Going Deeper with New Testament Greek, Revised Edition: An Intermediate Study of the Grammar and Syntax of the New Testament Hardcover – July 15, 2020

Excellent intermediate Greek grammar. Very practical approach. Also, very good follow up study to the Beginning Greek grammar by the same authors. I used it as a self-study, but if I were still teaching, it would be my choice for a textbook.

I am a self taught student and have used BBG as my textbook for a long time. I really didn't know about how or what the "next step" should be and found this book reviewed on YouTube. I ordered it and found the layout to be very helpful (especially for those without a classroom, i.e. answer key) and also promoted a reader quality. I was so impressed that I bought the beginning greek text as well to see what it had to offer to fill in the gaps from my BBG experience. Wow, it is excellent too! Picked up some tips and teachings that I was lacking and it served as a great review. I still have a long way to go but I am noticing serious progress and that keeps you going when you get hit with some hard texts that make you feel like you never even started. Buy both and you will not regret it. On a side note, I just bought Decker's "Koine Greek Reader" and am enjoying it tremendously. It is probably the link between the intermediate grammar (which you get gradually) and the books. Making progress and pretty pumped.

It has great features as compared to other intermediate grammars, fully up to the latest discussion on verbal aspect, deponency, etc.Some of the best features for me are: an intro section on every chapter on the importance for the Greek exegete, helpful summary charts, vocabulary to memorize (frequency of 15 to 49 in the NT), vocabulary to recognize (frequency less than 15), embedded workbook per chapter with practical exercises, a vocabulary list of the most common words that any elementary Greek student should know by now (frequency greater than 50 occurrences), a chapter on discourse analysis and diagraming, a chapter on word studies and a built-in reader.The key to the exercises and a lot of other resources for both teacher and student are readily available on the goingdeeper.com website, I went once and downloaded everything that I could to use it in my course.I recommend this grammar to you if you have already taken elementary Greek.

I love translating the Greek New Testament. I have several beginner Greek grammars, four major grammars, and four intermediate grammars. I focus mainly upon the intermediate and major grammars when translating. "Going Deeper With New Testament Greek" is an intermediate grammar and thicker than the others on my shelf. The explanations in this grammar are clearly understood. I have read others (major and intermediate) that were not comprehensible at times - still worth having. As a supply preacher, it is rare someone would ask me for a recommendation about a grammar, but if someone did then I would certainly recommend "Going Deeper With New Testament Greek."

This is a decent intermediate Greek grammar that by in large does what it intends to do. Here are a few observations:1) This volume has three authors. Each author wrote specific chapters. While there are hints of their individual identity in the text, they manage to keep the writing fairly even throughout. The chapters mesh together well. The chapters are, by in large, built around parts of speech, with an initial chapter on the language as a whole and textual criticism, and concluding chapters on larger grammatical structure, word studies, and “Continuing with Greek.”2) This grammar lives in the shadows of previous grammars. It is not an authoritative voice, but rather an attempt to make an up to date and accessible compilation of authoritative voices. Numerous grammars are repeatedly referenced and quoted throughout, both in the text and the footnotes. Even when the book makes assertions, it does so by siding with someone.3) The grammar purposely seeks to be less than exhaustive. It is “a pedagogical compromise—offering a deeper understanding while not overwhelming the student with a multiplicity of categories” (p. 400). That being said, in the “Reading Notes” (see observation 6 below), the authors occasionally name drop additional categories that are not taught or explained in the grammar (e.g. "genitive of subordination" is mentioned in a reading note on p. 385 but is not a category in the section on genitives).4) The logic seems less seamless and the topics less thought through than they are in Wallace's Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Admittedly though, Wallace is a tough act to follow.5) The editing is not great. Two dozen or so errors easily jumped out at me without even looking for them as I read through the text. For example, James 1:5 is listed as an example of the category "Command" on p. 209. The explicit comment is made that in this verse "the force of the command is not merely permission," and then two pages later, James 1:5 is also listed as an example of the category "Permissive Imperative." I imagine that this has been addressed in the revised edition (I read the first edition).6) There are several things at the end of almost every chapter: charts of the chapter’s concepts, practice exercises, vocabulary to memorize, vocabulary to recognize, a text of scripture, and reading notes for each verse in the text. All are adequate. The practice exercises, in particular, are Goldilocks. They were just enough to make me think through the content of each chapter but not enough to bog things down.7) The cell phone example of “illegitimate totality transfer” on p. 478, while clearly not the reason for buying this book, is worth the price of the book.

I have a number of elementary, intermediate and advance NT Greek grammars. I especially like this revised edition of Drs. Plummer, Merkle and Kostenberger. It does not try to repeat elementary grammar stuff and goes the right distance for intermediate stuff. I have not read the complete revised edition, but did use the first edition a lot. I am currently taking (auditing) Dr. Plummer's Syntax course from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. I also completed (by audit) his elementary NT Greek course and was very pleased with his approach to NT Greek.

I'm currently using this textbook while taking Dr. Plummer's Greek Syntax and Exegesis class. This book is so helpful! It is devotional at points, even while it is covering very technical issues. I find the writing style and the pacing of the chapters to be just what I need to understand the content! Plus there are so many free resources to go along with the book at deepergreek.com. Highly recommend!