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Trivium Pursuit - Homeschool Greek Volume One - A Thorough Self-Teaching Grammar of Biblical Greek
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Trivium Pursuit
Homeschool Greek is like no other Biblical Greek
grammar. Its features include:
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For ages twelve or thirteen through adult.
Unlike other Grammars, this is designed for younger students.
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Teaches English grammar before it introduces
Greek grammar.
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Self-teaching: You don't need a teacher - the
text is your teacher. The text continually asks questions and
confirms or corrects your answers.
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Programmed: The text takes us through the
normal Trivium process of learning:
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Extensive preprinted Vocabulary Drill Cards.
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A Greek New Testament Reader, which covers
Matthew Chapters 5 through 7, including an English
translation.
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Audio Pronunciation Files for both the Grammar
and the Reader are found at
http://www.triviumpursuit.com/downloads.
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Diagnostic tests to determine whether the
material has been mastered, and if not, what material to
restudy.
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Beautifully formatted, using the 1611 King
James Bible as our model to add decorative scrolls and leaf
marks.
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Inexpensive when compared to other language
course texts.
Volume One has 18 chapters divided into 95 lessons
and 15 comprehensive tests. The material begins very easy,
gradually increases in difficulty, and concludes with 5
challenging chapters. The last 10 chapters use Biblical
expressions for examples and exercises. The student must
memorize numerous Greek passages from the Proverbs and the New
Testament. The text points out information which the student
is required to enter in an orderly Greek notebook.
After completing Volume One, the student should have a working
knowledge of Greek nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and prepositions
and some knowledge of the Greek verb system. Younger
students will take up to two years to complete Volume One.
Adult students may be able to complete it in a few months.
Parents can enjoy learning Biblical Greek along with their
children.
NOTE! This grammar does not teach the Greek
alphabet and phonetic system. These are taught in A Greek
Alphabetarion.
Volume One: Mostly Nouns and Such Includes:
:an class="style2"> Table of Contents of Homeschool
Greek Volume One
Introduction
Why Study Greek? 1
How to Use this Book
Programmed Interactive Format 3
Greek Notebook 5
Vocabulary Drill 6
Greek Reader 6
Lesson Guide 8
Diagram of Vocabulary Cards 9
Final Remarks Before You Begin 10
C H A P T E R I
Definitions
Lesson 1 Language, Symbols, Translation, & Grammar 11
Lesson 2 Words & Sentences 13
Lesson 3 Lexical, Syntactical & Contextual Meaning 14
C H A P T E R I I
The Simple Active Sentence
Lesson 4 The Simple Active Sentence, The Subject 16
Lesson 5 The Predicate 18
Lesson 6 The Verb (Subjective Definition) 19
Lesson 7 The Verb (Objective Definition), The Noun 21
Lesson 8 The Transitive Verb, The Direct Object 23
Lesson 9 More on Direct Object, Sentence Diagramming 25
C H A P T E R I I I
Word Ending
Lesson 10 English Word-order 28
Lesson 11 Greek Word-order 29
Lesson 12 Inflection, The Noun, Case,
The Nominative & Accusative Cases 31
Lesson 13 The Personal Pronoun, Word Form & Function 34
Lesson 14 Greek Word Endings 36
C H A P T E R I V
The Omicron Declension
Lesson 15 The Dimensions of Number & Gender
Word-stem 38
Lesson 16 Declensions 41
Lesson 17 Paradigms, The Omicron Declension 44
Lesson 18 Transliteration, Translation, The Conjunction 46
C h a p t e r V
Noun Gender
Lesson 19 Grammatical & Natural Gender 48
Lesson 20 Gender Specific, The Modifier 50
Lesson 21 The Definite Article, Modifier Agreement 52
Lesson 22 Noun Paradigms with Gender 54
C h a p t e r V I
Neuter Nouns
Lesson 23 Omicron II Neuter Nouns, The Rule of Context 57
Lesson 24 Translations 60
