A Graded Reader of Biblical Greek

I ordered the book on a Sunday and had it by midweek. Book is in like new condition and the price was very reasonable. Would definitely use this seller again.

Mounce's "Graded Reader" is intended as a transitionary textbook for students who are in their second year of Greek. I give it three stars because, while it is better than any alternative I have found, I think it is lacking in several respects and is somewhat disappointing given the quality of Mounce's BBG.The book consists of 20 extended passages in Koine Greek, coming primarily from the New Testament. The readings cover all four Gospels, several letters, and Revelation. In addition, a Septuagint Psalm is thrown in, as well as an excerpt from the Didache, one of the earliest teaching documents of the Church. In addition to the passages, there is an introductory section on a technique, developed by Mounce, called "phrasing." It is essentially a means of diagramming Greek sentences to clarify the relationships of the parts of the sentence. Also, the book has a synopsis of Wallace's extensive "Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics," and a "cheat sheet" which lists the various cases, tenses, etc., and their uses.The passages themselves have footnotes, which are primarily used for vocabulary. The footnotes gloss words that occur 20 or fewer times, and in addition to a definition provide the number of occurrences of the word in the NT. This is useful for finding the words in Mounce's flash card deck, if you have that. Aside from the vocab notes, each page explains various theological and/or grammatical concepts. At the end of each passage is a grammar summary and reflections on the text. I agree with a previous reviewer that Mounce's theology can be ignored.My biggest complaint about this book is that the commentary in the notes is not very useful. The footnotes consist primarily of references to other author's commentaries. They tend to be in this form: "Why did Paul use the aorist here? See John Doe, p. 100." This is not terribly helpful, since he references 15 or 20 books, few of which I have. If Mounce is simply going to refer to someone else's commentary, why not just buy the commentary and skip Mounce's book? Since 90% of his notes are question format (e.g., p.7 "What is the antecedent of auto?") without answer, they do serve to call attention to important concepts, but if you can't answer his question you are out of luck.That Mounce is the master of morphology is certain. However, one can see from his BBG that he is light on syntax, and I found many challenging concepts unmarked even by one of his questioning footnotes. After struggling through Ch. 7 (Romans) with extreme frustration, I recalled that at the beginning of the chapter he said the grammar was not difficult. If Mounce is in tune with students' morphological struggles he is not in tune with their syntactical struggles. Nonetheless this book is more useful than a non-commented text, and better than the JACT New Testament reader. Still, one hopes that a better reader with commentary will show up some day.

This graded reader is a fantastic intermediate koine greek practice / learning tool. Words that appear fewer than 20 times in the NT are provided and there are helpful explanations of uncommon grammar and word forms. Overall this is a great second step after working through an introductory textbook.There is a discussion of phrasing and a grammar summary in the appendices. Most of the passages are from the NT with only a couple of exceptions. Mounce also provides discussion topics and references to commentaries, but I didn’t find these particularly helpful since I don’t have access to the commentaries he references. If this book were used in a classroom setting the discussion topics would be very helpful.I would highly recommend this reader to anyone finishing introductory koine looking to begin translating longer sections of the Bible, but who would like a little help doing so.

I am partially self-taught in Biblical Greek (one semester of Greek in bible college) and owe my success in this effort to Bill Mounce's excellent Grammar and Daniel Wallace's equally excellent Syntax volume. I purchased the graded reader after completing both and have been steadily working through it. Each chapter presents a passage of Scripture in Greek (though the last two chapters are from the LXX and Didache) with comments and questions about grammar, syntax, and even exegetical points. Each chapter is increased in difficulty. It serves to effectively illustrate many of the important points in the grammar and syntax books. My comprehension of Biblical Greek is better for it. It is a fun book to work through if you enjoy Greek. I wish it were the first in a series. Highly recommended.

The notes on each page are entirely unhelpful. They are for the most part in the form of questions and refer you to other materials and as such are of no grammatical or exegetical help. Just as frustrating for me as a secular reader was that the author writes as if his audience is exclusively Christian. I am familiar with Classical authors and was curious to read some Biblical Greek and then had to put up with continuously being told among other things this is 'our literature' for spiritual edification as if I was in seminary. 2 stars for selection of passages and vocabulary help.

This is another excellent tool for Greek students and those doing exegetical studies in Greek. It was very helpful!

great for 1st year students at undergraduate level, you set the pace on this home study course. It is without any doubt beneficial for those who wish to advance there degrees further by reading ancient languages specifically when it is to compliment Theological degrees. After all the hard work is done you can advance further with your studies during the summer months to keep you on track.

MounceのBasics of Biblical Greekを終えた人が、次の年にWallaceのGreek Grammer Beyond Basicsのような中級の教科書を勉強しながら、聖書本文の翻訳に取り掛かるための教材です。ヨハネ第1の手紙からはじめて、全部で20章の訳読の課題が与えられます。聖書に20回以下しか出てこない語彙は説明されています。その他文法上の注釈が細かく付いており、付録には上記Wallaceの本の要約が納められています。また、別売のJonathan PenningtonのReadings in the Greek New Testamentは、本書に収められているギリシャ語本文の朗読CDです。本書が少し難しい人は、A Summer Greek Readerをお勧めします。

初心者が、新約ギリシア語の原文に少しずつ慣れていくための教材。聖書解釈や文法に関する脚注を読みながら学び続ければ、自ずと新約ギリシャ語原典の読解力が身についていく。