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This book makes the Greek New Testament and word studies based on it easily accessible to everyone, all in one volume.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98470 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 928 pages

From the Back Cover
Most interlinear Bibles are superb resources for Greek students. But what about the rest of us who don’t know Greek? Here is the answer. While other interlinear Bibles assume that you know Greek. Interlinear for the Rest of Us assumes that you don’t, or that you’ve forgotten much of what you once knew. Designed for busy pastors, Sunday school teachers, and anyone who wants a practical tool for studying the Scriptures, this interlinear makes reading easy by flip-flopping the usual order of appearance. It uses the English text as the main text rather than the Greek, so there is absolutely no confusion about the meaning of what you’re reading. Discover the Greek words behind the English translation. Conduct your own word studies using Greek word study books—without knowing Greek. Interlinear for the Rest of Us offers these features: Interlinear passages appear in a “staff” with four interrelated lines (see excerpt). From top to bottom, the lines are: English text in New International Version Corresponding Greek words Parsing information Goodrick-Kohlenberger numbers Greek text in normal Greek order at the bottom of the page, underneath the interlinear section Mounce’s Greek-English Dictionary at the back of this volume, keyed to both Goodrick-Kohlenberger and Strong’s numbering systems Ideal for use with Greek for the Rest of Us and other Greek study tools

About the Author
William D. Mounce (PhD, Aberdeen University) lives as a writer in Camas, Washington. He is the Vice President of Educational Development at BibleGateway.com and the president of Biblical Training, a nonprofit organization offering the finest in evangelical teaching to the world. See BillMounce.com for more information. Formerly he was the preaching pastor at a church in Spokane, a professor of New Testament and director of the Greek program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a professor of New Testament at Azusa Pacific University. He is the author of the bestselling New Testament Greek resources, Basics of Biblical Greek, and served as the New Testament chair of the English Standard Version translation of the Bible.