C h a p t e r V I I
Feminine Nouns
Lesson 25 Omicron I Feminine Nouns 62
Lesson 26 The Determiner, The Adjective 64
Lesson 27 The Substantive 66
Lesson 28 Greek Verb Endings 68
Lesson 29 Review 70
C h a p t e r V I I I
Alpha Declension
Lesson 30 Alpha Declension Nouns 72
Lesson 31 Alpha I, II, III Feminine Nouns 73
Lesson 32 Alpha IV, V, VI, VII Masculine Nouns
Common & Proper Nouns 76
Lesson 33 Comparison of Omicron & Alpha Declensions 78
Lesson 34 Comparison of Noun & Article Endings 79
Lesson 35 Comparison of Noun Endings 82
C h a p t e r I X
The Greek Verb Copula
Lesson 36 First, Second & Third Person, The Verb 85
Lesson 37 The Subject Complement, The Copula 88
Lesson 38 Diagramming the Subject Complement
and Compound Sentence Elements, Ellipsis 90
C h a p t e r X
Some Prepositions
Lesson 39 The Preposition, The Object of the Preposition 94
Lesson 40 Prepositions Govern Cases, The Phrase 97
Lesson 41, The Gloss, The Synonym, The Definition,
How to Translate a Preposition 100
Lesson 42, The Idiomatic Expression 103
Lesson 43 The Prepositional Phrase, The Adverb, The
Particle,
Diagraming a Prepositional Phrase 105
Lesson 44 Adjectival & Adverbial Phrases 107
C H A P T E R X I
The Genitive Case
Lesson 45 The English Possessive Case,
The Greek Genitive Case Root Idea 111
Lesson 46 Omicron & Alpha Genitive Articles &
Endings 114
Lesson 47 Categorical Analysis, The Lexical Entry 119
Lesson 48 Deducing & Analyzing Endings 123
Lesson 49 More Deducing & Analyzing Endings 125
C H A P T E R X I I
The Dative Case
Lesson 50 The Dative Case Root Idea, The Indirect Object 128
Lesson 51 Sentence Diagramming the Indirect Object
The Questions to Identify the Indirect Object 131
Lesson 52 The Personality of the Indirect Object,
Counterfeit
Indirect Objects, Verbs and Indirect Objects 133
Lesson 53 Inflections of the English Personal Pronoun 135
Lesson 54 Omicron & Alpha Dative Articles & Endings
140
Lesson 55 No Gender-Specific Endings for Nouns
13 Case & Number Specific Endings for Nouns 143
Lesson 56 17 Gender-Specific Endings for Articles 150
Lesson 57 The Postpositive, The Emphatic Expression,
Capitalization 152
C H A P T E R X I I I
Adjectives
Lesson 58 Adjective Endings 155
Lesson 59 Adjectives, The Epsilon-Iota-Rho Rule 159
Lesson 60 Adjective Word-Order 163
Lesson 61 Review 164
Lesson 62 Review 166
C h a p t e r X I V
Articular Constructions
Lesson 63 The Articular & Anarthrous Constructions,
Apposition, The Attributive Position,
Normal, Rhetorical & Rare Word-Order 167
Lesson 64 Review 170
Lesson 65 The Phrase, The Clause, Parts of Speech
The Predicative Position,
Normal, Rhetorical & Rare Word-Order 172
Lesson 66 Explanation of Articular Constructions 176
Lesson 67 The Key to Articular Constructions 180
Lesson 68 Upright & Oblique Cases, The Use of 185
Lesson 69 Seven Step Strategy for Sentence Translation 189
Lesson 70 Vocabulary Review 191
C h a p t e r X V
Personal Pronouns
Lesson 71 The Antecedent, The First Person Personal Pronoun,
More Uses of the Dative Case 194
Lesson 72 The Second Person Personal Pronoun,
The Intensive Use in the Nominative Case 197
Lesson 73 Pronoun Function and Agreement 201
Lesson 74 Genitive Pronoun in Attributive Position 203
Lesson 75 Genitive Pronoun in Predicative Position 206
Lesson 76 Genitive Pronoun with Adjectives 209
Lesson 77 Possessive Adjectives 211
Lesson 78 When Natural Gender is Grammatical Gender 214
C h a p t e r X V I
Third Person Personal Pronoun
Lesson 79 The Third Person Personal Pronoun 218
Lesson 80 Intensive Use of the Third Person Pronoun 221
Lesson 81 Genitive Pronoun Positions 223
Lesson 82 Review 225
C h a p t e r X V I I
Demonstrative Uses of
Lesson 83 The Identical Demonstrative Use of 228
Lesson 84 The Intensive Demonstrative Use of 231
Lesson 85 The Reflexive Pronouns 234
Lesson 86 Third Person Reflexive for First & Second
Person,
Distinction of Reflexive English Translation from
Reflexive Use 236
Lesson 87 Summary of the Uses of 240
C h a p t e r X V I I I
Demonstrative Adjectives
Lesson 88 The Near & Far Demonstrative Adjectives 243
Lesson 89 Uses of the Near & Far Demonstratives 246
Lesson 90 Uses of the Near & Far Demonstratives 249
Lesson 91 Review of Demonstratives 251
Lesson 92 Review of Demonstratives 252
Lesson 93 Review of Demonstratives 253
Lesson 94 Review of Pronouns 255
Lesson 95 Review of Verbs 258
