Introduction to my blog.

Welcome! With the plethora of pages about Koine/Biblical Greek why did I feel the need to make another one? Well, let me tell you. I'm currently in seminary taking first year Greek and we are using the book by N. Clayton Croy called "A Primer of Biblical Greek." There are some good websites that have material and study helps for this textbook, but not the content that I was looking for. I think that the most helpful part of Croy's text is the Practice and Review sentences. However, the theory/thought-process on how one goes about translation and applying what was learned was, I felt, lacking. My goal is to create my own Greek sentences based off of the vocab and grammar contained in each lesson of Croy (Eerdman's, Croy's publisher denied me permission to use the actually Greek Practice and Review sentences from the book) and then to make a video of me going through the process of figuring out the sentences. Essentially, you'll get to hop into my mind and benefit from my studies. Hopefully you enjoy this and that it is helpful!

Tips for Learning from Croy (A Primer of Biblical Greek ISBN:978-0802867339):

1. Read the entire lesson in one sitting (except the exercises). This is to get you familiar with all of the material in the lesson. You want to get the "big picture" view of the lesson. Either take a break or jump to step two.

2. Start at the beginning of the lesson again and read through each section until you understand the concepts (this may takes multiple readings and reflection). Don't go to the next section until you have a good grasp of what he is teaching you.

3. Write the Practice and Review sentences out on lined paper and leave room to write in your translation (or print out the P&R page from the free PDF of Croy Supplement Study Material from Eerdman's). Complete the sentences and flip back and forth into the lesson as needed.

4. I'm assuming this process has taken a couple of days. So, re-read the lesson again from the beginning. This time do the same exercises again without looking into the lesson. Then do the English to Greek exercises. For added pleasure, consider translating the LXX and the NT exercises as well. With Greek, repetition and memorization wins the day!