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- September 15th, 2021, 4:56 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello, here to learn
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3946
Re: Hello, here to learn
Welcome, Paul. If you are particularly interested in classics graduate school, I would simply visit the classics departments of various universities, check out requirements and such, and see what best fits for you. One caveat: most classics departments also require Latin. Quid Latinae linguae didici...
- September 15th, 2021, 11:11 am
- Forum: Church Fathers and Patristic Greek Texts
- Topic: Justin Martyr Dialogue with Trypho 51.3
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4569
Re: Justin Martyr Dialogue with Trypho 51.3
As you may suspect I have an idea on this, but could you post the entire paragraph? Hearing the context described and seeing the context are quite different, and it would help me at least to see the whole thing.
- September 15th, 2021, 10:49 am
- Forum: Teaching Methods
- Topic: Oral Latin/Greek
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6888
Re: Oral Latin/Greek
I actually saw this and posted the link to textkit, but not here. Yes, I thought it quite interesting, not the least because it seemed implicitly to recommend a blended approach, which is something I try to use in my classrooms. My view is that we prepare students to read ancient authors, and "...
- September 15th, 2021, 9:24 am
- Forum: Word Meanings
- Topic: εἰς μακράν in Acts 2:39 - "far off" in the FUTURE?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4538
Re: εἰς μακράν in Acts 2:39 - "far off" in the FUTURE?
Since the prior reference is to their children (τοῖς τέκνοις) I have always read this a reference to those coming after their children, their descendants, which would justify the paraphrase "in the future." But it certainly does not exclude those far off from Jerusalem, the diaspora, which...
- September 10th, 2021, 6:33 am
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: John 9:24 "..this man is a sinner"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3293
Re: John 9:24 "..this man is a sinner"
In Thrax, both what we call nouns and adjectives as different parts of speech are merely different species of a single part of speech, ὄνομα. Since adjectives can be readily substantivized with the article, we're getting to close to a distinction without a difference. (Obviously, not quite there si...
- September 9th, 2021, 6:40 am
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: John 9:24 "..this man is a sinner"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3293
Re: John 9:24 "..this man is a sinner"
The distinction between nouns and adjectives is pretty weak in Greek, so spending a lot of time wondering which it is is spending less time with the Greek. I think "weak" might be a bit of a strong term here... :) Most of the time, the distinction is clear, and it's important particularly...
- September 8th, 2021, 3:07 pm
- Forum: Greek Texts
- Topic: A lexically charged poem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3449
A lexically charged poem
This goes far beyond NT Greek, but not as much as you think: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-classical-journal/article/less-care-more-stress-a-rhythmic-poem-from-the-roman-empire/B5A03C3981F21E885228D3C3184109E9 Of interest to us is the simplicity of the vocabaulary (as the author ...
- September 8th, 2021, 10:12 am
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: John 9:24 "..this man is a sinner"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3293
- September 4th, 2021, 11:37 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Should πρὸ δὲ τούτων πάντων read "before all these things" or "above all these things"?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11433
Re: Should πρὸ δὲ τούτων πάντων read "before all these things" or "above all these things"?
Compare with Matthew's version: But what I'm really asking about is the grammar. What about the grammar? πρό is simply a preposition which takes the genitive for its object. This is a matter of semantics and context. If every single translation renders "before" in a temporal sense, why do...
- September 4th, 2021, 8:47 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Should πρὸ δὲ τούτων πάντων read "before all these things" or "above all these things"?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11433
Re: Should πρὸ δὲ τούτων πάντων read "before all these things" or "above all these things"?
Compare with Matthew's version: [Matthew 24:9 NASB20] (9) "Then they will hand you over to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. But what I'm really asking about is the grammar. What about the grammar? πρό is simply a preposition which takes the gen...