Resources for Studying Greek

for use with Greek 101/102/201/202/495 courses.
This page includes both links to other web sites and files containing grammar aids.
The blue underlined titles indicate web site links,
while the icons indicate either HTM files----or PDF files----located at Cranfordville.com
Last updated 12/27/2003

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Greek Grammars	Greek Lexicons

Greek Fonts

Fonts.com
This is a web site source for both freebies and purchased sets of fonts. These come in a wide variety of font styles and languages. From their web site comes this promotional statement: "Fonts.com is the Internet's number one font resource. On fonts.com, you'll find the Internet's best selection of fonts for preview, purchase and immediate download. Fonts.com is also the place to find the latest typographic news, tips, and typeface releases. Thousands of creative professionals rely on fonts.com's resources every month."
The Little Greek Guide to Fonts for New Testament Greek
A very important introductory explanation of the challenges of using Greek on computers and on the internet, as well as links to various sites for downloading both free and purchase Greek fonts.
Linguist's Software
"Linguist's Software, the world's leading foreign language font foundry since 1984, produces TrueType and Type 1 fonts for over 365 languages for Windows and Macintosh computers. Our fonts may also be used, with some restrictions, in the NT, DOS, OS/2, NeXT, and UNIX operating systems. You may order directly from us. Doing so assures that you always get the latest version, automatic registration, free technical support, and upgrade notification."
Acropolis Now
"Acropolis Now is P22's tribute to the enduring contribution of Classical Greece to world culture. This set features two typefaces in the style of ancient Greek stone carvings (one modern, one of authentic Greek characters) and 52 graphic extras drawn from coinage and vase paintings."
How to Read, Write, Print and Email in Greek
The links at this site provide installation and usage instructions on reading, writing and printing in Greek, as well as some tips on how to email in Greek, and spell check your Greek text.
Teknia Software
Robert Mounce's web site related to his beginning Greek grammar. Contains access to his free Greek fonts matching those used in his grammar.
Bible Study Tools Greek and Hebrew Fonts
These fonts are free and work with a wide variety of computer operating systems. These are the fonts utilized inside Cranfordville.com.

Greek Grammar

Conjugation Tables of Verbs and Verbals

This file contains an expanding list of endings for the various tense forms of verbs, infinitives, and participles. Check it periodically since it will be updated in correlation to the completion of the beginning biblical koine Greek grammar.

Declining Tables of Nouns and Noun Derivatives

This file contains an expanding list of endings for the various forms of nouns, adjectives and pronouns. Check it periodically since it will be updated in correlation to the completion of the beginning biblical koine Greek grammar.

General Rules of Accenting Greek Verbs

This file contains a summation of the basic guidelines for accenting in koine Greek, along with illustrations.

Guidelines for Classifying Sentences and Subordinate Clauses

This file contains the complete listing of the form and functions -- general and specific -- of Greek sentences and dependent clauses, along with a listing of the subordinate conjunctions and/or relatives used to introduce the dependent clauses.

Guidelines to Parsing

This file contains the complete listing of the models on how to parse all substantive forms and verb forms according to the specified guidelines used in class.

Steps to a Literary Structural Analysis of the Greek Text

This file contains the complete discussion of the procedure for doing block and semantic diagramming of the Greek text, then for developing teaching and sermon outlines based upon the diagramming of the Greek text.

Guides to the Formation of Contract Verbs

This file contains both a chart for contract verbs as well as a summary listing of the guidelines for their formation.

Table Listing the Six Principle Parts of Verbs

Contains verbs occurring at least 20 Times in the Greek New Testament

Greek Grammars online

Greek Grammars and Other Resources for Learning Ancient Greek

Here you will find several types of Greek grammars.

Beginning Greek Grammars including online grammars of Classical and Biblical Greek as well as Modern Greek plus print versions of two Classical Greek grammars.
An online reference grammar for Classical Greek
Print versions of several reference grammars covering different periods of the history of the Greek language.
Advanced Studies of Specific Topics

Learning New Testament Greek

The site is maintained by Corey Keating, and contains a variety of helpful information about biblical Koine Greek grammar.

Learn Greek on the web

You can learn Greek on the web at Jonathan Robie's Little Greek 101 site. This is a work in progress, so it does not yet have all you will need, but what it has is well done. You can actually hear the Greek examples pronounced on your computer, and the site includes tables and working flash cards.

