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Not only an indispensable reference resource, Grammar of Septuagint Greek is also an ideal reader for anyone wishing to study the Septuagint in the original language. A reprint of the standard Septuagint grammar originally titled Selections from the Septuagint, this invaluable volume includes: an extensive introduction to the origin, inspiration, date, supremacy, and Greek of the Septuagint; the grammar proper with major sections covering accidence and syntax; and extensive selected readings with in-depth introductions and full textual and grammatical notes—especially helpful for the student of New Testament Greek wishing to develop language skills through reading less familiar texts. Helpful improvements to this new edition include: new, updated indexes of ancient sources and significant Greek words from the readings; a convenient and complete vocabulary with definitions; and an alphabetical list of proper nouns from the readings, with translations. ... Read more

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Great for Classical Greek students... Good for New Testament Greek Students
This grammar is a great resource for anyone who is reading the LXX for the first time. It explains the unusual elements in LXX Greek concisely and insightfully. The introduction is a great way for new readers to become familiar with the Aristaeus tradition and the readings at the end of the grammar represent a solid selection that will help those intimidated by the size and variety of the LXX.

There are really only two downsides to this volume. First, it is rather dated. Few grammars are consistantly used beyond 100 years and this one has passed that benchmark. However, since no grammar has recently been written that matches Conybeare's clarity and concision, this volume's age is only a minor setback. It would be nice to see a newer grammar though, especially since LXX research has grown considerably these last few decades.

The other small downside is that this grammar was really written primarily for readers who are familiar with Classical Greek. Many of the sections will resonate only with those who know something of Classical syntax and grammar. However, New Testament students will still find a great deal of helpful information here (particularly the readings).

Overall, a great work and well worth the cost to any Greek student.

Usable if you know Classical Greek well
This grammar was published in a day when the authors could still assume that everyone who turned to the Septuagint had an extremely good knowledge of Classical Greek. Thus, their grammar constitutes a listing of deviations from Classical Greek with no explanation of what the presumed Classical form is.

I had the good fortune to use this grammar in a graduate class taught by a professor who is one of the world's leading Biblical Greek scholars. His copy is well marked and he gave us many corrections to Conybeare and Stock's text, as well as explaining the assumed Classical forms, when we did not already know these from NT Greek (of which we all had a good knowledge).

I hope the day is not far off when a knowledgeable scholar will publish a completely new grammar of Septuagint Greek. There are certainly several who would be capable of this. Desirable characteristics would be:

1. Do not assume knowledge of Classical Greek, only NT.
2. Translate LXX examples cited (Conybeare and Stock do not).
3. Provide more thorough explanations of Hebrew structures underlying LXX structures.

Greek for students of the Old Testament
Most Theological students learn New Testament (Koine) Greek. Those who major in Old Testament studies learn Hebrew. This book is for those of us who want to go further. The translation of the OT known as the Septuagint uses a Greek somewhat different to that of the New Testament. This book is a manual of this older form of Greek. Like most Grammers it goes through nouns, verbs, syntax, and so on. About half the book is made up of selections from the OT with grammatical notes, and a vocabulary is included. This book presumes some knowledge of the OT and of Greek, so it is not for the beginner. Although a reprint of an older book, this is still a useful reference for scholars.

This book is more helpful if you know Classical Greek
The initial reviewer of this book stated that this volume can be a great reference for those who know Koine Greek, and he is not incorrect. However, I must add that the user of this book also needs some knowledge of Classical Greek; without such knowledge, this book appears to be rather unhelpful. The grammar section is set up to help readers understand the Septuagint (LXX) by pointing out the instances in which LXX grammar is different from Classical Greek grammar (as the LXX is, in many passages, a blend of Classical & Koine Greek with some Semiticisms thrown in for good measure); again, the only way to understand these differences is to have knowledge of both Classical and Koine Greek. While the volume can still be of some limited benefit to those who only know Koine Greek, using it will most likely be more of an exercise in frustration than an aid to study. Get a copy of Herbert Weir Smyth's "Greek Grammar" if you want to become familiar with Classical Greek, and then return to the present volume. Oh, and don't try Henry Thackeray's "A Grammar of the Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint" simply as an alternative to the Conybeare & Stock book; Thackeray's grammar is a good one, too, but it also assumes the reader has some knowledge of Classical Greek.

ADDENDUM: For information on some helpful books and tools for study of the Septuagint, see my review of Rahlfs's "Septuaginta".

Great grammar -- a century ago.
I enjoy studying the Septuagint very much, and if you do as well, it would behoove you to acquire this book for reference purposes.

As a text book, it is barely usable, however. The book was first published in 1905 and its text has hardly been touched since. It is amazing to think of all the hard work that went in to compiling the vast amount of information present in the grammar, especially without the aid of a computer.

