Resources

Handouts

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  • Vocabulary

    About 300 Greek words are used 50 times or more in the New Testament. When you can remember the meanings of most of these common words, the Greek New Testament begins to feel like a neighborhood you are familiar with, rather than a strange and/or scary place to visit.
    Name Description Status Source
    Common Greek Vocabulary
    Croy refers to N. Clayton Croy, A Primer of Biblical Greek (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999).
         		Required GreekVocabRev.pdf Edit Common Greek Vocabulary Delete Common Greek Vocabulary
    Excel Spreadsheet of Common Greek Words
    The same words as those on the .pdf, just in Excel format.
         		Required GreekWords.xls Edit Excel Spreadsheet of Common Greek Words Delete Excel Spreadsheet of Common Greek Words
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  • Grammar, Monday

    Name Description Status Source
    General Review Sheet
    Reviews case functions and how verbs are formed.
    		Required ReviewSheet01.pdf Edit General Review Sheet Delete General Review Sheet
    Greek Verb Mind Map Required GreekVerb.pdf Edit Greek Verb Mind Map Delete Greek Verb Mind Map
    Greek Noun Mind Map Required GreekNoun.pdf Edit Greek Noun Mind Map Delete Greek Noun Mind Map
    Introduction to Phrasing Greek Sentences Required Phrasing HowTo.pdf Edit Introduction to Phrasing Greek Sentences Delete Introduction to Phrasing Greek Sentences
    Phrasing Sample (Phil. 4:4-7) Required Phil 4_4-7.pdf Edit Phrasing Sample (Phil. 4:4-7) Delete Phrasing Sample (Phil. 4:4-7)
    Phrasing Homework
    This is in the form of a .doc in case you want to move the text and take notes with a computer. The Greek font is unicode and should be viewable by all.
    		Required Gal_5_1_13-25.doc Edit Phrasing Homework Delete Phrasing Homework
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  • Grammar, Tuesday

    Name Description Status Source
    Translating Participles
    A mind map/decision tree for translating.
         		Required translating participles.pdf Edit Translating Participles Delete Translating Participles
    Participle Mind Map
    Mind map showing the options for different elements of a participle.
         		Required PtcMindMap.pdf Edit Participle Mind Map Delete Participle Mind Map
    Adjective Review Sheet
    Very good preparation for remembering how to recognize attributive and predicate position (which matters a lot when translating participles).
         		Required AdjectivesReviewRev.pdf Edit Adjective Review Sheet Delete Adjective Review Sheet
    Infinitive Uses Required InfinitiveUses.pdf Edit Infinitive Uses Delete Infinitive Uses
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  • Grammar, Wednesday

    Name Description Status Source
    Principal Parts
    Mary's "top 20" list of verbs whose principal parts you will see a lot in the New Testament.
    		Required PrincipalPartsAlpha.pdf Edit Principal Parts Delete Principal Parts
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  • Grammar, Thursday

    Name Description Status Source
    Prepositions
    Two pages summarizing features and common meanings of various Greek prepositions.
         		Required Prepositions.pdf Edit Prepositions Delete Prepositions
    Pronouns Mind Map
    All the different kinds of pronouns on one page.
    		Required pronouns-mindmap.pdf Edit Pronouns Mind Map Delete Pronouns Mind Map
    Pronouns Handout
    Additional explanation to accompany the mind map.
         		Required PronounsHandout.pdf Edit Pronouns Handout Delete Pronouns Handout
    Preposition House
    Greek prepositions explained with a graphic of various people in relationship to a house. I do not know the source of this handout. I got it from another teacher.
    		Required prepositionHouse.pdf Edit Preposition House Delete Preposition House
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  • Grammar, misc.

    Name Description Status Source
    Professor Jim Boyce's Grammar Notes for NT Greek
    A very short grammar summary with lots of NT examples. 
         		Required BoyceNotes2.pdf Edit Professor Jim Boyce's Grammar Notes for NT Greek Delete Professor Jim Boyce's Grammar Notes for NT Greek
    Case Endings
    Five pages showing all three declensions' endings and common uses of each case.
    		Required CaseEndings.pdf Edit Case Endings Delete Case Endings
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  • Exegesis Handouts

    Handouts related to your work to
    1. See the Text.
    2. Orient to Time, Place, and Person.
    3. Follow Up on Grammar & Syntax Questions.
    4. Study Words.
    5. Put the Text in Context
    Name Description Status Source
    Seeing the Text Sample
    Here John 3:1-8 is phrased with questions and comments about structure. Also includes "Rules of the Game" handout on analyzing structure.
         		Required SeeTextSample.pdf Edit Seeing the Text Sample Delete Seeing the Text Sample
    Exegesis for Textual Preaching
    Written by Mary, published in Word & World 19 (1999) : 58-64. This and other essays available in the Word & World archives.
    		Required 19-1_Hinkle.pdf Edit Exegesis for Textual Preaching Delete Exegesis for Textual Preaching
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  • Helps for Working with Computer Programs

    Name Description Status Source
    Bwgrkl Greek Keyboard Layout for BibleWorks
    This is the layout of the BibleWorks font, bwgrkl, so you can figure out how to type Greek if you need to do so.
         		Required BwgrklKeyboardLayout.pdf Edit Bwgrkl Greek Keyboard Layout for BibleWorks Delete Bwgrkl Greek Keyboard Layout for BibleWorks
    Helena Font Keyboard Layout for Accordance
    This is the layout for the default Greek font in Accordance. It is an excerpt of a longer document. If you are an Accordance user, you can find the 26-page pdf in your library folder > Application Support > Accordance folder > Manuals and Documents > Accordance fonts.pdf
         		Required Helena_Keyboard_Layout.pdf Edit Helena Font Keyboard Layout for Accordance Delete Helena Font Keyboard Layout for Accordance
    BibleWorks Workshop Handout Required BW08Workshop01.pdf Edit BibleWorks Workshop Handout Delete BibleWorks Workshop Handout
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Web Links

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  • Accordance

    Accordance Bible Software
    Made for the Mac. PC users can run Accordance with a PC Emulator, discussed here.
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    accordancebible.com
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  • BibleWorks

    BibleWorks Fonts
    If you have BibleWorks installed, you already have these fonts. If you do not, you can download fonts here to read and write the BibleWorks Greek and Hebrew fonts. Mac users: if you have a relatively new Mac, you can just download the Windows fonts. Your machine will recognize them.
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    www.bibleworks
    BibleWorks Wiki from Luther Seminary
    Find tutorials here. If you have a luthersem.edu email, you can log in and write to the Wiki too.
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    wiki.luthersem.edu
    BibleWorks Software
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    www.bibleworks.com
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  • Web Sites and Blogs

    Bible Software Review
    What it sounds like: reviews of Bible software, regularly updated and helpful.
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    www.bsreview.org
    Greek Lectionary Blog
    From Pastor Rob Myallis, updated regularly.
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    www.lectionarygreek.blogspot.com
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  • Free Bible Study Software

    These may be web-based or downloads.
    e-Sword Web-Based Bible Study Tool
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    www.e-sword.net
    The Word
    Free Bible study software for Windows users.
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    www.theword.gr
    Bible Gateway
    Lots of texts, including a few Greek options in the public domain. The site offers very little in terms of search capability beyond searching for a word or phrase. Greek font is unaccented.
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    www.biblegateway.com
    Teknia -- Bill Mounce's site for learning Greek
    This site includes a flash card program for vocabulary.
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    www.learnbiblicalgreek.com
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