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    A Short New Testament Syntax: Handbook with Exercises
    A Short New Testament Syntax: Handbook with Exercises
    A Short New Testament Syntax: Handbook with Exercises
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    A Short New Testament Syntax: Handbook with Exercises

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    Second year students of New Testament Greek need to review grammatical terminology and categories of syntax. Although reference Grammars have been published for researchers, they are cumbersome for this purpose. This handbook is written for these students. It provides concise descriptions for the major categories of New Testament syntax and is accompanied by a dictionary of grammatical terms and translation exercises.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWipf and Stock
    Release dateApr 11, 2018
    ISBN9781532645570
    A Short New Testament Syntax: Handbook with Exercises
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    Mark Andrew Brighton

    Mark Andrew Brighton is a Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature at Concordia University in Irvine, California. He is the author of The Sicarii in Josephus’s Judean War (2009).

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      A Short New Testament Syntax - Mark Andrew Brighton

      A Short New Testament Syntax

      Handbook with Exercises

      Mark Andrew Brighton

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      A Short New Testament Syntax

      Handbook with Exercises

      Copyright © 2018 Mark Andrew Brighton. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.

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      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Preface

      Chapter 1: Grammatical Terminology

      Chapter 2: Noun Cases

      A. Vocative

      B. Nominative

      C. Genitive

      D. Dative

      E. Accusative

      Chapter 3: Syntax of the Greek Article

      A. Articles with Nouns

      B. Articles as Pronouns

      C. Articles as Substantives

      D. Articles as Syntactical Markers

      Chapter 4: Tenses of the Verb

      A. Tense Aspect

      B. Tenses in the Indicative

      C. Tenses in Indirect Statements

      Chapter 5: Voices of the Verb

      A. Active Voice

      B. Middle Voice

      C. Passive Voice

      D. Middle Only Verbs (Deponent)

      Chapter 6: Indicative Mood

      A. Independent Clauses

      B. Conditional Statements

      C. With ὅτι

      Chapter 7: Subjunctive Mood

      A. Hortatory

      B. Deliberative

      C. Prohibitions

      D. ἵνα Plus Subjunctive

      E. Future More Vivid Constructions

      F. Present General Constructions

      G. Fear Clauses

      Chapter 8: Optative Mood

      A. Wishes

      B. Potential

      C. Future Less Vivid Formulas

      D. Dependent Clauses in Secondary Sequence

      Chapter 9: Infinitive

      A. Without the Article

      B. With the Article

      C. Prepositions with the Articular Infinitive

      Chapter 10: Imperatives and Prohibitions

      A. Direct Command

      B. Entreaty

      C. Prohibitions

      Chapter 11: Participles

      A. Attributive

      B. Predicate

      C. Supplementary

      D. Noun Clause

      E. Genitive Absolute

      F. Tenses of the Participle

      Chapter 12: Conditional Statements

      A. Simple Conditions (First Class Conditions)

      B. Future More Vivid (Third Class Conditions)

      C. Future Less Vivid (Fourth Class Conditions)

      D. Present General (Third Class Conditions)

      E. Present Contrary to Fact (Second Class Conditions)

      F. Past Contrary to Fact (Second Class Conditions)

      Chapter 13: Uses of οὐ and μή

      A. General Usage

      B. Double Negatives

      C. In Questions

      D. Emphatic Negative

      Chapter 14: Aramaic Constructions

      A. καὶ ἐγένετο (ἐγένετο δέ)

      B. καί

      C. ἰδού

      Chapter 15: Translation and Composition Exercises

      Grammar Review—Emphasizing the Present Indicative

      Grammar Review: Emphasizing the Imperfect and Aorist Indicative

      Grammar Review: Emphasizing Strong Verbs

      Noun Cases

      Verb Tenses and Voices

      Subjunctive

      Participles

      Infinitive

      Conditional Statements

      Preface

      This handbook is designed primarily for second year students of New Testament Greek. Indeed, it was while teaching such classes that I first began writing it. There are many worthy books on New Testament syntax, but I became aware that second year students benefited most from clear and concise summaries. I have designed this handbook to fill such needs. Those who wish to explore these matters more deeply are encouraged to consult larger reference works.

      This book’s focus is upon basic syntax. Accordingly, I have included sections on grammatical terminology and translation exercises, which are designed to reinforce the explanations on syntax. In keeping with the book’s focus, I have not included tables of grammar and would encourage students to consult their first year textbooks, when necessary, to relearn basic conjugations, declensions, and principle parts of verbs.

      Lastly, I would like to dedicate this book to Robert Holst, a brilliant and humble scholar and a dear mentor who introduced the New Testament in Greek to me. I first came to love the language and literature as I sat in his classes long ago.

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      Grammatical Terminology

      Abstract Noun

      An abstract noun refers to a concept. Love, joy, peace. (See Noun)

      Accusative Case

      One of the five cases in Greek. A noun in the accusative case often functions as the direct object in a sentence. (See Case and Direct Object)

      Example: The performer sang them a song.

      Example: I gave the child a piece of cake.

      Active Voice

      This term describes when the subject is acting upon something and contrasts to the passive voice, when the subject is being acted upon. (See Voice)

      Example: The boy throws a ball. (Active voice)

      Example: The boy is being thrown into the pool. (Passive voice)

      Adjective

      A word which modifies or further describes a noun or pronoun. These are words such as quick, high, heavy, wide, etc. An attributive adjective is joined to a noun or pronoun to make a phrase.

      Examples: The quick horse. The deep sea.

      A predicate adjective is joined to a noun or pronoun by the verb be to make a sentence.

      Examples: He is tall. The ships are beautiful.

      Adjectives can also be used independently as if they were nouns. In this case they are called substantival adjectives.

      Example: The land of the free and the home of the brave.

      Adverb

      A word which generally modifies or further describes a verb. Some adverbs, like very or extremely, can modify other adjectives or adverbs.

      Examples: quietly, well, sadly, etc. I sing hymns loudly, but I do not sing them very well.

      Agent

      In a passive sentence, the doer of the action is called the agent. In English the agent is generally introduced with the word by.

      Example: The ball was thrown by the boy.

      In this example, the subject of the sentence, ball, is joined with a passive verb. The actual doer of the verb, the agent, is the boy.

      Agreement

      The formal correspondence of words in a sentence. Subjects will agree with their verbs.

      Example: I am a citizen of this country. You are a citizen of this country. He is a citizen of this country.

      Pronouns will agree with their nouns.

      Examples: I saw the cattle

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