The Minister and His Greek New Testament

by A.T. Robertson, Michael A.G. Haykin (Introduction)

"Ministers and seminarians need every encouragement they can get to not cut corners and to give themselves to the irreplaceable study of the Word of God in its original languages. This book is a classic, written by one who not only knew the Greek New Testament, but loved it. May ministers and men preparing for the ministry have the fire of love for the Greek New Testament re-kindled in their hearts. We need this reprint, and it needs to be in the hands of those who long to 'rightly divide the Word of Truth.' - Pastor William Shishko

Genres: Christian

144 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1977

About the author

Archibald Thomas Robertson was a Southern Baptist preacher and biblical scholar whose work focused on the New Testament and Koine Greek.

Robertson received his M.A. in Theology from Wake Forest College and his Th.M. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1892, he was appointed professor of New Testament interpretation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he remained until a his death.

Reviews

[Matt Pitts · Rating 5 out of 5]

A gold mine of wisdom and encouragement for anyone interested in the Greek New Testament. My favorite chapters were "The Minister's use of his Greek New Testament," "Grammar and Preaching," "John Brown of Haddington or Learning Greek Without a Teacher," and "Broadus as Scholar and Preacher."

[Terry Feix · Rating 5 out of 5]

One hundred years old and this little gem has lost none of its charm or interest. A must read for both serious or casual readers of the Greek New Testament.

[Rebecca Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 191 of 2019. This is a collection of essays by Greek grammarian A.T. Robertson encouraging pastors and teachers to keep diligently studying Greek and using it in their interpretation of the Bible. The essays are a mixed group of encouragement, language studies and biographical examples to enlighten and encourage the minister.

This is a book Daniel Wallace references several times in his Greek grammar book and on his grammar and syntax lectures. I was intrigued enough by the quotations I saw in class to buy it, and I am so glad I did because it has been a wealth of instruction and encouragement to me. I cannot day enough good things about the essays, and I hope to read his Greek grammar in my spare time next year.

As Robertson says, “He is no theologian who is not first a grammarian.”

For the armchair theologian: There is nothing particularly scholarly about these essays and some of them may encourage you to begin to learn Greek for your own enjoyment of the New Testament. Other essays are going to be indecipherable without at least a year (preferably two) of Greek.

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[Chuck Shorter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've had this one on the self for many years. A.T. Robertson is also the author of 'Word Pictures in the New Testament'. Excellent stuff, not just about NT Greek but also about study habits & preaching. He mentions a few different man that I will follow through by reading their biographies: John Brown of Haddington, Scotland & John A. Broadas (author of 'Preparation and Delivery of Sermons'). So many books ...

[John Nash · Rating 3 out of 5]

A series of short essays. Some interesting and inspiring, others incredibly boring.

[Gregory · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great little collection of essays from one of the ground-breaking evangelical Greek scholars.

[John Weis · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this series of essays, Robertson encourages ministers of the manifold benefits and joys provided in God's word in the Greek New Testament. His accounts of John Brown of Haddington and John Broadus were deeply inspiring. Likewise, Robertson's brief applications of grammar – prepositions, verb tenses, the Granville Sharp construction, etc. – for doctrinal defense were especially helpful.

While most of the chapters were not technical in nature, having a working understanding of Greek pronunciation, prepositions, and verb tenses was necessary for many of the chapters.

[Andy]

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