Evyenia's Koine Greek Weblog: March 2009

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Whither goest, blog mou?

Despite an overwhelming response from my legions of fans all over the world . . . .

I need to make some changes in this blog. I'm thinking of making it a general blog for both koine and modern Greek. Possibly a place, among other things, to link to my byki lists, etc.

Stay tuned! In the meantime, χαίρετε! Ευγενία

About the author

My name is Evyenia, and I am a member of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Spokane, WA. I began self-study of classical Greek about twenty years ago, and then - in 2003 - began classes (in Athens and on the island of Ikaria) in modern Greek. I currently teach classes in modern Greek at a beginner and intermediate level at Holy Trinity.

I have taken two semester courses of New Testament Greek at Whitworth University in Spokane. In these classes we completed Machen's text and read portions of the New Testament.

My knowledge of classical and modern Greek - in addition to koine Greek - gives me an interesting perspective on the development of the language. However, I would like to emphasize that this in no way makes me a true New Testament Greek scholar. As this blog develops I will continue to give book recommendations, and links to other resources for those who wish to pursue the subject in more depth.

I decided to start this blog because of my great interest in the Greek language, and my desire to continue learning New Testament Greek. I hope that others who share my interest will find this site and make the journey with me.

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I learned koine Greek using the second edition of Machen's "New Testament Greek for Beginners.". It is straightforward and worked well in a classroom setting, but has a major drawback for self-study: the exercises have no key.

Mounce's "Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar" is - I believe - currently very popular. I have just started to use this text and it seems to be good; the customer reviews on amazon.com can also give you some idea of whether or not it would suit you. Note that there are no exercises in the text itself; a separate workbook provides those.

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