William King Books

When we study God's Word we have a responsibility to take it seriously. For some this means investing many long years in Theological Education. For others this means locating and utilizing the proper tools which help us to plumb the depths of God's Word in their original languages. Dr. William Mounce has created a valuable tool for helping to study the New Testament in its original language.

In the past interlinear Greek New Testaments worked from the Greek to the English. This approach proved cumbersome and unnatural at times. Dr. Mounce has reversed the order. This reversal is based on the simple fact that today most people's minds are more comfortable working from the English to the Greek.

Also, for those more advanced in Greek the parsing tools are a great help. This book is a solid addition to any library. However, it more than likely will not remain on your shelf!

This book is a great idea and useful tool for aiding one's efforts to do word studies. Using this one can go straight to the Greek-English concordance in this Zondervan series and study the usages of the word, and armed with the Kohlenberger-Goodrick/Strong's number, one can use number-keyed lexicons like Thayer's, Vine's, etc. (though these are not the most recent and accurate lexicons).

However, the Greek word order in the Greek NT is a very significant part of the author's style and meaning, and because the Greek text here has been rearranged to fit the English translation (NIV) word order, the user of this volume will not be working with the NT Greek text as it was written.

This volume makes it much easier for the non-Greek reader to be able to find the corresponding Greek word and then do further research. And, the parsing information is very useful -- it eliminates the need to buy an analytical lexicon, and saves a step in one's word study, i.e., one can go straight from this volume to the Greek-English Concordance and then, armed with the lexical form of the word, to a Greek lexicon like BAGD/BDAG. But one should also have a regular interlinear at hand to see the actual Greek text word order, to see which words/elements the author has "fronted" or emphasized.

Also, I think that a more literal word-for-word translation might lend itself better to this kind of reverse interlinear than the NIV, but I know this volume is part of Zondervan's complete student library of Greek language tools based initially on Mounce's popular grammar (which I learned from). Since Zondervan owns the rights to the NIV translation, all their Bible study tools in this (and other) series use, by default, the NIV text.

I am looking forward to Mounce's book on GREEK FOR THE REST OF US (due March 2003), which supposedly complements this book.

This book has just the right amount of detail for course review, and it has a good, logically arranged layout. It's like an ideal set of class notes.

This book provides excellent outline, but lacks practice questions. The book only have limited questions at the end of the Unit, and even then, the questions are sparce (~35 per unit of 5 or 6 chapters), instead of questions PER chapter.

Shakespeare can be tough--tough, but well worthwhile---and this book does a good job of presenting Shakespeare in a manner and form that is not overpowering to the reader....

Provides just enough insight and history to aid the reader in understanding, but doesn't overpower the reader with unnecessary "book learning." The real impact of Shakespeare, however, is in the play itself...this book adds to the play and doesn't detract from it by an overpowering explanation or presentation.

Good effort. Barbara Mowat's work is always good.

I ordered a number of copies of this book -- the New Folger Library edition of Richard II -- for use by members of a Shakespeare reaeding group in Tbilisi, Georgia (that's the country, not the state), most of whose members are not native speakers of English. For this purpose the Foger edition, with notes on the page facing each page of text, was very useful -- more useful, I think, than the Arden edition, whose critical apparatus is very copious but often gets in the way. And in a few cases I found the Folger's notes more accurate and informative. Harry Berger's concluding essay, however, is not so good. It argues a thesis that I find somewhat implausible and one-sided in its reading of the play, so especially for the new student it is not very useful. But coming at the end of the text it is easy to ignore.

used this book for my water resources engineering class in college. Now, its in my reference shelve at work.

This book is a good reference for those who works on erosion and sediment control. Needs more information concerning the type of construction necessary for erosion control, because this book touches this subject faintly. I rate it 4 stars because all other information is covered extensively and clear. My interest in this book was for erosion control, but when I tried to look for the information, I was dissapointed. But comparing this book to other similar references, this is the best you can ever find.