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Interlinear for the Rest of Us Copyright © 2006 by William D. Mounce Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bible. N.T. Greek 2005 Interlinear for the rest of us : the reverse interlinear for New Testament word studies / edited by William D. Mounce. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-10: 0-310-26303-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-310-26303-6 1. Bible. N.T.—Interlinear translations, English. I. Mounce, William D. II. Bible. N.T. English. New International. 2005. BS1965.5 2005 225.4'8 — dc22 2005022807 This edition printed on acid-free paper. The website addresses recommended throughout this book are offered as a resource to you. These websites are not intended in any way to be or imply an endorsement on the part of Zondervan, nor do we vouch for their content for the life of this book. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other — except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Interior design by William D. Mounce Printed in the United States of America 06 07 08 09 10 11 • 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 More Would You Rather Copyright © 2004 by Youth Specialties Youth Specialties products, 300 South Pierce Street, El Cajon, CA 92020, are published by Zondervan, 5300 Patterson Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49530 Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version (North American Edition). Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. Some of the anecdotal illustrations in this book are true to life and are included with the permission of the persons involved. All other illustrations are composites of real situations, and any resemblance to people living or dead is coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Web site addresses listed in this book were current at the time of publication. Please contact Youth Specialties via e-mail (YS@YouthSpecialties.com) to report URLs that are no longer operational and replacement URLs if available. Editorial direction by Dave Urbanski Art direction by Jay Howver Proofreading by Laura Gross Interior design by Holly Sharp Cover design by Proxy Printed in the United States of America 06 07 08 09 • 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 WOULD YOU RATHER... FORGET TO WEAR DEODORANT ON A DATE OR ENDURE YOUR DATE’S BODY ODOR ? B E KISSED BY YOU R MOM I N PUBLIC OR YELLED AT BY YOUR DAD IN PRIVATE ? SQUISH A ROACH WITH YOUR BARE FEET OR A SPIDER WITH YOUR HAN D ? EAT WORMS OR HAVE WORMS ? WOULD YOU RATHER... WAKE UP WITH A SNAKE IN YOUR SLEEPING BAG OR A SPIDER ON YOUR FACE ? LIVE W ITHOUT YOUR BIG THUMB OR ALL YOUR TOES ? SEE AN OPERA WITH YOU R FRI ENDS OR A ROCK CONCERT WITH YOUR PARENTS ? GET SLAPPED BY A FR IE ND OR KISSED BY AN ENEMY ? WOULD YOU RATHER... BE BOILED ALIVE OR FROZEN TO DEATH? GET BITTEN BY 100 MOSQUITOES OR STUNG BY 10 BEES? GO TO CHURCH EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK OR NOT GO FOR A MONTH? COACH YOUR FAVORITE SPORT OR REFEREE IT? WOULD YOU RATHER... LIVE AS JOHN THE BAPTIST OR THE APOSTLE PAUL? SPEND A DAY ON A SUNNY BEACH OR A SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN? HAVE BODY ODOR OR BODY HAIR? HAVE A REALLY BAD DATE WITH SOMEONE YOU LIKE OR HAVE A GREAT DATE WITH SOMEONE YOU DON’T? WOULD YOU RATHER... BE AN I NCREDI BLE WRITE R OR INCREDIBLE SPEAKER ? CHA NG E YOUR FACE OR CHANGE YOU R BODY ? BE A ON E- HIT WONDER OR HAVE A LONG- BUT- MEDIOCRE MUSIC CAR EE R ? HAVE U NCONTRO LLAB LE BACK HAI R OR A FACE FULL OF WARTS ? WOULD YOU RATHER... HAVE A HUGE NOSE OR ENORMOUS EARS ? BE HATED FOR SOMETHING YOU ARE OR LOVED FOR SOMETHI NG YOU’ RE NOT? BREAK UP WITH SOMEONE OR BE BROKEN UP WITH ? BE BALD FOR FIVE YEARS OR HAVE A MULLET FOR LIFE ? WOULD YOU RATHER... BE LOCKED IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION WITH PATIENTS OR STUCK IN AN ELEVATOR FULL OF THERAPISTS? WOULD YOU RATHER... LIVE DURING JESUS’ TIME OR BE ALIVE WHEN JESUS RETURNS? HAVE AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE OR NEVER MARRY AT ALL? BE AN EXTRA IN A BUNCH OF MOVIES OR GET A MAJOR PART IN ONE MOVIE? BE LIED TO OR ABOUT? WOULD YOU RATHER... HATE YOUR JOB AND MAKE LOTS OF MONEY OR LOVE YOUR JOB AND BE POORLY PAID ?

Customer Reviews

Ignore the quibble - buy the book
The quibble in Varner's comment about this work making everyone pretend they are Greek experts is directly addressed in the Preface of Mounce's book: "My prayer is also that you will not think you actually know Greek just because IRU parses the words. Learning a language is an art, one that takes a substantial commitment of time if it is to be done properly. But for those who are not able to spend the time, this text can help you to better understand the Word of God." And to that I say, "Amen."

The most important aid I receive from works such as this is precisely the overcoming of false assumptions that I KNOW "what the text means." All too often, a little digging - using works like Mounce's and Bruce Malina's reveals that my assumptions about the meaning of the plain (English) text on the page was in fact far from the mark. The more preachers and bible study leaders can avail themselves of these works the richer our understanding of Scripture will be.

Easy to use; accurate results
It would be nice if all pastors and teachers knew Greek. But since they don't (or they know enough to be dangerous), this book is an essential tool. Specifically, we've all heard sermons where a word study was done on the wrong Greek word because the presenter did not use a tool like this Interlinear to discover the appropriate word in Greek. Mounce has now made this easier for "the rest of us." I highly recommend this book.

Excellent resource for the serious Bible student
This volume is housed in the ESSENTIAL BOOKS section of my library.
There are several editions of the Interlinear NT, but I find this book to be one of the best.
When making comparisons between the English used and the Greek of the NT times, there are many ways that Greek expounds on key words with greater clarity and meaning not found in the English language.
This volume is a great INVESTMENT for the Bible student who desires to see and understand beyond the obvious.