IVP Pocket Reference Series: New Testament Greek Study Dictionary - Portable Bible Language Guide for Students & Scholars

I have recently purchased this book, and it has already paid for itself!I am a 1st year seminary student that has been exposed to about 4 years of Greek. I attend the church where the seminary Professor's Pastor and teach. I have also known many seminary students and graduates for the same reason.Over the last 4 years, despite the attempts of Professor's, students, and Summer's Beginning Grammar, I have been unable to fully comprehend certain terms or concepts dealing with Greek grammar. One such example, is the "distance from reality" of certain moods.For the first time in close to 5 years, I have a grasp of several concepts that have eluded me. This is thanks solely to this awesome little book, "Pocket Dictionary For the Study of New Testament Greek." I have found the definitions to be crisp and clear, and highly illuminating. Its as though I finally have an author that writes on the same frequency that I learn on!I also discovered today in class that the Greek Professor owns a copy as well. He has over two decades of experience teaching Greek. For the first time, he found a definition for a verb composition that has eluded him for years. He discovered it in this same book.A brief perusal of "Pocket Dictionary For the Study of New Testament Greek" has already shown me that I am in for quite a treat. This book has virtually opened up a whole new world of terms to me, some of which go beyond Greek, into areas like "Textual Criticism."I typically am not one for writing reviews. But there may be others reading this, that are like me. I am clear that it is God's will for me to master Greek. But while I appreciate Summer's, Mounce, Wallace, Dana & Mantey, and the plethora of other grammars out there... their definitions sometimes leave me in the dark.Maybe I will one day join the ranks of "grammarians" that writes a grammar with the intent of simplifying the process of learning Greek from square one. But for now, I am happy to get any tool that will help me to climb this mountain."Pocket Dictionary For the Study of New Testament Greek" is obviously not a grammar, but I think that it can sure help to lighten the load for Seminarians, Bible College students, or anyone that is committed to learning New Testament Greek, and the requisite grammatical terms, definitions, etc.I can also see how it would be a very helpful tool for Pastor's and Preachers that are presently tackling Greek, or for those that are not yet full-blown Scholars with photographic memories!A great vocabulary and definitions.The book is exhaustive in the number of entries, but most definitions are sparse. If you're well-educated and literate, most of the knowledge in this book is already known. If you're new to the study of Biblical Greek, then this will be a helpful quick reference, but you won't use this as a source for any paper.Handy and useful. Provides concise explanations of many terms scholars use in relation to the study of the Greek New Testament.Love itHowever, the print is very small for me an old an.I like this dictionary series. When I saw that the Kindle version was cheaper I thought it would be worth it to have the book always with me as I travel and study.However, for some unfortunate reason, the main words are not searchable, only the definitions. So, a search for a definition of the word "Genitive" rendered all kinds of results (anywhere else the word was used) except the definition of "Genitive," which I expected would be the first entry in the resulting list. The same happens with every word that I'm looking for in the dictionary. Very frustrating. I thought having it digitally available would be a time saver, but alas, it was not to be.I would recommend getting the paper version instead. Those I've used successfully in the past. Where can I "return" this purchase? It shows up in my list of Kindle purchases, but there's no option to complain or request a refund.BTW, I have no problem with other books as I'm enjoying more and more reading books in my Kindle and Kindle for the iPad.I keep this pocket dictionary with my Greek studies for ready reference. Saves a lot of time when I need a quick glance looking up terminology and definitions related to NT Greek. If you are serious with NT Greek get this book! This can almost be a study book by itself.Written in English with a few German words found in biblical studies. The last eight pages list abbreviations found in grammars, lexicons and other material - excellent work.This is not a Greek - English dictionary, in many ways its more useful.see this little reviewhttp://dailydoseofgreek.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e5270ae46d6e2d385a41d3a2&id=a7ea56accc&e=40be74d824When working through a commentary, or even looking up a word in BDAG, you stumble across something like, this is a clear zeugma or This is Paul's use of a isocolon. (What the?) If you are like me, these words might as well have been written in another language, this is where this little book arrives at it's element. A quick flick through and there sits a helpful definition in the context of Greek NT studies. Of course this information is available elsewhere, you don't put ground breaking scholarly work in a pocket edition. However I don't want to have flick through another 1000 page dictionary to find a helpful definition of a word that isn't going to make it into my sermon (I can't see a sermon series on biblical uses of an isoclon catching on). Nor is a more in-depth definition necessary for my second year greek exam. This book is small enough to carry around with me between lectures and to sit on my desk ready when I need it. With this little book close at hand I can engage with a commentary/greek commentary without getting bogged down in detail.