Here’s a schedule for reading the New Testament over the course of a year. For the most part, it tracks pretty closely with Lee Irons’ excellent schedule for reading the Greek New Testament in a year. My plan, however, varies a little bit. Because John’s writing is simpler Greek, my schedule goes through John’s Gospel at a faster pace than Irons’. As a result, there are no readings scheduled at the end of the year from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve. These open dates at the end can be used as catch-up days. The schedule is given in two formats below.
DOC – Read the Greek NT in a Year
PDF – Read the Greek NT in a Year
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7 Comments
Tim Webb
Dr. Burk,
I’ll again chime in on this – the Readers GNT is literally worth it’s weight in gold. You don’t have to stop to look up infrequent words or parse difficult/infrequent parsings – they’re at the bottom of the page! Zondervan makes one too, and you can download a sample of each. If you read Greek and don’t have one, GET ONE ALREADY!!!
Adam Cavalier
How do you practically read through the Greek New Testament, AND the Bible? Do you normally do one reading in the morning and then the other at night? Or one right after the other? How have you found it to work best?
Andy Taylor
I concur wholeheartedly on the UBS Reader. It has revitalized my Greek study, which had been all but abandoned due to frustration. I am now reading nearly every day.
danny
Denny, I want to thank you for posting Bible reading plans; they’ve been very helpful and I’ve pointed a number of people to them.
Denny Burk
Thanks, Danny! My pleasure!
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