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by RandallButh
February 29th, 2012, 6:21 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: verbal aspect (split from Beginner's Forum)
Replies: 44
Views: 15266

Re: verbal aspect (split from Beginner's Forum)

Mike, I think that you have overly restricted the word 'student'. It's a scalar. I'm a student. And pointing out that something has relevance for beginners is not a discussion of pedagogy. Let them learn aspect, let them learn Greek, and then they will see the squeaky wheels for what they are and ar...
by RandallButh
February 28th, 2012, 4:32 am
Forum: Pronunciation
Topic: Restored Koine in nontechnical terms
Replies: 12
Views: 17927

Re: Restored Koine in nontechnical terms

αληθῶς Now that wasn't so δύσκολον, βαρύ, was it? Now you are able λῦσαι τὰ ὑποδήματα (to untie shoes) with your hands instead of λοῦσαι αυτά (to wash them) in the bathtub. Whoever has an ους (ear), let them hear. Whoever has an υς (pig), may have a non-kasher barbeque. {for further fun, playing on ...
by RandallButh
February 26th, 2012, 7:58 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: verbal aspect (split from Beginner's Forum)
Replies: 44
Views: 15266

Re: verbal aspect (split from Beginner's Forum)

but I’d still argue that most readers interested in the topic will find it more profitable to work both with the Greek and with the seminal studies themselves I've been following the thread casually and I think I've noticed a recurring, underspecified problem in this thread and threads like it. &qu...
by RandallButh
February 26th, 2012, 4:53 am
Forum: Pronunciation
Topic: Restored Koine in nontechnical terms
Replies: 12
Views: 17927

Re: Restored Koine in nontechnical terms

Jesse Goulet wrote:English DOES have that sound, in the pronoun "you" and the word "feud" and "fume." It's basically an "oooo" with a "y" at the beginning.
Not.
by RandallButh
February 21st, 2012, 4:41 am
Forum: Septuagint and Pseudepigrapha
Topic: Joseph and Asenath
Replies: 4
Views: 3917

Re: Joseph and Asenath

Joseph and Aseneth is a delightful book and the textual history is quite complicated and involved. I do recommend it for reading, because it's easy and because of the inherent cultural interest, but with a caveat. One comment in the thread surprised me: At the same time, it has the feel of “real Gre...
by RandallButh
February 18th, 2012, 3:45 am
Forum: Other
Topic: The Daily Dozen
Replies: 7
Views: 2908

Re: The Daily Dozen

I suppose I should close the triangle on this. Yes, 'reading' means comprehension. And yes, reading is PART of the process. However, true fluent reading is based on having fluent speaking skills in a language. To quote the results of one recent study, if teachers want to improve the reading skills o...
by RandallButh
February 16th, 2012, 1:47 am
Forum: Pronunciation
Topic: Restored Koine in nontechnical terms
Replies: 12
Views: 17927

Re: Restored Koine in nontechnical terms

Thank you. Yes, I, too, believe that a few simple tips and changes at the beginning stages of learning a foreign language is part of the overall package and brings a sense of reality to it. As for u-psilon, we teach it two ways. English students can hold the vowel from 'tee' with the tongue while ro...
by RandallButh
February 10th, 2012, 4:16 am
Forum: Pronunciation
Topic: Significant αι /ε interchanges?
Replies: 10
Views: 4462

Re: Significant αι /ε interchanges?

ἆρα μὲν οὖν τὴν παλαιὰν διαθήκην καινοῖ ἢ κενοῖ ἡ καινή? Does the New Covenant renew or make empty the Old? The last part of which would of course come out in a MG προφορά as kenee ee kenee ee kenee. Just a bit of prophoric pun-ditry. Yes, that works as a chain that crosses the borders of clarity. ...
by RandallButh
February 9th, 2012, 8:44 am
Forum: Teaching Methods
Topic: Seminary exegesis classes
Replies: 13
Views: 4802

Re: Seminary exegesis classes

Several decades ago I was among faculty in a liberal arts college voting to eliminate a two-year language requirement for a B.A. degree on grounds that a two-year exposure to a language is insufficient to acquire proficiency; I think that that was a good call, unless the other would be required, i....
by RandallButh
February 9th, 2012, 7:10 am
Forum: Teaching Methods
Topic: Seminary exegesis classes
Replies: 13
Views: 4802

Re: Seminary exegesis classes

I doubt that one would get to that point by talking about the Greek in Greek, (and Hebrew in Hebrew) for the 2 years of 3-hours-a-week instruction that a typical MDiv or MA would allow. Well, since spoken pedagogy speeds up the process, they would get to a higher level and it would last longer than...

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