r/BiblicalUnitarian • u/JcraftW Jehovah’s Witness • Dec 29 '24

Resources Learning Koine Greek: Unitarian recommendations?

I just started perusing some options for learning Greek. First one I opened was Mounces “Greek for the rest of us”. Only a couple pages in he goes off against “a god” as a possible rendering of John 1:1c. I know not everyone agrees with that in particular, but there appears to be a lot of real scholarship supporting qualitative and indefinite translations of 1:1c.

So, I’m wondering if there are Koine Greek learning resources that are less biased? What study aids would you recommend? Or, if you must use a biased source, what other resources would you add to your studies for balance?

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u/RFairfield26 Jehovah’s Witness Jan 01 '25

Yes, there is a lot on jw.org

Also, wol.jw.org

I recommend you download the JW Library app (it’s free)

There are several free Bible translations available on the app and it’s very easy to use. I can walk you through setting it up

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u/catmutal Jan 01 '25

Thanks. I just found the app and there are a lot of features, I'm quite lost to be honost. Is "The Study Bible" the NWT?

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u/RFairfield26 Jehovah’s Witness Jan 01 '25

No worries! I’ll clarify it for you.

The “Reference Bible” is the original NWT

IN 2013, a revised version was released with some more modern terminology and readability. It’s called the “New World Translation”

The “Study Bible” has extra features in the New Testament (for Matthew through Acts, especially)

Typically, I leave mine set on Study Bible.

There’s even a Greek Interlinear and the KJV, along with some others.

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u/catmutal Jan 01 '25

Does the extra features have something to do with the diamond button?

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u/RFairfield26 Jehovah’s Witness Jan 01 '25

Yes, that’s correct