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Wallace N. (Wallace Nelson) Stearns

b. 1866

Best known for practical books on biblical languages and early Christian history, this early-20th-century scholar wrote to make demanding subjects feel usable and clear. His work includes a beginner-friendly Greek primer as well as reference books for students of theology.

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A Greek Primer: For Beginners in New Testament Greek

A Greek Primer: For Beginners in New Testament Greek

by Wallace N. (Wallace Nelson) Stearns

About the author

Wallace N. Stearns, sometimes listed as Wallace Nelson Stearns, was an American religious scholar and author born in 1866. Surviving catalog and public-domain records connect him with books on New Testament Greek, biblical interpretation, and church history rather than with a large public biography.

His known works include A Manual of Patrology (1899), Fragments from Graeco-Jewish Writers (1908), The Canons of Interpretation (1913), A Greek Primer (1914), and A Working Basis: And Other Essays (1914). Taken together, these books suggest a writer deeply interested in helping readers and students work through early Christian sources and the languages behind them.

What stands out most about Stearns is the practical tone of his work. Even in his language teaching, he seems focused on giving preachers, teachers, and serious beginners a manageable way into difficult material, which helps explain why his books still circulate today in reprints and public-domain editions.