William Rufus (William the Red), second son of William the Conquer,took over England while his older brother's back was turned and ruled it for little over a decade before being killed in a strange hunting "accident" in the New Forest. That's about all the space he gets in history today, except the claims that he was a homosexual, an atheist, an all-round bad person and the less said the better. While this book takes pains to look at and question these charges,it is not the only subject that the author deals with in William's regin. Despite being a "wild and crazy guy" and running a court that looks like a frat house, William seems also to have been an able adminstor, a good diplomat and a strong enough miltary leader to keep his elder brother out of England and the Saxons quiet. I enjoied this book, one of the few on the subject and a serious study of it's subject. A good source on a rare subject.

I was impressed with the amount of detail on William Rufus by Frank Barlow. He pieced together a time in English history that seems to be looked over by most historians. Barlow makes a strong analytical approach to dispelling public perception of William Rufus. He makes sure you understand that the remaining documentaton on William Rufus is so fragmented. And that that does remain is from one point of view, the Church which obvouisly does not favor William Rufus. Barlow points out William II was a more capable ruler than most give him credit for and this angle is enough to make this book a must read for those interested in Norman History and the English crown.

I thought this book was especially good for letting us know the real Michael Caine - his East London background, his dogged determination to succeed and his progression towards becoming an icon in the movie industry. The revelation about his unknown long lost brother was a surprise. Overall well worth reading.

No doubt a very difficult version to find, however. I happened to trip across it while browsing in a used book store in south Minneapolis. There no doubt is a great deal of smiting and smoting betwixt the knights going on in this version, but dated language notwithstanding, my two sons thoroughly enjoyed my reading of this to them. They loved the pure action contained within these tales, and the drawings at the beginning and ending of each chapter were terrific. Of all the versions I've looked at of the King Arthur tales, this, I felt, was the most accessible and readable for audiences of all ages. Too many versions contain language that is far too "medieval" or far too modern. This strikes a nice balance. A wonderful read to follow this one up with is, surprisingly, Don Quixote, which is a spoof of exactly this type of book.

The divorce case of Queen Caroline, heard in 1820 by the House of Lords, is a landmark case because it first enunciated the rules for a certain type of cross examination known as "impeachment by prior inconsistent statement." Dull stuff, you might say, but that type of cross examination was extremely important to the conduct of the trial, and the trial had major implications not only for legal procedure but also for the continued existence of the Royal Family in England. At the time it was feared that the wrong verdict might plunge the country into civil war.

It seems that misbehavior in the Royal Family is not a modern phenomenon. It goes back at least as far as George IV, the eldest son of George III, whose sexual escapades and other sundry misbehaviors are recounted in detail. He entered into an arranged marriage with Princess Caroline and hated her from the moment he laid eyes on her.

After ascending to the throne, George IV decided he would be able to rid himself of his wife by charging her with adultery on the bought-and-paid-for-testimony of fired servants and other enemies of the Queen. His chances of winning looked rather good, because two of the five judges sitting on his case were his brothers. The trial provoked massive demonstrations by the London mob in support of the Queen, and she was ably defended by a barrister who was not only a masterful cross examiner but also a powerful orator. Key parts of the examination and cross examination of the main witnesses are reproduced in the book, as are significant portions of the speeches of the barristers. As you read the account of the trial, you will be swept along by the drama right down until the trial's cliffhanger denouement.

Not long after the trial, Napoleon Bonapart died. A courtier reported the death to George IV by saying "Your magesty, your greatest enemy is no more!" The King replied "Thank God she's dead!"

If you like to read about scandal among the high and mighty, you'll enjoy this book. If you like to read courtroom thrillers, you'll enjoy the chapter on the trial. If you're interested in the history of England between the American Revolution and the beginning of the Victorian Age, you'll enjoy this book.

This is it, it is very illustrous book with a lot of detais, facts, names, relations and so on. Highly recommended to anyone who likes Scandinavia, Norway, Sweden, Vikings and middle ages.

This little book is a blend of robustness and full-blooded adventure with a good deal of history intertwined within the story. The book covers the happenings within Windsor Castle between 1529 and 1536. A seven-year span that saw the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn, and the ascendancy of Jane Seymour in King Henry VIII's life. There are an awful lot of characters in this book, but at this time in England's history large castles like Windsor were home and life to a small community. Ainsworth does a very good job of portraying these historical figures in his book. His character portraits, and his descriptions of castle life put the reader right into the picture.