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- December 20th, 2021, 6:29 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Greetings χαιρετε
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9048
Re: Greetings χαιρετε
American Classicists generally (not universally) make a distinction. In my experience, it is mainly Seminary-trained and Christian-college-trained Hellenists who pronounce an o-micron as an alpha instead of a shorter form of an o-mega. That's not a function of Erasmian itself, but a function of the...
- December 20th, 2021, 6:11 pm
- Forum: Grammar Questions
- Topic: Determining Tense of a Verb
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2500
Re: Determining Tense of a Verb
Hello all, I am on chapter 20 of mounces basics of biblical greek and for the first time I have hit a wall. Mounce discusses that tense stems are formed from a tesnse root. For example λυ is the root with λυω the present and λυσω being the future. He states there are 4 patterns of roots. Pattern on...
- December 15th, 2021, 2:18 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Greetings χαιρετε
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9048
Re: Greetings χαιρετε
Welcome, Christopher - - - One of the reasons I'm here is because I don't like the Erasmian pronunciation of Ancient Greek that my professors use, and I would like to explore this topic further. - - -. You might listen to the videos at "Reading the Bible with Maria" - She is a native Greek...
- December 1st, 2021, 10:00 pm
- Forum: Grammar Questions
- Topic: How to know when your seeing a Greek Grammar Rule
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4869
Re: How to know when your seeing a Greek Grammar Rule
Several times through Mounces Basics of Biblical Greek he will give many different ways things can be done in Greek. For example, a neuter plural, or moving a word to the beginning of a sentence to show emphasis. I am a slow learner so I am only doing one chapter a week (textbook, video lecture, me...
- November 8th, 2021, 12:58 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: 1 Cor 11:18 πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1714
Re: 1 Cor 11:18 πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ
πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ συνερχομένων ὑμῶν ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀκούω σχίσματα ἐν ὑμῖν ὑπάρχειν καὶ μέρος τι πιστεύω. I can't find a δὲ or a δεύτερον that corresponds with πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ. Paul seems to signal that he is starting a line of reasoning with a tight structure, then drops it. Am I missing something? What c...
- October 14th, 2021, 7:50 pm
- Forum: Learning Paradigms
- Topic: 2nd Person Plural Pronouns
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5958
Re: 2nd Person Plural Pronouns
Hello, In the paradigm for εἰμί Bill Mounce says that the second person plural means "you" but that it is a plural "you" equivalent to "thou or ya'll". Is this the case for ὑμεις and ὑμας as well? "thou" is second person nominative SINGULAR. ("thee"...
- October 8th, 2021, 10:26 am
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: Ways to begin working with the actual text as soon as possible
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3091
Re: Ways to begin working with the actual text as soon as possible
Download YouVersion and the Patriarchal 1904 Greek. Slow it down to 0.75x speed. Read the text and listen at the same time, scrolling along. Repeat until it feels very familiar. Is this pronunciation common Erasmian, or is it a modern Greek pronunciation? I am almost completely ignorant when it com...
- October 7th, 2021, 12:27 pm
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: Ways to begin working with the actual text as soon as possible
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3091
Re: Ways to begin working with the actual text as soon as possible
You might supplement your grammar book studies with the "Daily Dose of Greek" - it's free. You can sign up to get a daily email with a link to a 2-minute video which goes through a section of the GNT in order, reading, translating, and discussing the text; or you can use their website to a...
- October 2nd, 2021, 7:42 pm
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: Romans 14:14
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5107
Re: Romans 14:14
κοινός, like any other good Greek word (and they are all good) has a range of usage and meaning, which can change diachronically. I suspect for most of the time period that the LXX was being composed, It was not the best lexical choice for "unclean." 1 Macc was however composed in Greek a...
- October 2nd, 2021, 7:32 pm
- Forum: Grammar Questions
- Topic: Adjective vs. Noun
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4269
Re: Adjective vs. Noun
Hello, I think the answer to this may be "learn English grammar" but I figured I would try to post here and see if anyone can help. I am having problems figuring out when a word is a adjective or a noun. I just learned about substantive adjectives which further confuses things as far as f...