A question i often see and wonder myself is.
Best attic greek textbook.
I adore mastronarde s intro to attic greek.
Out of all the introductory grammars and workbooks on either koine or attic greek that i ve ever read or perused mastronarde s book seems to be the most practical one for those who desire to be either tutored or self taught attic greek.
Of textbooks using the more recent method athenaze and the jact reading greek course are very good for classical attic and colwell and tune is rather good for koine biblical greek.
Very intensive grammar education it can be difficult to get a handle of how he explains things but once you get its very clear.
You can have fun learning attic greek commonly known as classical greek and make rapid progress.
It was published in 1993.
5 0 out of 5 stars the best greek textbook currently on the market.
Moreover this handbook has information that could not be found in other grammars.
So this book is another textbook and it s by donald mastronarde.
On then to the ten best books for studying new testament greek in no particular order.
And it says in the preface that it s aimed at if not university students then students or potential learners of ancient greek who feel very confident in their ability and want to get up to speed quickly.
I can t find my copy to verify but iirc andrew sihler s new comparative grammar of greek and latin has a good amount of information about pronunciation.
So this post is just a roundup of the major textbooks for ancient greek that i m aware of 1 there are also a large number of 18th 19th and even earlier 20th century greek.
Most greek courses consider only the attic dialect because it s classical.
There are enough modern ancient greek textbooks that even keeping them all straight is a little confusing.
The very best textbook for koine biblical greek in my opinion is unfortunately out of print although some of our list members are endeavoring to produce a web.
Vox graeca by w.
It s called introduction to attic greek and it s published by berkeley.
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William mounce basics of biblical greek.
What s the best textbook for learning ancient greek.
But not with the usual methods.
Speaking as an author of a beginning greek textbook i am glad that mounce s grammar has had the.
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This book is not only very well didactically arranged but also interesting what is very rare in grammar books.
It s the textbook i learned off of first year i m a second year greek student.
It s published significantly later than the first version of reading greek.