A P P E N D I X ONE
The Greek Alphabet 261
A P P E N D I X TWO
Greek Accents 266
A P P E N D I X THREE
Homeschool Greek Lexicon 271
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Book Details:
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ISBN 9781933228051
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Weight 4.00 lbs
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Price: $99.00
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: Review of Homeschool Greek by Cathy Duffy at
cathyduffyreviews.com
This is a self-contained Greek course for students ages
thirteen and up. The Volume I course, "Mostly Nouns and
Such," consists of a 310-page, plastic comb-bound textbook,
a 65-page Greek reader, vocabulary cards, and three audio
tapes. It assumes that students are familiar with the
symbols and sounds of the Greek alphabet. (A Greek
Alphabetarion provides the necessary groundwork.) Students
need not have prior instruction in English grammar, although
it will certainly be helpful.
See the rest of this review at Cathy Duffy's web site
http://cathyduffyreviews.com/foreign-language/homeschool-greek.htm
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: Review of Homeschool Greek by Christine Miller at
classical-homeschooling.org
The first New Testament Greek curriculum written
specifically for teens aged 13 and up is earning high praise
from eminent Greek scholars. This complete self-study
program for dialectic stage students, older teens, and
adults with no prior knowledge of Greek teaches New
Testament Greek through deduction (grammar study), while
providing reading practice in the Greek New Testament from
the very beginning of the course (induction). The text is
written so as to become the Greek teacher for the student,
eliminating the need for a parent or teacher already
familiar with Greek.
The lessons proceed incrementally and sequentially through
the grammar, and take nothing for granted - not even English
grammar. As a matter of fact, a student that has not
formally studied English grammar can begin in this text and
thoroughly learn English grammar while he studies Greek.
Every concept is carefully and thoroughly explained in an
easy-to-read style, and each lesson contains questions,
exercises, and review designed to ensure mastery. The
answers are provided in the text. The carefully chosen
vocabulary is limited to allow students to concentrate on
mastering the grammar, while recognizing the most important
vocabulary used in the Greek New Testament . The student
will also build a Greek grammar and vocabulary notebook as
he works through the course, which further embeds the
concepts learned and provides a reference for easy review.
The Greek spoken and written alphabet is taught separately
in A Greek Alphabetarion, using exercises, drill games, and
review, and is meant to be completed first as a foundation
for the rest of the program - even children can learn and
master its material. Homeschool Greek, Volume 1: Nouns and
Such teaches nouns, prepositions, adjectives, pronouns,
demonstratives, and beginning verbs in 95 lessons. This
volume comes with well-done pronunciation tapes, vocabulary
drill cards, tests and test keys, and the New Testament
Reader, Volume I, used concurrently with Homeschool Greek to
provide practice in reading Greek and recognizing the
grammar, and contains the Greek and English text of Matthew
chapters 5-7, the Sermon on the Mount. Homeschool Greek,
Volume II: Verbs and Such, is scheduled to be available in
2005.
Having told you the nuts and bolts of what you can expect
with this curriculum, I will share my impressions as well.
Mr. Bluedorn truly knows his subject inside and out. The
impeccable scholarship used in crafting this program (and
crafting can be the only verb to describe the excellent
organization of the material to be learned, within the true
independent study framework of the lessons) is evident from
the first page, and on every page. Homeschool Greek delves
into the language, giving you a rare glimpse of its history
and culture, and goes beyond the bare bones basics to let
you savor the elegance of its phonics and the beauty of its
constructions. You didnt know phonics could be elegant, or
constructions beautiful? They can. It was a joy to read, and
my mouth is watering to begin the study myself with my
family.
