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Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek
Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek
by Bruce M. Metzger
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Here's a book which does something no one else even thought of: reducing the myriad of Greek words in the New Testament to the most commonly used ones, for the reader. A Bible student with an interest in Greek soon faces the vexing dilemma: so many new words to learn! And little time to learn them.
That's where Bruce Metzger comes to our rescue: one of the 20th century's leading Greek scholars offers a useful solution, by listing Greek words according to their frequency of appearance in the New Testament. This helps us manage our study time, by concentrating on the words that appear most often in the Greek New Testament.
You won't be memorizing remote words that appear with great rarity; rather, you'll learn all the primary words that major Biblical doctrines are built upon. Anybody 10 years old and above can use this book.
Countless would-be 'Greek experts' produce books aimed at helping students study Greek. The difference between Metzger's little work and many of these is that Metzger was de facto an expert in New Testament Greek (unlike many others who simply pretend to be) and his book actually is helpful. This faithful servant of God, who died earlier this year, helped produce the critical edition of the Greek New Testament and was also editor of the NRSV translation of the Bible.
This book contains lists of NT words that occur frequently as well as other mnemonic tools aimed at helping students master Greek vocabulary. What sets this work apart are the stunningly accurate definitions provided. I have used other similar works, but none are nearly as helpful in providing the same accurate definitions. Greek students should work through this book in their first year of Greek and memorize its contents fully. This will put them on a very firm footing when they begin to translate passages from the New Testament. -- D.P. Comninos, Cape Church, Capetown, South Africa
