Has anybody here gone through Dr. George Hadjiantoniou’s book, “Learning the Basics of New Testament Greek”?
Is it worth the effort?
Hadjiantoniou's Book
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It's a good book, I think. I started with Summers' Essentials of New Testament Greek. It was very annoying the way he split the dative into ablative and locative and lists the same form three times under different names--it tricks you into thinking you're remembering three forms when its just one form with three possible meanings dependent on context. It was supposed to help people used to Latin, but I doubt it actually does.
Anyway, back to the point: I switched from Summers book to Hadjiantoniou’s and it was like a breath of fresh air. Its very simple and easy to use. The paradigms aren't listed in eye offending fashion as in some other books. One thing some people might not like (i think he does this, but i can't remember for sure) is that he uses the word "ye" to represent the plural-you in the translation exercises. Honestly I like that better than just saying "you" and expecting you to know that he means plural (which is what Summers did).
Anyway, back to the point: I switched from Summers book to Hadjiantoniou’s and it was like a breath of fresh air. Its very simple and easy to use. The paradigms aren't listed in eye offending fashion as in some other books. One thing some people might not like (i think he does this, but i can't remember for sure) is that he uses the word "ye" to represent the plural-you in the translation exercises. Honestly I like that better than just saying "you" and expecting you to know that he means plural (which is what Summers did).