Understanding Language: A Guide for Beginning Students of Greek & Latin

Students of Greek (koine) and Latin will love this book! Written simply, Donald Fairbairn has produced a most helpful text for students to learn--and retain--an approach to the building blocks of language. As Fairbairn concludes, "Studying Greek or Latin is worth the struggle, because the rewards of that study are so great" (Part 4: "Looking at Sentences as a Whole," p. 182). Anyone embarking on the formal study of Greek (koine) or Latin will find this book a helpful approach to understanding grammar as "an open door to the wonders of communication in general, wonders to which Latin and Greek are so well suited to introduce us" (p. 183). I recommend this book to high school students, undergraduate, seminary, and even Ph.D.-level students wanting to brush-up his or her approach to learning Greek and Latin.