The Greek New Testament Study Bible provides you with access to the insights into the Greek text from some of the world's leading scholars, while encouraging and assisting you in the use of your Greek reading skills for sermon preparation, devotional study, and New Testament courses. If you sense you are losing your competence in Greek because of the passage of time or the pressures of ministry, yet you desire to study the text in Greek for preaching, teaching, and personal study, then The Greek New Testament Study Bible will help.
In one convenient volume, you get access to the full Greek text as it is found in the Reader's Greek New Testament. At the bottom of each page of Greek text you will find a list of infrequently occurring words with short definitions, which means you don't need to consult a separate lexicon for basic translation work. Right page notes identify key areas of grammar and syntax pertinent to the text under consideration, including insights into the use or absence of articles; particular lexemes; connectives; prepositions; pronouns, adverbs, and particles; verbal aspect; voice; questions; case; discourse analysis; prohibitions; the use of the imperative, subjunctive, and infinitive moods; and important textual variants.
The Greek New Testament Study Bible will:
- Give you competence and confidence in your handling of the Greek text
- Enable you to make exegetical decisions based on the Greek text, grammar, and syntax
- Equip you to continue using your knowledge of the Greek language beyond seminary in pastoral ministry and devotional studies
- Provide you with a quick reference guide to some of the key questions and insights in the text.
- Help you discern the major contributions that a study of the Greek text brings to your understanding of Scripture
Key features of The Greek New Testament Study Bible:
- Lefthand pages provide the Greek text based on UBS5, while righthand pages contain study notes
- Contains more than 9,500 study notes on the Greek text
- At the bottom of each page of Greek text, definitions are provided for Greek words that appear 30 times or fewer in the New Testament.
- Includes contributions from 19 internationally recognized experts on the translation and interpretation of the Greek New Testament.
- Study notes comment on the use, or absence of articles; particular lexemes; connectives; prepositions; pronouns, adverbs, and particles; verbal aspect; voice; questions; case; discourse analysis; prohibitions; the use of the imperative, subjunctive, and infinitive moods; and important textual variants.
- Includes a glossary of 198 technical terms.