The downside to this book is that it is a great example of a 19th century grammar (the century within which I presume most of it was researched and written). This is a bad thing because I think students will have a difficult time with it (I know I have), keeping up their interest and actually understanding the material. Given the paucity of teaching resources on the LXX, this is a tragedy. But, in spite of a dire need for major updating, this book is very handy as a reference tool and I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in it as such. ... Read more

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Dana and Mantey's Manual Grammar is a standard intermediate-level Greek grammar, utilizing the eight-case system of Greek verb classification. For those who have had at least one year of beginning Greek. ... Read more

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A very helpful grammar
This is the textbook I used in studying intermediate Greek at Denver Seminary. And it is a very helpful volume. The purpose of this book is not to teach how to parse Greek words. That would be an introductory volume to Greek. What this volume does is to detail different usages of the varying Greek grammatical forms.

So, for instance, this volume outlines the various uses of the Greek present tense. The regular uses are the progressive present, the customary present, and the iterative present. The book then presents "special uses" of the present tense, namely, the aoristic present, the futuristic present, the historical present, and the tendential present.

The book explains in detail how each of these uses function. Such information is imperative to understand when translating the New Testament. In fact, I relied heavily on this volume when I was working on my Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament: Third Edition (ALT).

I followed many of this book's suggestions in my translation work, so the information in this book helped me to bring out finer details of the Greek text that are often missed in Bible translations. So, for instance, this book states, "A prohibition in the present imperative demands that action then in progress be stopped.... Thus a prohibition expressed with the present tense demands the cessation of some act that is already in progress" (pp. 301).

Utilizing this information, I consistently translated the prohibitive, present imperative using the form "Stop ..." (e.g., Matt 6:16, "And when you* are fasting, stop becoming gloomy like the hypocrites").

However, there is so much information in this book that sometimes it can be difficult to keep it all straight. So when I began working on the ALT, I typed out initially just for myself, a summary of the various grammatical points and suggested renderings given in this book and various other Greek grammars. That summary proved invaluable as I worked on the ALT, so later I expanded it and included it as an extensive "Grammatical Renderings " section in my book Companion Volume to the Analytical-Literal Translation: Third Edition.

So yes, get this volume if you want to understand the various uses of Greek grammatical forms. But to help keep it all straight, check out my "Companion Volume" as well. And to see how Dana and Mantey's suggestions look in an actual translation, see my ALT.

Excellent New Testament Greek Resource
This is the textbook I used in college for second year Greek. It covers all the fundamentals one might need for that next step in their Greek studies. It is not far-reaching in scope, but that is in keeping with its stated goals: "This book is not offered as an exhaustive treatment of the grammatical phenomena of the Greek New Testament" (from the preface). However, the book systematically covers all the features of New Testament Greek that one needs to secure a sound footing in the language.
I would recommend the book for independent study and as a reference tool.

A Truly Indispensable Handbook
This Greek grammar, which is most accurately described as a condensed form of Robertson's and Moulton's literature, is genius.By genius, of course, I mean there is no other book quite like it.A much more popular volume today is the more recent grammar by Daniel Wallace, but Dana and Mantey provide all the content at less than half the size.Admittedly, Wallace is good to have on the shelf, but this book is what I carry to class and actually use on a regular basis.

At the beginning of each section, this book provides references to the larger works by Robertson and Moulton.Although not necessary, it is very beneficial to read those references as directed, especially those in Robertson.This book is supposed to come with a chart of verb conjugations in the back, but if it is missing (as it was in mine), there is an identical chart in the back of Essentials of New Testament Greek by Ray Summers.

In my opinion, this grammar should be the standard for any student of the New Testament; it really is that good.It is regrettably hard to find; however, and along those lines also expensive.Give this grammar a chance, it will soon become your favorite.

The Best Grammar for Intermediate Students
I learned Greek grammar from the golden gems of knowledge by Dana and Mantey. Having already studied Summers and Sawyer, this book by Dana and Mantey proved to be invaluable to describe the nuances of Greek grammarwhich in turn led to clearer exegesis. Thanks to Dr. Delnay, who was taughtby Dr. Mantey, for using this book in second-year Greek class at ClearwaterChristian College.

The Standard Intermediate Grammar Stands Unchallenged !
Not even the recent sorties by Young and Mounce have managed to unseat this all-time classic.For ease of use and lucid explanations, this grammar is solid gold!Despite claims to the contrary, this grammar isstill as fresh as the day it rolled off the press and as relevant asanything being published today.Recent attempts have been made to improveupon it (e.g. Brooks and Winbury) but it remains unmatched for accuracy andreadability.Discover it today! ... Read more

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Publisher: Toronto Rose Pub. CoPublication date: 1891Subjects: French language -- Grammar 1870-1949French language -- Composition and exercisesNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Volume: 2Publisher: Oxford J. Henry and J. ParkerPublication date: 1861Subjects: Greek language -- Grammar 1800-1870Greek language, Biblical -- GrammarNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Volume: 1Publisher: Oxford J. Henry and J. ParkerPublication date: 1861Subjects: Greek language -- Grammar 1800-1870Greek language, Biblical -- GrammarNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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An Arabic-Arabic Dictionary of Arabic Grammatical Nomenclature, Plus an index of conventional terms in Arabic-English-French. Part of El-Dahdah Encyclopedia of Arabic Grammar Series ... Read more