The Elements of New Testament Greek (3rd Edition)

A great introductory Greek textbook for beginning Greek students. I think that it is a well organised textbook and I like how at the beginning it introduces both verbs and nouns straight away so that the student can begin to writetranslate sentences near the beginning - I think that this is a more helpful way of learning Greek than textbooks which only introduce one or the other (ie: nounsverbs) first and complete that before moving on. There are a few things which I found unhelpful about this textbook - he sometimes refrains from using technical language and tends to give only basic explanations for things which sometimes there are exceptions to (which, while helpful for the beginner does make getting to a higher level of Greek more difficult). The set out of the tables of Greek inflections and declensions is sometimes confusing and it doesn't give much of a big picture overview - which, again, is helpful so as to not overwhelm a beginner, but makes it more difficult when trying to put it all together. And he doesn't include accents (; ) I like accents) and also leaves out some rarer moods and tenses. Overall - I would still recommend this book as a great introduction to learning NT Greek. When teaching Greek I use it as a basis and supplement it with other material.