Basics of Biblical Greek Vocabulary

Written by William D. Mounce

Narrated by William D. Mounce

This audio download contains all the Greek words found in the vocabulary sections of Basics of Biblical Greek by William D. Mounce, presented in the order of the lessons. Students can therefore listen to and learn their vocabulary words while they are working in the house, driving, walking, and the like.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Release date: Dec 20, 2006
• ISBN: 9780310273851

William D. Mounce

William D. Mounce (PhD, Aberdeen University) lives as a writer in Washougal, Washington. He is the President of BiblicalTraining.org, a non-profit organization offering world-class educational resources for discipleship in the local church. See BillMounce.com for more information. Formerly he was a preaching pastor, and prior to that a professor of New Testament and director of the Greek Program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of the bestselling Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Greek, and many other resources. He was the New Testament chair of the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and is serving on the NIV translation committee.

Reviews for Basics of Biblical Greek Vocabulary

[wackyvorlon_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An excellent book, a classic. This book, along with the accompanying CD make the study of koine greek downright easy.

[justagirlwithabook · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is part of my collection that really focuses in on Biblical Commentary more than anything else (including some well known authors in the theological world). All of these books haven't been read cover to cover, but I've spent a lot of time with them and they've been helpful in guiding me through difficult passages (or if I desire to dig deeper).

[ronjawdi · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I have read this book at least three times, constantly reviewing my Koine Greek. In terms of pedagogy, this book can be used to self-teach oneself. I have no other first year Greek grammars to compare it to (other than a Classical Greek Grammar) so this review maybe slightly biased. But his approach definitely makes learning Greek easier. I have done another three semesters of Classical Greek and I felt sorry for the students who had to memorize every single paradigm. Mounce's approach (note that the forms in Koine do not vary much from Classical) is much easier than the previous, since he gives many rules that make learning the paradigms much easier.As I moved on and reflected back, I do give a word of caution. Unlike a year of Classical Greek, Mounce's approach is slightly lighter and the first year student (at least after Mounce's book) is not adequately prepared to tackle the Greek text. Everything is limited after the first year, so once one is done with this book, please, I urge you, continue. Remember the goal is to learn to read God's word!!!

[waltzmn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Please. If you want to teach Greek, teach Greek, not your theology. As a teaching tool, this may be highly regarded... but it just grates to be hit over the head with the author's ideas. If I'm learning to read the Bible, it's because I want to develop my understanding of my theology, not William D. Mounce's. And if I'm learning koine to read something else (e.g. Josephus, Philo, LXX), then I have even less use for something that insists αυτος means "He," not he/she/it.Yes, I'm still grumpy about the introduction. And the whole approach. Be sure you can stomach before you buy.

[hemlockclock · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

My class on Biblical Greek used this book as out main text. The book was fine as far as a text but the class never elaborated so I didn't get much out of it. I'll make a second attempt on trying it on my own when i have more time. I reccomend using the workbook with it and taking your time, going back to the basics when you need to.

[matthauck_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent book. It almost takes the difficulty out of learning the language, while simultaneously reminding you of the purpose for learning Greek, and keeping it fun too. I heartily recommend this to anyone desiring to learn Greek.

[van_stef_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is probably one of the best books to learn the language. I really like the idea of introducing all nouns first and then work on verbs. It is more of a natural way to learn a language. Also in this new edition you can either follow the book way of go a separate way of learning some nouns and then skipping to verbs before going back and finishing nouns. It's a good approach to learning a language.

[erikssonfamily · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The book was extremely helpful for learning Koine Greek. Yet, as with all languages, it is not enough just to read a grammar. It is extremely important to have someone to teach you and to answer tough questions. Overall, I found Mounce's writing style to be friendly and encouraging. I didn't care much for the exegetical insight; they were irrelevant and/or confusing. The book is a great beginner's grammar.

[alex_szabo-1 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

i have the pdf version of both the textbook and workbook of the series. it does not correspond to the hardcopy pages numbers and was very difficult to leverage the material in class. When I confronted the author through email, the representative offered no remedy to the problem.