Ancient Languages

A Reader's Greek New Testament: Third Edition saves time and effort in studying the Greek New Testament. If a Greek word appears in the New Testament fewer than 30 times, then a definition is provided. This serves as an aid when you encounter less common...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909254152Author Ingo GildenhardFormat PaperbackImprint Open Book PublishersPublisher Open Book PublishersWeight(grams) 449g

Ovid Unseens provides a bank of 80 practice passages of Latin verse, half elegiac and half hexameter. Taken from across Ovid's works, including the Metamorphoses, Fasti, Heroides, Amores and Tristia, the passages help build students' knowledge and...

Since its publication in 1990, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek has helped tens of thousands of students learn classical Greek. Building on the bestselling tradition of previous editions, the long-awaited third edition combines the best...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781555403676Author William S. BabcockFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Scholars PressPublisher Scholars PressWeight(grams) 262gDimensions(mm) 152mm *...

The ideal gift for anyone interested in language, geography and people. We communicate through the spoken and written word and language has evolved over the centuries. Many languages have survived although only in small pockets throughout the...

This book offers an ideal first reader in ancient Greek. It presents a selection of extracts from a comprehensive range of Greek authors, from Homer to Plutarch, together with generous help with vocabulary and grammar. The passages have been chosen for...

Taken from the "QED" series of teach-yourself Latin articles published in the "Daily Telegraph" and the "Sunday Telegraph", this book aims to give its readers a basic knowledge of Latin in a short space of time. It covers just enough to give a basic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940997124Author Edgar Evan HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Publisher Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Reading Homer presents two highlights of the Iliad: Book 16, where Patroclus fights and dies, and Book 18, where Achilles grieves for him and is awarded new armour before he returns to battle. It enables students who have been learning Greek for perhaps...

Despite their removal from England's National Curriculum in 1988, and claims of elitism, Latin and Greek are increasingly re-entering the 'mainstream' educational arena. Since 2012, there have been more students in state-maintained schools in England...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853996573Author Peter JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams)...

Designed for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete Ancient Greek offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and even how to translate the writings of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904799221Author J. WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Tiger of the StripePublisher Tiger of the StripeWeight(grams) 440g

A Student's Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic has been a standard resource for students of Hebrew and Aramaic for over 30 years. This new edition has updated formatting and transliterations to be more useful for students in vocabulary...

Why learn to write in a dead language? Because a really good understanding of a language can only be attained by using it actively. Unlike earlier textbooks aimed at schoolboys, this work addresses modern adults who want to understand concepts fully as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585109609Author Cynthia W. ShelmerdineFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins &...

Designed for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete Sanskrit offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and even how to translate the inscriptions and...

This textbook is ideal for any pupil working towards Level 1 or Level 2 of the Common Entrance Classical Greek exam at 13+. It introduces pupils to Greek grammar and vocabulary and features clear explanations and challenging practice questions to help...

What did Greek speakers in the Roman empire do when they wanted to learn Latin? They used Latin-learning materials containing authentic, enjoyable vignettes about daily life in the ancient world - shopping, banking, going to the baths, having fights,...

Greek Beyond GCSE covers all the linguistic requirements for the OCR AS and A Level in Classical Greek. It aims to bring students to a point where they can tackle original Greek texts with confidence. Although designed as a continuation of Greek to GCSE,...

Since its publication in 1990, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek has helped tens of thousands of students learn classical Greek. Building on the bestselling tradition of previous editions, the long-awaited third edition combines the best...

First published in 1978 and now thoroughly revised, Reading Greek is a best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students of any age. It combines the best of modern and traditional language-learning techniques and is used in schools,...

A new collection of 120 passages from Greek authors. The first half contains twenty adapted passages building up to GCSE level, thirty lightly adapted ones for AS, and ten easy unadapted passages to introduce the translation of verse. The second half...

Learn Latin from the Romans is the only introductory Latin textbook to feature texts written by ancient Romans for Latin learners. These texts, the 'colloquia', consist of dialogues and narratives about daily life similar to those found in...

The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic by Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt is intended to accompany Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar. For the beginning student it is an essential resource companion to aid in vocabulary memorization and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983222828Author Edgar Evan HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Publisher Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585100187Author Evelyn AbbottFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoWeight(grams)...

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This textbook offers students an introduction to classical Greek. Among the features of the book is a two-week introduction to spoken Greek, which immerses students in the sound and basic vocabulary of the language so that they are comfortable as they...

Reading Biblical Greek introduces first-year Greek students to the essential information needed to optimize their grasp of the fundamentals of the Greek language-no more and no less-enabling them to read and translate the Greek of the New Testament as...

Since the 1980s, bilingualism has become one of the main themes of sociolinguistics - but there are as yet few large-scale treatments of the subject specific to the ancient world. This book is the first work to deal systematically with bilingualism...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929524177Author Julia Haig GaisserFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Bryn Mawr CommentariesPublisher Bryn Mawr CommentariesWeight(grams) 80g

Reading Latin, first published in 1986, is a bestselling Latin course designed to help mature beginners read classical Latin fluently and intelligently. It does this by combining the understanding of continuous texts with rigorous teaching of grammar; it...

A syntax resource that's perfect for intermediate Hebrew students. This Basics workbook introduces students to the principles and exegetical benefits of discourse analysis (text linguistics) when applied to biblical Hebrew prose and poetry.Where standard...

Athena is recognized as an allegory or representative of Athens in most Athenian public art except in tragedy. Perhaps this is because tragedy is rarely studied as a public art form or, perhaps, because her character is not static in tragedy. Although...

Clear. Understandable. Carefully organized. Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar by Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt is the standard textbook for colleges and seminaries. Since its initial publication in 2001 its integrated approach has helped more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480216440Author Jesse L. ByockFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace

The Reading Biblical Greek Workbook is a companion resource to Reading Biblical Greek: A Grammar for Students. The workbook breaks up the Greek text of Mark 1-4 into manageable portions and provides the vocabulary and grammatical assistance required for...

What could Greek poets or Roman historians say in their own language that would be lost in translation? After all, different languages have different personalities, and this is especially clear with languages of the ancient and medieval world. This...