New Coursebook for Learning the Syntax of New Testament Greek

Analysis of Content and Didactic Potential

Andrzej Piwowar

Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II , Poland


Abstract

The article constitutes an in-depth analysis of D.P. Béchard’s Syntax of New Testament Greek: A Student’s Manual. The author conceives of the book as a coursebook for the students of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome that will aid them in learning the syntax of New Testament Greek. Detailed analysis of the content of the book makes it clear that the author has overlooked many important aspects of biblical Greek. Because of that, Syntax of New Testament Greek: A Student’s Manual cannot be treated as a comprehensive overview of New Testament Greek but only as a grammar coursebook at the rudimentary level.

Keywords:

Greek, koine, the syntax of biblical Greek, New Testament

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Published
2019-06-09


Piwowar, A. (2019). Nowy podręcznik do nauki składni nowotestamentowej greki. The Biblical Annals, 9(3), 547–568. https://doi.org/10.31743/biban.4725

Andrzej Piwowar  andpiw@gazeta.pl
Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II



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