Hi, Gary!
Welcome to B-Greek.
I hope your studies go smoothly and that your paper receives rave reviews!
Is there anything exciting that you can share with us from your research so far?
Regards,
Jason
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- April 1st, 2013, 6:20 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1577
- April 1st, 2013, 6:12 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Online Tutorial
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1603
Re: Online Tutorial
I want to know if there is a free tutorial to learn Greek online? I am still a beginner and all I know are the symbols... :cry: By “symbols” in your post above, do you mean “letters of the alphabet”? Have you learned how to pronounce them? Have you ever studied anything on your own before? Is Engli...
- March 29th, 2013, 9:54 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Convertible propositions (John 1:4)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10959
Re: Convertible propositions (John 1:4)
This thread mostly conflates grammar with logic. Grammar won't tell you if two propositions are convertible. Converting a proposition is the same thing as finding its converse . If a proposition is true, that does not mean its converse is true. This has nothing to do with grammar, and precious litt...
- March 23rd, 2013, 6:53 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Convertible propositions (John 1:4)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10959
Re: Convertible Propositions
Note: I have merged the above post and my reply into this thread] Here is an old thread in the archives. http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/archives/greek-3/msg00643.html . This thread should stay under the current thread http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1345 . I see no need ...
- March 23rd, 2013, 1:21 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Convertible propositions (John 1:4)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10959
Re: Convertible propositions (John 1:4)
A thread resurrected from the dead. :D καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων What is the significance of the use of the article with the subject as well as the predicate nominative? Is this common in Johns writings? Think about these sentences: The Greek captain [a specific one that we know and aware of...
- March 23rd, 2013, 1:04 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Convertible propositions (John 1:4)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10959
Re: Convertible propositions (John 1:4)
Jason, it took me a while to parse out what I think is wrong with what you're saying. A controvertible proposition simply means that the subject and predicate are reversible because they precisely, in every way, are interchangeable. In this case, the qualifying genitive would remain with the new pr...
- March 22nd, 2013, 5:15 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Convertible propositions (John 1:4)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10959
Re: Convertible propositions (John 1:4)
It cannot be that ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων is the same as τὸ φῶς ἦν ἡ ζωὴ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. I don't know where this is coming from. It seems to be a mistake on the part of Robertson. The entire phrases must be interchanged. That is [ἠ ζωὴ] ἦν [τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων] can be interchanged thus: [τὸ φῶς τ...
- February 13th, 2013, 12:48 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: ὥρα πατέρος τε καὶ θυγατέρος
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3664
Re: ὥρα πατέρος τε καὶ θυγατέρος
I assume you mean Hebrew mal'ach (מלאך) rather than mragel (מרגל), which means "spy."cwconrad wrote:Of course the original sense of both the Hebrew 'mragel" and the Greek ἄγγελος is indeed "messenger."
- January 31st, 2013, 3:02 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Luke Murphey
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2962
Re: Luke Murphey
Hello, I'm Luke. I am software developer who taught myself Greek last year and started a project to make a better website to provide access to ancient Greek texts ( http://textcritical.net ) because I got bored with Perseus. Also, just got done with an intro Hebrew grammar about a month ago. Hi, Lu...
- January 31st, 2013, 2:58 pm
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: Use of definite article with infinitive
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7838
Re: Use of definite article with infinitive
Jason's response is great. I'll just add that in these constructions the topic (the logical subject) tends to get the article and focus (the logical predicate) tends to lack the article. Thus, "he did not consider being-equal-to-God to be robbery," not "he did not consider robbery to...