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- June 23rd, 2013, 1:59 pm
- Forum: Koine Greek Texts
- Topic: List of Koine literature?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10644
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...
- June 17th, 2013, 1:06 pm
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: Acts 17:11 εὐγενής = open-minded?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3884
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...
- May 20th, 2013, 6:04 pm
- Forum: Septuagint and Pseudepigrapha
- Topic: "Good Greek" in the Septuagint
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7723
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...
- April 19th, 2013, 5:25 pm
- Forum: Vocabulary
- Topic: More flashcards?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5220
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
Of course, you will also need to memorize the principle parts of all the irregular Greek verbs.
Ed Krrentz
- March 18th, 2013, 1:13 pm
- Forum: Lexicons
- Topic: Cremer's Lexicon
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2290
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...
- February 18th, 2013, 11:40 am
- Forum: Teaching and Learning Greek
- Topic: Who does their main bible reading in Greek?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18790
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...
- February 5th, 2013, 11:30 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: Determining Which Version [edition] a Greek Text Belongs
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2677
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
Ed Krentz
- December 9th, 2012, 2:14 pm
- Forum: Grammars
- Topic: Conjunctions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7318
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.
Ed Krentz
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- November 30th, 2012, 12:12 pm
- Forum: Seen on the Web
- Topic: Patrologia Graece Migne
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7112
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...
- November 29th, 2012, 1:09 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Simple question on the 28th Nestle-Aland Greek NT
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4639
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...