Elementary Greek

Site maintained by Jim West with helpful introductory materials. The site contains mostly a summary overview of the basics of Koine Greek.

Bibliographic Resources for Hellenistic Greek Linguistics

This site provides links to principles of Greek language studies, reflecting a variety of viewpoints.

Discussion Lists Related to Greek and Linguistics

This page displays information about discussion lists related to either linguistics or Ancient Greek and provides links to their home pages. These lists are valuable sources of information about current scholarly discussions of various aspects of Greek grammar studies.

Greek Lexicons

Greek Lexica

A gateway into a variety of online lexical resources. Helpful to check out first.

Morphological Analysis (Perseus Project)

This site provides help in analyzing the morphological parsing of Greek words. Caution: the site takes a while to access, especially with a slower modem connection. It is somewhat technical oriented and will take some practice use in order to comfortably make use of it.

Liddel-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek (Perseus Project)

This site provides the ability to look up a wide range of Greek words through an online lexicon. The L-S lexicon is the standard Greek lexicon for all forms of ancient Greek vocabulary. It is a loaded site that will take some time to access and some practice to learn how to use effectively.

Greek Texts

Greek LXX texts:

This is a gopher site for downloading files containing parallel BHS and LXX texts of the Hebrew Bible. The texts are provided by the University of Pennsylvania.

Greek LXX morphologically analyzed texts:

This is a gopher site for downloading files containing morphologically tagged LXX texts of the Hebrew Bible. The texts are provided by the University of Pennsylvania.

Greek New Testament text:

This is a gateway of links into a wide range of various Greek texts of the New Testament. This texts are downloadable usually in zip files and can be unpacked on your hard drive with programs such as WinZip and then read with the correct set of Greek fonts installed in your computer operating system

The Greek New Testament:

The Greek text of the NT can be downloaded and/or viewed through this web site. It does require the downloading and installation of the Greek font set 'Koine' which is linked to the web site as well. The site is especially structured for use under Win95 operating system. The site has limitations of no accenting marks etc.

NT Greek Textual Criticism

Canons of New Testament Textual Criticism

A very helpful discussion of the principles of textual criticism, pertaining to both external and internal canons.

TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism

This site is the homepage of the SBL online journal for textual criticism for both the Greek New Testament and the Hebrew Bible. As such it provides a wide variety of sources of journal articles and book reviews related to the field of biblical textual criticism, plus numerous links to many different, related fields of study, i.e., biblical texts etc.

Glossary of Technical Terms

This very helpful list of commonly used terms in the field of biblical textual criticism can be read directly on your computer screen. It is a valuable source of information for understanding concepts in this field.

Table of Greek Manuscripts

This site provides a very help tabular listing of the various Greek mss used for analyzing the variant readings found in the Greek New Testament.

New Testament Manuscript Catalogue

This site provides an important catalogue for the various Greek mss of the New Testament. It is an ongoing project being expanded. The catalogue is provided by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research at Münster/Westphalia, Germany, one of the major centers of biblical textual research in the world.

Manuscript Witnesses to the New Testament

A very helpful description of the major manuscript witnesses to the Greek New Testament, along with links to copies of some of the mss.

Manuscript Transmission of the Text of the New Testament

A very helpful discussion of the process of copying the manuscripts of the Greek New Testament, including the procedures and problems related to the transmission of the text.

General Materials & Gateways

Greek Language and Linguistic Gateway

Here you will find information about Greek Linguistics and the Greek language. Links to Greek manuscripts on the web are on the Greek Manuscripts Gateway page. Extensive bibliographic resources for Greek Linguistics are available through the Bibliographic Resources page.

Bibliographic Resources for Hellenistic Greek Linguistics

The bibliographies accessible through this page are divided into two categories. The first includes bibliographies listing works which apply some form of linguistics to analyses of ancient Greek (mostly Hellenistic Greek). The second category includes links to bibliographies of linguistics, whether or not they address Greek. These are included to help Greek Scholars (and students) become more familiar with current developments in the field of Linguistics. Apart from these two categories, you may find useful Andreas Schmidhauser's bibliography on Apollonius Dyscolus, the great Greek grammarian of the 2nd century CE (AD).

Software for Using Greek

Bible Companion Software
Bible Works for Windows
The Gramcord Institute
Logos Research Systems, Inc.
Parsons Technology
Serious Developments Christian Software Catalogue
Silver Mountain Software
Software and Databases for Greek and Linguistics