Keep Your Greek by Constantine Campbell

     In “Keep Your Greek,” Campbell gives practical advice and tips on things you can do so that your Greek doesn’t die. Some of the tips are obvious. A couple may surprise you, but the logic behind it is undeniable.

     I am not a seminary student. I was encouraged to study Greek on my own after frequently watching a pastor on television who uses several different languages in many of her sermons to point out context, tense, etc. I wanted to be able to do this in my own personal studies. Unfortunately, as Bill Mounce says, I got “lost in the fog.” I got discouraged and began to study less and less, until it was not-at-all. I want to change that, so I knew I had to read “Keep You Greek.” It is so encouraging, especially since I am doing this on my own, to see that others struggle the same as I do. The tips in this book will no doubt help me learn and keep my Greek.

This book was provided to me for free by Zondervan for the purpose of this review. My opinions are my own.

This was book 5 in my 52 Books in 52 Weeks challenge.

Reclaiming My Greek!

About a year ago I was studying Greek. Not in a class, but on my own. I purchased a Greek grammar book and several other resources to help. I was doing very well, but as with any language it took a lot of time and it got harder and harder and I fell victim to discouragement. Especially since I was going it alone. I’ve been telling myself I need to pick it up again, but never did. But I’ve been re-inspired. Keep Your Greek has motivated me to reclaim my Greek (since you can’t keep what you no longer have). Last night I picked up my Greek grammar and started with chapter 1! I’m going back to the beginning. I may post an update here from time-to-time on how it’s going, where I’m struggling, etc. It may even help me work through it.

So this is my official proclamation…. I WILL learn Greek and I will KEEP it!

Keep Your Greek (a preview)

Keep Your Greek by Constantine Campbell is a book I will be posting a review for next week, but I have finished reading it and since I’ve added it to my 52 books challenge page I decided to do a quick post to say “the review is coming” and maybe give you a few things to check out.

This won’t your average book review, because this isn’t your average book. It is for students of Biblical Greek. Students who fear they will LOSE all the Greek they’ve learned once they are no longer students. That’s all I’ll say for now, but you can check out the book with the Zondervan widget in the sidebar. Stay tuned for my review next week.