Learn to Use Biblical Greek makes extensive use of Logos tools and resources to teach beginning Greek grammar. Get an in-depth look at reverse interlinears, and understand important Greek lexicons and theological dictionaries and how to best use these resources in Logos. Learn how to do Greek word studies using the Word Study Workflow feature in Logos. Dr. Zacharias introduces you to Greek grammar—nouns, indicative verbs, non-indicative verbs, participles and infinitives, and other parts of speech like prepositions, adjectives, and pronouns.

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

Make full use of reverse interlinears to increase your understanding of Scripture

Initiate and use a Word Study Workflow to understand the meaning and use of key biblical words

Avoid fallacious reasoning when conducting Bible word studies

Provide an overview of basic New Testament Greek grammar

Understand how Greek works through contrasts/comparisons to English grammar

Explain the function of the case system of Greek nouns

Describe how mood, aspect, tense, and voice affect the translation of Greek verbs

Explain the logic of Greek conditional sentences

Describe the uses of prepositions and conjunctions in Greek

Identify the uses of pronouns in the New Testament

Distinguish between different uses of the participle and the infinitive in Greek

Utilize basic Greek translation skills

Analyze the syntax of any New Testament verse in its original language with the help of Logos resources

Contents:

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and Course

Unit 1: Reverse Interlinears

• What Is a Reverse Interlinear?

• Reverse Interlinear English Bible Translations

• Information Included in an Interlinear

• Finding How Many Times a Greek Word Occurs

• Finding Where a Greek Word Is Used

• Septuagint Resources

Unit 2: Word Study Resources

• Introduction: Lexicons and Theological Dictionaries

• Strong’s Dictionary

• Louw-Nida

• Louw-Nida in Reverse Interlinears

• DBL Greek

• Lexham Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament

• BDAG

• Bible Sense Lexicon

• LSJ

• Septuagint Lexicons

• Moulton and Milligan

• TDNT

• NIDNTTE

• EDNT and TLNT

• Lexham Theological Wordbook

Unit 3: Word Studies

• Introduction to Word Studies

• Word Study Workflow

• A Word on Method

• “Sign” in John (Part 1)

• “Sign” in John (Part 2)

• “Sign” in John (Part 3)

• Synthesizing Observations on “Sign”

• “Sign” in the New Testament

• Research Lexicon Entries

• Senses of the Word

• Lemma Discussion in Commentaries

• Outside the Bible and Summative Observations

• Etymological Fallacy

• Semantic Anachronism

• Illegitimate Totality Transfer

• One-Meaning Fallacy

• Separating Meaning from Culture

Unit 4: Grammar: Nouns

• Introducing Grammar

• Overview of English Grammar, Parts of Speech

• Setting up Visual Filters

• Introducing Greek Nouns

• The Nominative Case

• The Genitive Case

• The Dative Case

• The Accusative Case

• The Vocative Case

• Final Word on Noun Cases

Unit 5: Grammar: Indicative Verbs

• Introducing Indicative Verbs

• Voice of Verbs

• Person and Number of Verbs

• Aorist Tense Verbs

• Present Tense Verbs

• Imperfect Tense Verbs

• Future Tense Verbs

• Perfect and Pluperfect Tense Verbs

Unit 6: Grammar: Other Parts of Speech

• Conjunctions

• Prepositions

• The Definite Article

• Adjectives

• Personal Pronouns

• Adjectival Pronouns

• Pronouns That Ask Questions and Introduce Clauses

Unit 7: Grammar: Non-Indicative Verbs and Verbals

• The Imperative

• The Subjunctive

• Conditional Sentences

• The Participle

• Adverbial Participles

• The Infinitive

• Adverbial Infinitives

Conclusion

• Moving Forward in Greek

• Alphabet Interactive

• Audio Greek New Testament

• Biblical Greek Made Simple

• Discourse Greek New Testament

• Greater Understanding of Scripture