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by Shirley Rollinson
December 20th, 2021, 6:29 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Greetings χαιρετε
Replies: 13
Views: 8585

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...
by Shirley Rollinson
December 20th, 2021, 6:11 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Determining Tense of a Verb
Replies: 3
Views: 2210

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...
by Shirley Rollinson
December 15th, 2021, 2:18 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Greetings χαιρετε
Replies: 13
Views: 8585

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...
by Shirley Rollinson
December 1st, 2021, 10:00 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: How to know when your seeing a Greek Grammar Rule
Replies: 8
Views: 4429

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...
by Shirley Rollinson
November 8th, 2021, 12:58 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: 1 Cor 11:18 πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ
Replies: 5
Views: 1711

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...
by Shirley Rollinson
October 14th, 2021, 7:50 pm
Forum: Learning Paradigms
Topic: 2nd Person Plural Pronouns
Replies: 6
Views: 5561

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"...
by Shirley Rollinson
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: 3074

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...
by Shirley Rollinson
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: 3074

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...
by Shirley Rollinson
October 2nd, 2021, 7:42 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Romans 14:14
Replies: 10
Views: 5072

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...
by Shirley Rollinson
October 2nd, 2021, 7:32 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Adjective vs. Noun
Replies: 6
Views: 3941

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...

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