Grammar Comparisons
| Grammar | Stanley Porter et al., Fundamentals of New Testament Greek, Eerdmans, 2010 | William Mounce, Basics of Biblical Greek, 3d ed., Zondervan, 2009 | David Alan Black, Learn to Read New Testament Greek, 3d ed., Broadman & Holman, 2009 | John H. Dobson, Learn New Testament Greek, 3d ed., with CD-ROM Baker, 2005 | Jeremy Duff, The Elements of New Testament Greek, 3d ed., Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005 | J. Gresham Machen, New Testament Greek for Beginners, 1923; 2d ed., Prentice Hall, 2004 | A. K. M. Adam, Grammar for New Testament Greek, rev. ed., Abingdon Press, 1998 | Ray Summers, Essentials of New Testament Greek, rev. Thomas Sawyer, Broadman & Holman, 1995 |
| List Price and Binding | Hardcover $39.99;
Workbook $20.00 (paperback) |
Hardcover $49.99;
Workbook $22.99 (paperback) |
Hardcover $29.99;
Workbook $29.99 (paperback) |
Hardcover $34.99 | Hardcover $91.00; paperback $52.00 (with CD-ROM) or $31.00 (without CD) | Hardcover $84.00 | Hardcover $28.00 | Hardcover $29.99;
Student Guide $24.99 (paperback) |
| CD or Online Support | Online support to include test bank, answer key, vocab. program, extra exercises and games. | Online helps including flashcards; extra resources available include printed cards and charts. | N/A | Audio CD-
ROM |
CD includes vocab. lists, reading passages, paradigms, vocalization of Greek alphabet and words. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Text | 30 lessons
488 pages |
35 lessons
448 pages |
26 lessons
272 pages |
52 lessons
400 pages |
20 lessons
354 pages |
34 lessons
400 pages |
29 lessons
240 pages |
31 lessons
200 pages |
| Approach | Comprehensive, clear, and linguistically up-to-date; lays a solid foundation for students going on in Greek or NT exegesis. | Aimed particularly toward seminary students; exegetically oriented with a devotional flair; approaches learning Greek as a tool for ministry. | Concise, user friendly; prepares students to begin reading Greek. | Emphasizes learning to read Greek; from the outset exposes students to reading the Greek NT | Aimed specifically at helping students learn to read the Greek NT. | The classic, still widely used. Written in an era that presumed stronger grammatical foundation than is usual today. | Concise and authoritative introduction designed to acquaint students with the vocab. and sentence structure of the Greek NT. | A basic grammar; uses the now unpopular eight-case system. |
| About the Author | Stanley Porter, primary author — president, dean, and professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College — has published widely in Greek grammar, NT interpretation, rhetoric, and many other fields. | William D. Mounce works as a writer in Washougal, Washington. He is the president of BiblicalTraining.org, a nonprofit organization that prepares resources for discipleship in the local church. | David Alan Black is professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. | In his long career, John H. Dobson taught Greek and Hebrew effectively in many different countries and settings. | Jeremy Duff is director of Lifelong Learning in the Liverpool Diocese and canon of Liverpool Cathedral; previously taught Greek at Oxford Univ. | J. Gresham Machen (d. 1937) led in founding Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, where he was professor of NT. | A. K. M. Adam, a biblical scholar, theologian, author, priest, technologist, and blogger, has taught at Princeton and Duke and is now at the Univ. of Glasgow. | Ray Summers was a beloved professor of religion at Baylor University; his Greek text has trained generations of pastors. |