I just finished taking a summer course in biblical Greek, and this interlinear has been a great way for me to reinforce and expand my learning, without becoming discouraged.
In terms of layout: The book has three columns. The outer columns have the NIV and NASB, which are useful for comparison. The largest, central column has the Greek text (with occasional, very brief footnotes about differences in how modern editions of the Greek handle particular textual issues). Each word is parsed, which is very helpful for the beginning (or rusty) Greek student. The central column also includes an English translation. This uses italics and other marking devices to indicate the meaning of each Greek word while also offering a smooth English translation of the sentence. Each word is numbered with numbers that correspond to a lexicon at the back of the book, making it easy to look up words whose lexical form may be unfamiliar. Since the translation of a word in a given verse is sometimes fairly context-specific, it's often worth the trouble of looking a new word up in this lexicon (and other, more standard lexicons--if you have time and access to them). Consulting the NIV's and NASB's treatment of the word can be helpful for this purpose as well, which is another reason why it's great to have those outside columns included.
Advice for use: It would be easy to use this book as a crutch, never actually learning Greek vocab and parsing. To resist that temptation, I've found it very helpful to read with an index card, covering up the translation and parsing lines of the text while I work through the Greek. That way, I test my knowledge of vocab and grammar,and whenever I feel like I've struggled with it enough, I uncover the other lines to check myself and fill in gaps in my knowledge.
Of course, when I'm reading for a class, I'll use the NA-27 and consult grammars and lexicons like I'm supposed to do. And eventually I'll probably buy Bibleworks, which has many additional, helpful features. But for extra practice on my own, reading this interlinear with an index card has been very useful, enabling me to practice Greek without feeling overwhelmed (or spending several hundred dollars on Bibleworks).
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