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by ed krentz
June 23rd, 2013, 1:59 pm
Forum: Koine Greek Texts
Topic: List of Koine literature?
Replies: 5
Views: 10633

Re: List of Koine literature?

Let me begin by noting that most resources will not speak of koine literature; rather they will speak of Hellenistic literature and Roman Empire literature. Having said that, let me point you to some printed resources. Albrecht Dihle, Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire from Augustus to J...
by ed krentz
June 17th, 2013, 1:06 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Acts 17:11 εὐγενής = open-minded?
Replies: 7
Views: 3875

Re: εὐγενής = open-minded?

I was Fred Danker's colleague from 1954 till his death, and I often visited him in his apartment, where he had his extensive collection of Greek texts, inscriptions, etc. He read very widely in ancient Greek texts, from Homer into the Byzantine period. He decided to keep many of the older references...
by ed krentz
May 20th, 2013, 6:04 pm
Forum: Septuagint and Pseudepigrapha
Topic: "Good Greek" in the Septuagint
Replies: 25
Views: 7701

Re: "Good Greek" in the Septuagint

Good Greek? The very concept is ambiguous. One must needs ask, what criterion do you use. In fifth/fourth century Attic Greek you have to distinguish prose historians from the Greek used in tragedy and that in comedy. In Hellenistic Greek the Greek of Chrysippus and that of Epicurus differ from each...
by ed krentz
April 19th, 2013, 5:25 pm
Forum: Vocabulary
Topic: More flashcards?
Replies: 10
Views: 5212

Re: More flashcards?

If you memorize all the terms that occur 10 times or more in the GNT, you will be able to read over 90% of the GNT at sight. Use Bruce Metzger's book that lists words in terms of frequency.

Of course, you will also need to memorize the principle parts of all the irregular Greek verbs.

Ed Krrentz
by ed krentz
March 18th, 2013, 1:13 pm
Forum: Lexicons
Topic: Cremer's Lexicon
Replies: 4
Views: 2284

Re: Cremer's Lexicon

Cremer's lexicon was at the cutting edge when it was first published. In many ways it4 was the model ffor the later 10 volume TDNT. But like Thayer, it is also now dated, ante-dating the use of papyri and inscriptions for understanding the significance of Greek terms. BGAG is far superior--though ii...
by ed krentz
February 18th, 2013, 11:40 am
Forum: Teaching and Learning Greek
Topic: Who does their main bible reading in Greek?
Replies: 28
Views: 18728

Re: Who does their main bible reading in Greek?

I read the NT in Greek all the time; I rarely open any English translation. After all, one can read 90% of the NT at sight if one knows all the words that occur 10 or more times in the NT. [Of course it presumes that you also know the principal parts of irregular verbs.] It's a goal that any serious...
by ed krentz
February 5th, 2013, 11:30 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Determining Which Version [edition] a Greek Text Belongs
Replies: 6
Views: 2675

Re: Determining Which Version a Greek Text Belongs

Please use correct language. Version should not be used of different editions of the Greek NT, since version by definition means a translation. The Vulgate is a version, Aland’s Greek NT is an edition etc.

Ed Krentz
by ed krentz
December 9th, 2012, 2:14 pm
Forum: Grammars
Topic: Conjunctions
Replies: 13
Views: 7277

Re: Conjunctions

The most complete discussion of conjunctions is in John Dewar Denniston's Greek Particles. Oxford University Press. It is a really outstanding piece of work.
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by ed krentz
November 30th, 2012, 12:12 pm
Forum: Seen on the Web
Topic: Patrologia Graece Migne
Replies: 8
Views: 7087

Re: Patrologia Graece Migne

The entire Migne Patrologia Graeca is available on line in PDF format on the Documenta Catholica Omnia website. The Greek text has a parallel Latin translation. Both the 220 volumes oif the Latin and the 160 some of the Greek are long out of copyright. Google Migne Patrologia Graeca and you will get...
by ed krentz
November 29th, 2012, 1:09 pm
Forum: Books
Topic: Simple question on the 28th Nestle-Aland Greek NT
Replies: 3
Views: 4634

Re: Simple question on the 28th Nestle-Aland Greek NT

Here is a response about Aland ed 28. 1. The new addition adds the readings of Papyri 117-128. 2. The apparatus now omits all conjectures--though with some reluctance. 3. The text of the catholic epistles has been revised on the basis of the Editio critica maiora, i.e. the 28th ed. here is now the e...

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