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: Reviews by Students and Parents
I have just received Homeschool Greek and I am delighted to
find out it is as good, if not much better, as advertised.
Thank you very much for publishing such great material for
studying biblical Greek. I believe it is very useful even
for a non-native English speaker like me. May the Lord
richly bless you in your faithful service.
Sincerely yours, Clay Lin
I really appreciate your Homeschool Greek books. The method
you use to teach is helping me to learn more quickly than I
thought I could but is also keeping me challenged. When my
mother told me that we were learning Greek, I was quite
excited, but when I found out that it had its own alphabet,
I was thrilled. I love languages, and my favorite lessons
are my Greek ones. My favorite part is actually reading it.
When I listen to the tape, I can imagine Jesus speaking to
the crowds so much more vividly then I ever can in
English.-Sincerely, Sara Walker, a Homeschooled student from
Illinois
It has been said that writing is a generosity not a
performance. Harvey Bluedorn has given both homeschoolers
and anyone interested in classical education a generosity.
His Homeschool Greek course is not only clear, logical, and
thorough; it is also wonderfully attractive. Though I
studied three years of graduate level Greek, I'm convinced
both my joy and use of Greek would be dramatically better
had I studied by this approach. It just simply works better
with the way we humans have been designed to learn.-Fred
Lybrand, Homeschool Dad, pastor at Midland (Texas) Bible
Church, writer
I use PC Study Bible a lot and often get into the
interlinear text. The Greek seems to hold more meaning than
any translation alone. 'Homeschool Greek' is helping me
unlock that meaning. The Grammar seems to have just the
right balance of new information and review to keep it
interesting and really teach the material. It's increasing
my interest in the Greek language with each lesson.-Jason
Rowberg, Age 17 Anaheim, CA
My other daughter Inge will finish her Home School Greek Vol
1 beginning of December. Greek is one of the most successful
subjects in our homeschool. She enjoys it tremendously. One
of the reasons is that the course is so well structured. She
wants to continue.-Ernst Jacobs
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: Review by Barbara Haney Martinez, Ph.D. Fairbanks,
Alaska
We just received the Bluedorn Greek materials. I can't
compare it to Werner, but I can compare it to Machen and
Payne. Since Machen and Payne both spend considerable time
in "Attic" Greek, only half of their book is devoted to
Koine. I am not at ALL opposed to my kids learning Attic...
in fact, Payne notes that seminary students are often ill
prepared to read Attic, and do not realize they need it for
the Septugaint. I have no objection to Classical Greek, but
I would like them to learn Koine first. If they have a solid
foundation in Koine, I think the transition to Classical is
not a difficult one.
I think the Bluedorn materials are excellent. They are
squarely aimed at a full year of Koine. The system includes
flash cards, tapes for the lessons and the reader, and a
lesson book and a reader. The Reader that comes with it is
EXCELLENT... straight from the Gospel of Mathew. This is
unique because most readers tend to pull from the Gospel of
John. The lesson materials do an excellent job talking a
student through the grammar of both the English and Greek
language. It is one of the few programs in ANY language I
have seen that covers diagramming in the instruction of that
language. It is thoroughly self teaching. The lessons
distill material that is rather complex into understandable
chunks. The material is scripturally based, which I find
quite refreshing in a Greek curriculum. It also has a bit of
humor, and a student who is an avid reader will enjoy the
word play in some of the lessons.
I know I hesitated a bit before I bought it.. as the cost
seemed a bit high, particularly compared to a text book.
However, once you get the program, you can see you really
have more than your money's worth. The tapes give the
auditory re-enforcement, and really do match the lesson.
While I don't know what is planned for future volumes, I
think the current volume is excellent.
As a side note, the Greek Alphabetarion, is also excellent.
It is thorough, informative, and maintained my children's
interest (range from age 6 to 17 both boys and girls). My
kids fought over it several times. My kids might fight over
the last scoop of ice cream, but not school books. They
started leaving little notes for each other in Greek letters
and became quite competitive. The ending selections from the
Gospel of John were sufficient to encourage my older son to
continue to study on his own after he completed the primer.
