New Testament Greek for Beginners

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Summary: TOO OLD FOR THE MODERN DAY AMERICAN
Review: Today times are changing, and because of this I can only say that so is the way koina Greek is taught in seminaries and bible colleges. Machen represents a hero to evangelicalism of the past. However, I truly believe that his grammer is out of date. I think that the leading tool for teaching NT Greek is William Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek. There are probably less than 10% of colleges and seminaries that even still use Machen. If we are going to make Greek more easier to comprehend and attain, then other sources than Machen's ought to be used

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Summary: Machen is still the best for masterning NT Greek.
Review: [Machen, not MacHen!] I have used this text for some 20 years to teach both college and seminary students NT Greek, and I still like it better than any other text that I have seen. I assign only the Greek to English sentences (that is plenty), and the students do well and we have a lot of fun at it! NT Greek is not an easy subject no matter what book you use; and I suppose that a determined disciplined student can hopefully master it using any book!