How to Pray in Biblical Greek: An Instructional Guide and Prayer Book

Are you studying Biblical Greek and a bit overwhelmed by all the grammar, vocabulary, and rote memorization involved? Are you frustrated by an inability to apply your learning in a practical and meaningful way? Do you wish that there was a different way to learn the language that could supplement your textbook instruction? If this describes your situation, this book will advance your understanding of the language by teaching you how to pray in Biblical Greek using short phrases and prayers taken from the Greek New Testament, Septuagint, and other early Christian literature. These phrases and prayers are explicated for grammatical insight and vocabulary acquisition. Plus, when memorized for use in personal prayer, the fundamentals of Biblical Greek are more easily learned and retained. This book is unique in its approach as both an instructional grammar and a devotional aid that together will advance your understanding of Biblical Greek while deepening your relationship with the Lord through prayer.

“Arguably the most comprehensive treatment of praying in biblical Greek, Mark Joseph Simon has masterfully compiled examples and references to praying in the LXX and NT and early church while also presenting such in a pedagogically incisive way by creating lessons around the grammar and syntax of Greek prayers. This book will inspire students of biblical Greek!” 

—Fredrick J. Long, PhD, Professor of New Testament and Director of Greek Instruction, Asbury Theological Seminary

“How to Pray in Biblical Greek is a wonderful book that weaves together several valuable features. It is devotional, but also teaches a solid theology of prayer. As part of introducing each prayer component, it reviews elements of Greek that would normally be taught in first- and second-year Greek. It helps readers internalize Greek by memorizing prayerful Greek phrases. And it serves as a graded reader of prayers found in the Septuagint and Greek New Testament. Highly recommended!”

—Gary Manning Jr, PhD, Professor of New Testament Language and Literature and Director of the Master of Divinity program, Biola University

“By regularly using the Greek language to approach God in prayer, I have been able to come to a much deeper and more intimate knowledge of ancient Greek. Mark Joseph Simon’s excellent book, How to Pray in Biblical Greek, offers readers the same opportunity. This book will allow you both to deepen your understanding of biblical Greek and to grow in your spiritual life as you learn to pray using the phrases and language of the earliest Christians.”

—Jordan Henderson, PhD, Dean and Director of Biblical Studies, St. Athanasius College