The little Greek and Hebrew Alphabet books prepared by the
Bluedorn's daughter are really cute! The charts included in
the book are worth laminating. While not informative like
the Alphabetarion, it has the "primer" writing marks that
small children find delightful and helpful. The calligraphy
is beautiful and not distracting to the child. Even older
children will find the penmanship something to be admired.
I attended graduate school at the University of Notre Dame
and graduated in 1989 and was the Director of Forensic
(Speech and Debate) while a graduate student there. I have
been a faculty member at St. Mary's College, IN; Eastern
Illinois University, University of Illinois, Washington
State University, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks
prior to homeschooling my children. I have held
administrative positions at the University level. I have
worked in the area of Educational Support Materials for
several principles textbooks in the field of Economics such
as earlier editions Ruffin and Gregory and Parkin. I am not
readily impressed by curriculum materials for either the
University, Secondary, or Primary grades or for homeschool.
It is not uncommon for me to re-write material my children's
use. This is one of the few programs that I have bought that
required NO re-writing work on my part. In fact, I've never
had to re-write any materials authored by the Bluedorns that
I have purchased. I have always received more than fair
value.-Barbara Haney Martinez, Ph.D. Fairbanks, Alaska
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: Review by Jay P. Green Sr., editor and translator of
the Interlinear Greek-English New Testament
Harvey Bluedorn. . . . has developed three excellent volumes
for learning Greek at home. . . . One cannot help but be
impressed by the sound thinking, the scholarship, and the
insistence on a thorough education for all. . . . This is
not for children only. . . . You can and should get these
excellent helps for yourself. Why? Because it will help you
immensely to learn more exactly what God has written for
your own learning, conduct, and worship. However literal the
English, the Greek is far better for your ultimate joy and
understanding.
Bluedorn. . . spends some time on teaching English and
showing the ways it is the same as the Greek, and the many
ways that it differs. You, or the child, will better
understand what he is doing as he proceeds.
First, in learning Greek, one must learn the alphabet. To
memorize the 24 Greek capital letters and 25 small letters
is not hard. One can do it in a day or two. But Mr. Bluedorn
is not satisfies with that as an introduction to Greek. He
proceeds to teach the student the sounds so he or she can
pronounce the letters, and finally the words, as you read.
This gives one the proper foundation, for to learn the
parts, the sounds, and the symbols prepares the student to
thoroughly handle the Greek Language. So, he says, read your
lessons out loud; engage your mouth, your ears, hands, and
eyes. This is the old-fashioned way of learning. And it
works!
In our judgment this is an excellent way to study Greek. In
fact, this reviewer plans to go through it in order to more
thoroughly understand the Greek of the New Testament. . .
Please do yourself a favor, learn Greek. It sharpens the
mind. . . .
-Jay P. Green Sr., editor and translator of the Interlinear
Greek-English New Testament
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: Review by Donald Potter at donpotter.net
I recently found an incredible resource for teaching and
learning NT. Greek: Homeschool Greek by Harvey Bluedorn. The
title is unassuming, but I assure you that this is the most
complete grammar of the NT on the market. It reflects the
industrious mentality of an earlier era in the intellectual
history of our country, the era of Noah Webster and Edward
Robinson - and Alexander Campbell. It is in a programmed
format for 13 year olds and up. It carefully compares and
contrasts English and Greek grammar. There is a NT Reader
comprised of the Greek text of the Sermon on the Mount with
a carefully prepared "Verbal-Equivalent Translation,"
accompanied by a cassette tape. He teaches a well researched
system of pronunciation in a separate book, A Greek
Alphabetarion, accompanied by a teaching tape. His
pronunciation is very close to my system, two dialects of
the Erasmian system. He uses the 1550 TR throughout. The
first volume is a comprehensive presentation of the nominal
system and the present tense of the verb. I have not seen
the second volume which teaches the rest of the verb system.
This is so complete that I stagger to think of the degree of
competence some of the homeschoolers are going to achieve.
Bluedorn teaches to mastery. Christian schools and colleges
can do nothing but enhance their programs using these
books.-Donald Potter
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