Getting (Theological) German

Below is a short bibliographical list that I, as one who has practically been trying to get to know the
German language myself (especially theological German), have either found useful on a firsthand basis,
have used only minimally or have heard high recommendations about. Hope this is useful for you!

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Introductory to Mid-Level Materials:

• J. D. Manton, Introduction to Theological German (1974)

• H. W. Ziefle, Reader & Dictionary of Modern Theological German (1991)
• W. M. Mosse & P. Lehmann, A Theological German Vocabulary German
Theological Key Words Illustrated in Quotations (1955)
• K. C. Sandberg, German for Reading; A Programmed Approach for Graduate
and Undergraduate Reading Courses (1973)
• W. Coles & B. Dodd, Reading German: A Course Book and Reference Grammar
(1998)
• J. M. Roche, Reading German: Humanities (2000)
• A. Wilson, German Quickly: A Grammar for Reading German (2004)
• E. Swick, Webster's New World 575+ German Verbs (2006)
• E. Swick, Essential German Verb Skills (2005)
• E. Swick, German Demystified (2007)
• E. Swick, German Grammar Drills (2007)
• E. Swick, German Pronouns & Prepositions (PMP Series, 2006)
• C. Zorach, C. Melin, English Grammar for Students of German: The Study Guide
for Those Learning German (English Grammar Series, 2009)
• O. Thyen, M. Clark, W. Scholze-Stubenrecht & J. B. Sykes, Oxford-Duden
German Dictionary: German-English / English-German (2005)
• H. Jannach, R. A. Korb, German for Reading Knowledge (2004)
• R. A. Korb, Jannach's German for Reading Knowledge (2008)
• A Müller, S. Müller, A. Munoz, Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning German Your
Own (1997)
• B. Donaldson, German: An Essential Grammar (Routledge Essential Grammars,
2006)
• A. Henschel, Practice Makes Perfect: German Verb Tenses, Workbook Edition
(Practice Makes Perfect Series, 2006)
• P. Listen, R. Di Donato, D. Franklin, The Big Yellow Book of German Verbs: 555
Fully Conjugated Verbs (Big Book of Verbs Series, 2005)
• E. P. Byrd, McGraw-Hill's German Student Dictionary (2008)
• E. Gschossmann-Hendershot, Schaum's Outline of German Grammar (1997)
• H. Schenke, Basic German: Grammar and Workbook (2004)
• H. Schenke, Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook (2006)
• P. G. Graves, German Grammar (Barron's Grammar Series, 2002)
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• P. G. Graves, Learn German the Fast and Fun Way (2002)

• W. Dodd, Modern German Grammar Workbook (1996)
• W. Dodd, J. Klapper, Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide (1996)
• Nice N Easy German Grammar (Passport Books, 1983)
• H. Dreyer, R. Schmitt, A Practice Grammar of German (2001)
• W. Foster, Intermediate German For Dummies (2008)
• Kars, German Elementary Grammar (2005)
• C. Russ, The German Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction (1994)
• R. Whittle, W. Dodd, Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide 2nd Edition
(2003)
• H. Driessle, M. Rognebakke, Warum Nicht Auf Deutsch, Book 1: German Lessons
for Beginners (1972)
• U. Engel, Deutsche Grammatik (1988)
• W. Wilmanns, Deutsche Grammatik: Gotisch, alt-mittel-und Neuhochdeutsch
(2009)
• H. B. Rumpelt, Deutsche Grammatik (2009)
• E. H. Antonsen, Elements of German: Phonology and Morphology (2007)
• Langenscheidt Pocket German Dictionary: German-English/ English-German
(2007)

Advanced Level Materials:

• R. Henschke, et. al., Theologische Realenzyklopädie (35 Bde., 1977 – 2000)

• T. O. Lambdin, Lehrbuch Bibel-Hebräisch (1993)
• E. Starke, N. Mette, F. Rickers, Lexikon der Religionspaedagogik (2001)
• J. E. Stadler, F. J. Heim, Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon (1875)
• M. Greschat, Personenlexikon Religion und Theologie (1998)
• E. Fahlbusch, J. M. Lochman, J. S. Mbiti, Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon (EKL, 5
Bde., 1986)
• K. Rahner, Kleines theologisches Worterbuch (1978)
• K. Rahner, Herders Theologisches Taschenlexikon. A-Z. (8 Bde. 1972). E.
Preuschen, Griechisch-deutsches Taschenworterbuch zum Neuen Testament
(2005)
• V. H. Forster, Worterbuch Der Griechischen Worter in Den Koptischen
Dokumentarischen Texten (2002)
• V. H. Förster, Woerterbuch griechische Lehnwoerter im Koptischen (2002)
• E. Wiabl, K. G. Sauer, Worterbuch Philosophischer Fachbegriffe Englisch:
German-English (2 Bde., 1998)
• F. Hauck, G. Schwinge, Theologisches Fach- und Fremdwörterbuch (2002)
• W. D. Rehfus, Handwörterbuch Philosophie (2003)
• H. Rix, Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben. Die Wurzeln und ihre
Primaêrstammbildungen (LIV, 2000)
• K. G. Saur, Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren (16 Bde., 2008)
• H. Kühner, Lexikon der Päpste (1960)
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• H. Frisk, Griechisches Etymologisches Worterbuch (1973)

• J. Müller, H. Bock, Langenscheidts Grundwortschatz Deutsch: Ubungsbuch
(1999)
• T. Lovik, Die Unterrichtspraxis (1984)

*Note: Bde. is the German abbreviation for “Bandes” which is translated “Volumes” in
English.