Title: An excellent classroom textbook
Product review: A New Testament Greek Primer has proven an excellent workbook style text for my beginning Greek students in Japan. Best features: 1. Distinguishes between memory paragdigms (must memorize) and recognition paradigms. 2. Chooses vocabulary based on NT frequency data.3. Uses only NT material for translation exercises, thus avoiding artificial constructions and strange Greek style.4. Morphological and grammatical explanations very clear, building on similar phenomena in English. 5. Homework in workbook varied; thorough drill on requisite skills before moving ahead. Incremental step by step procedure.Worst feature: pushes students to apply knowledge to vocabulary they have not learned yet; this may be sound pedagogy but a little too much and the "unknown" words are often not in the dictionary in the back of the book.
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