Excerpt from Handbook to the Grammar of the Greek Testament: Together With a Complete Vocabulary, and an Examination of the Chief New Testament Synonyms That a knowledge of the New Testament in its original tongue is a thing to be desired by intelligent Christian's none will question. No book can be thoroughly known in a translation only and the Bible, although the most translatable of books, is no exception. Many, who would gladly undertake the study, are deterred by the manifold and unquestionable difficulties of the Greek Language. It seems worth while to ask whether this obstacle cannot, in some measure, be removed. Undoubtedly, the Greek of the New Testament, as a later dialect of an elaborate and polished language, can most effectively be studied through the medium of the elder forms of the tongue. This method, accordingly, is in general chosen; and the historians and orators, the philosophers and poets of Greece, have led the way to the Evangelists and the Apostles. Yet many persons have no Opportunity for studies so extended and difficult. Are they, therefore, to be forbidden all access, save through translators, critics, and interpreters, to the words of the Divine revelation? In attempting to reply, we note that the Greek of Scripture is, for most purposes, a language complete in itself. Its forms and rules are definite, its usages in general precise. Its peculiarities, though best approached from the classic side, may be reached by a shorter way, and be almost as well comprehended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.