4/30/2018)

These are the 180 verses I have selected for practice for the second year of Greek study. I will add the links as they become available.

Miscellaneous Verses Introduction
Matthew 5:1-12 The Beatitudes
Mark 4:1-25 Parable of the Sower
John 1:1-5 Introduction to the Gospel of John
John 3:16-21 “For God so loved the world …”
Acts 2:1-24 Introduction to Peter’s Pentecost Sermon
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 The Love Chapter
Philippians 4:4-14 REJOICE!
1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 Christian Conduct
James 3:1-18 The Tongue is a Fire
1 Peter 3:13-22 Being in Readiness
Jude 1:1-25 The Whole Book
Revelation 21:1-7 A New Heaven and a New Earth

Bonus Lessons
Hebrews 12:1-13 Our Father’s Discipline
Participles in the Nominative Case Miscellaneous Verses
Participles in the Accusative Case Miscellaneous Verses
Participles in the Dative Case Miscellaneous Verses (Incomplete 4/30/2018)
Participles in the Genitive Case Miscellaneous Verses (Coming soon, I hope)

Free Greek Text, Lexicons, and Parsing Guides

Blue Letter Bible (Choose book, chapter and verse before selecting resource)
Parallel Greek New Testament (Useful for identifying textual difficulties)
Bible Hub (Choose book, chapter and verse before selecting resource)
Greek New Testament (fully parsed, just click on the Greek word)
Net Bible (Choose Parallel on the left frame and GRK/HEB on the right)