I just received news from Con Cambell of Moore College Sydney that his forthcoming book, Keep Your Greek: Strategies for Busy People, will be available soon (14th December according to Amazon). The book began as a series of posts that Con did a while ago on his blog Read Better, Preach Better. Incorporated into the book are comments and questions arising from the blog posts and apprently some of my comments are included! Furthermore, i just received word that Zondervan (bless their hearts) will be sending me a free copy!
This is the blurb from Amazon:
Seminarians spend countless hours mastering biblical languages and learning how the knowledge of them illuminates the reading, understanding, and application of Scripture. But while excellent language acquisition resources abound, few really teach students how to maintain their use of Greek for the long term. Consequently, pastors and other former Greek students find that under the pressures of work, ministry, preaching, and life, their hard-earned Greek skills begins to disappear. Con Campbell has been counseling one-time Greek students for years, teaching them how to keep their language facility for the benefit of those to whom they minister and teach. He shows how following the right principles makes it possible for many to retain—and in some cases regain—their Greek language skills. Pastors will find Keep Your Greek an encouraging and practical guide to strengthening their Greek abilities so that they can make linguistic insights a regular part of their study and teaching. Current students will learn how to build skills that will serve them well once they complete their formal language instruction.
More when the book arrives!