![]() Daily Dose of Greek is a website and ministry run by Rob Plummer. He is a New Testament professor at Southern Baptist Theology Seminary in Louisville, KY. He states that this website has 3 objectives: learn Greek from scratch, a daily dose/study, and recommended resources. If you are a student of NTG and do no subscribe to him you should should consider it. One thing I'm really excited about are his lectures that coincide with Dave Black's wonderful introductory grammar ''Learn to Read New Testament Greek". You have seen me recommend over and over the great work by Bill Mounce "Basics of Biblical Greek". This grammar by Dave Black is also one I recommend without hesitation. His teaching style is fun and keeps you captive while not sacrificing depth. Even if you have gone through another first year grammar, or if you are just beginning, get a copy of Dave's book and follow along with Rob. You can find his lectures here.
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![]() The study of the Canon is one of my favorite topics and areas of interest. I have been greatly blessed by it, and if nothing else, it has strengthened my faith in God and His Word. Thankfully, we have been blessed with the excellent and highly recommended work of F.F. Bruce, The Canon of Scripture, which is in my opinion, the reference standard on the subject. Michael Kruger has written a book that all students of Scripture and the Canon should take a serious look at. He takes a different approach than Bruce, and while it does not seek to correct Bruce's work, as necessary as it was, rather it complements it. I will leave you with the publishers description, as it does a great job of what lies ahead: ''Given the popular-level conversations on phenomena like the Gospel of Thomas and Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus, as well as the current gap in evangelical scholarship on the origins of the New Testament, Michael Kruger's Canon Revisited meets a significant need for an up-to-date work on canon by addressing recent developments in the field. He presents an academically rigorous yet accessible study of the New Testament canon that looks deeper than the traditional surveys of councils and creeds, mining the text itself for direction in understanding what the original authors and audiences believed the canon to be. Canon Revisited provides an evangelical introduction to the New Testament canon that can be used in seminary and college classrooms, and read by pastors and educated lay leaders alike. In contrast to the prior volumes on canon, this volume distinguishes itself by placing a substantial focus on the theology of canon as the context within which the historical evidence is evaluated and assessed. Rather than simply discussing the history of canon-rehashing the Patristic data yet again-Kruger develops a strong theological framework for affirming and authenticating the canon as authoritative. In effect, this work successfully unites both the theology and the historical development of the canon, ultimately serving as a practical defense for the authority of the New Testament books.'' This book can be purchased here. ![]() With the release of the UBS5 GNT last year we knew it was just a matter of time before the UBS4 GNT and UBS4 Reader's Edition would be discontinued. And, at last, they have been, sadly. You can still find used editions of UBS4 out there, and will be able to for years though. Thankfully the Reader's Edition is still being printed. Now, however, you'll find it in the 5th Edition. You can purchase it here. The UBS5 Greek New Testament - A Reader's Edition ![]() Last spring I noted here that the NA28 had been released and wondered if anyone was jumping on board. I for one did not, and don't plan to. Well, now the UBS has released its fifth addition of the GNT. The differences between the NA27/UBS4 to NA28/UBS5 are minor. You can read about them here. My personal advice would be not only to stick with the UBS4 (or UBS3), but to buy several copies of it while you can, for future use when your current one gives way, and to give away as a gift, before they are out of print. UBS5 is selling for $50-60, sure prices will come down, but it will be a few years before they do. I also suggest buying a copy or two of the wonderful UBS Greek New Testament: A Reader's Edition while you still can. There is only one version of it left in print now! ![]() The 28th Edition of the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament is here. Peter Williams provides an exhaustive review here that will answer all your questions. Novum Testamentum Graece 28 Are you going to jump on board, get rid of your UBS3 or 4 and NA27? What are your thoughts? ![]() Devotionals are very popular today, more than ever. They come in all shapes and sizes and attempt to provide concise summaries of the Scriptures for the busy person. Many, if not most of the devotional books out there today are on the shallow side, seeking to simplify or contextualize the Bible in a way that it was not meant to be. One which does come to mind however which is good and grounded in the Scriptures is Morning and Evening by C.H. Spurgeon. I highly recommend this book. But what about a devotional dealing with the Greek New Testament? Well Zondervan has come out with yet another book in their already extensive New Testament Greek series. Before judging this book by its cover, go ahead and visit the link over at amazon and let me know what you think about this idea. You can see the table of contents, and even go through the first two devotionals to get a feel for it. What are your thoughts? I'll let you know mine at a later date. ![]() I cannot say enough good things about this little book. Whether you are a pastor or not, a teacher or not, a preacher or not is irrelevant. Even if you don't know Biblical Greek, don't let that stop you from reading this book. If you hunger to better understand and correctly interpret the Scriptures, then this book will be of immense help to you. It is not only a guide for using Greek in life and ministry, but also a superb introduction to New Testament Exegesis. Dave Black takes the often complex and daunting work of exegesis and makes it seem fun and easy. I highly recommend reading this book before something like Gordon Fee's work. Thanks John for lending me your copy! Buying individual commentary volumes, as opposed to commentary sets, can be quite expensive. However if you desire to have the best commentaries then there really is no way around buying individual volumes. I found some commentaries on Amazon that will be a little more buyer friendly, as they are used (there is one new volume however it's price is very low for such).
Buying used commentaries doesn't always work, it isn't always the best option. Some volumes haven't been out long enough for their price to drop. Others are now in the second or third editions. When they are in later editions/revisions, you can almost always find an earlier one for very cheap. Most of the time the later editions do not offer much more than the earlier ones, usually it has to do with a new cover design, updated bibliography, and maybe typeset. In those cases you can find the the older editions for very low. I have not been able to find anything significant which changed nor which should cause you to get the newest editions/revisions below. For Moises Silva's Philippians commentary, make sure you do get the second edition though, that is the one linked to: Mark – William Lane (NICNT) Romans - John Murray (NICNT) 1 Corinthians – Gordon Fee (NICNT) 2 Corinthians – Philip Hughes (NICNT) Ephesians/Colossians/Philemon - F.F. Bruce (NICNT) Philippians – Gerald Hawthorne (WBC) Philippians – Moises Silva (BECNT) Colossians & Philemon - Murray J Harris 1&2 Thessalonians - Leon Morris (NICNT) Hebrews – F.F. Bruce (NICNT) James – Peter Davids (NIGTC) 1 Peter – Peter Davids (NICNT) 1-3 John – Stephen Smalley (WBC) Revelation – Robert Mounce (NICNT) Biblical Greek is not only needed in ministry in the English speaking world. I believe that it is a universal need, and being that I live in Latin America (Peru), I have decided to start a small page geared towards the study of Biblical Greek in Spanish. If you know anyone who this would be profitable for, please pass along the following link:
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