Emig Elodie Ballantine - Intermediate Greek grammar : syntax for students of the New Testament

2016 by David L. Mathewson and Elodie Ballantine Emig

Published by Baker Academic

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Ebook edition created 2016

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ISBN 978-1-4934-0463-6

Quotations from the Greek New Testament are from The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software.

We dedicate this book to the glory of God and with love to our children:

Caleb & Kara, Jordan, and Ally Mathewson
Peter and Alex & Mackenzie Emig

T HE N EW J ERUSALEM

We believe that the study of biblical Greek is, among other things, a spiritual journey, so the drawing is of a path to the new Jerusalem. [ Sarah Godfrey ]

C ONTENTS

A CKNOWLEDGMENTS

We wish to express our gratitude to those who have helped us with this grammar. Our colleagues at Denver Seminary have been nothing but encouraging and supportive; in particular we thank Bill Klein, Craig Blomberg, Erin Heim, Danny Carroll R., Rick Hess, and Hlne Dallaire. We are also grateful for our students, without whom we would not have taken on such a task. Much of the material in this book has been tested in our Greek exegesis courses, and we are grateful for the input and overwhelmingly positive response of our many students who interacted with this material. We thank our graders who freed us up to do research and write: Joe Terracina, Jon Groce, Emmanuel Engulu, and Spencer Trefzger.

It is also important to acknowledge our debt to those who read any or all of the drafts of our manuscript: Ben Crenshaw, Sue Bailey, Erin Heim, Craig Blomberg, Hlne Dallaire, Don Payne, and Roy Ciampa. Their careful attention to the manuscript and helpful comments saved us from several mistakes. But as it is customary to acknowledge, any shortcomings are not to be attributed to them but to us!

We are also extremely grateful to Jim Kinney and James Ernest for their initial interest in our book and the invitation to publish it with Baker Academic. This volume would not be what it is without the stellar editorial work of Wells Turner. The entire staff at Baker Academic has been a joy to work with throughout the entire process!

I (Elodie) thank my New Song Church family (especially Beth & Loren, Iris, Josh & Jen, Sarah & Brett, and Sue), my BBB womens group (Hlne, Lori, Ramona, Su, and Sue), and Austin & Robyn for tons of prayers along the way.

I (Dave) would like to thank my small group at Aspen Ridge Church in Evergreen, Colorado, for their interest in this book and continual prayers.

Finally, we thank our children, Caleb & Kara, Jordan, and Ally Mathewson; Peter and Alex & Mackenzie Emig. They have encouraged, inspired, and loved us all along the way. It is to them that we lovingly dedicate this book. But above all, we give God the glory for sustaining us for the duration!

A BBREVIATIONS

General and Bibliographic

Old Testament