Charts for Intermediate Greek Grammar and Syntax

A Quick Reference Guide to Going Deeper with New Testament Greek

Andreas J. Köstenberger, Benjamin L Merkle, Robert L. Plummer

• Publisher: B&H Academic
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781433650994
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Reference

The premier "cheat sheet" for Greek Syntax and Exegesis. Keyed to the best-selling Going Deeper with New Testament Greek (by Kostenberger, Merkle, and Plummer), this set of folding laminated pages covers all traditional syntactical categories (for example, uses of the genitive, rules about the Greek article, possible translations of the imperfect tense), as well as information about New Testament textual criticism, current summaries on Verbal Aspect debates, and steps on doing Greek word studies. Each syntactical category includes an example from the Greek New Testament (with Greek text quoted) and an accompanying English translation.The specific word or phrase in question is in bold font in both the Greek and English text. With these laminated sheets by your side, you will never waste time flipping through your intermediate grammar looking for that syntactical term or grammatical function you can't quite remember.

Charts for Intermediate Greek Grammar and Syntax

Andreas J. Köstenberger, Benjamin L. Merkle, Robert L. Plummer

Textual Criticism

External Criteria

1. Favor the older manuscripts.
2. Favor the reading supported by the majority of manuscripts.
3. Favor the reading best attested across manuscript families.

Internal Criteria

1. Favor the reading that best fits the literary context.
2. Favor the reading that corresponds best with writings by the same author.
3. Favor the reading that best explains the origin of the other variant(s).
4. Favor the shorter reading.
5. Favor the more difficult reading.

Nominative Case

Major Uses

1. Subject: Ἰωάννης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ (“John testified about Him”; John 1:15 NASB).
2. Predicate Nominative: ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο (“the Word became flesh”; John 1:14).
3. Apposition: Παῦλος δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ (“Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus”; Rom 1:1 NASB).

Other Uses

4. Address: οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας (“Husbands, love your wives”; Eph 5:25).
5. Appellation: οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἄξιος κληθῆναι υἱός σου (“I’m no longer worthy to be called your son”; Luke 15:21).
6. Absolute: Παῦλος δοῦλος θεοῦ (“Paul, a bond-servant of God”; Titus 1:1).
7. Hanging Nominative: ὁ νικῶν ποιήσω αὐτὸν στῦλον ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ θεοῦ μου (“The victor: I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God”; Rev 3:12).

Genitive Case

Adjectival Uses

1. Description: βάπτισμα μετανοίας (“a baptism of repentance”; Mark 1:4).
2. Attributive: τῷ ῥήματι τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ (“by His powerful word”; Heb 1:3).
3. Possession: καὶ εἰσελθόντες εἰς τὸν οἶκον Φιλίππου (“we entered the house of Philip”; Acts 21:8).
4. Relationship: Ἰάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζε...

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