


Work through paragraph by paragraph more carefully, parse the verbs, look things up in BDAG, maybe do a quick and dirty translation on the side.Push through the passage using only the vocabulary notes provided, looking for the general flow.Vocalize the entire text with no helps – just straight through reading.Decker with I have summarized and paraphrased below: I also greatly appreciate the “suggested procedure” provided by Dr. This is a nice goal for a Reader like this since it basically bring students from the 50 words or more basis that most first year grammars provide while also putting them in position to benefit from one of the Reader editions of the Greek New Testament that provide words occurring 30 times or less. The goal of the vocabulary is to get students to having memorized words that occur 25 times or more. They are, I believe, an important tool for students to move beyond their basic grammar and vocabulary. Koine Greek Reader: Selections from the New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian Writers I must thank Leslie Paladino for generously providing me with this review copy.

I’ve used it off and on for a while and I honestly wish that I had used it in a class so that I could have done so more consistently. I’ve had a review copy of Rodney Decker’s Koine Greek Reader sitting on my shelf for a number of months now waiting to be written about and I’ve finally gotten around to doing it.
