Intro - Phil
Posted: November 27th, 2017, 8:54 pm
Hello all!
My name is Phil and I've had an interest in biblical languages, especially Hellenistic Greek, since I was a teenager (I'm 45 now). It seems that I could never stick with anything for very long as my interests would constantly change. Once I got old enough to realize I need to actually work and make money I concentrated on teaching myself a couple of programming languages and I've been working as a software developer for 20 years now. I've always wanted to get my Greek up to the level necessary to read the NT and LXX fluently, with full comprehension and so I have made this my goal. Am I nuts? Perhaps. Maybe it isn't even possible, but I'm going to try anyway. I'm not sure how or why but the fires of passion got lit within me about 6 weeks ago to renew my efforts and so I pulled my mostly unused copy of Mounce's BBG along with workbook as well as a copy of Croy's grammar off the shelf and have been working through them since. I'm about halfway through both of them and will probably go through a couple of other grammars and graded readers and anything else I can get my hands on. I'm still contemplating the possibility of obtaining some sort of degree in biblical languages and linguistics, perhaps even a career change, but this may be only a pipe dream at my age with my current financial obligations. Well, that's my story in a nutshell. I'm looking forward to reading the forums and hopefully I'll be able to contribute at some point!
My name is Phil and I've had an interest in biblical languages, especially Hellenistic Greek, since I was a teenager (I'm 45 now). It seems that I could never stick with anything for very long as my interests would constantly change. Once I got old enough to realize I need to actually work and make money I concentrated on teaching myself a couple of programming languages and I've been working as a software developer for 20 years now. I've always wanted to get my Greek up to the level necessary to read the NT and LXX fluently, with full comprehension and so I have made this my goal. Am I nuts? Perhaps. Maybe it isn't even possible, but I'm going to try anyway. I'm not sure how or why but the fires of passion got lit within me about 6 weeks ago to renew my efforts and so I pulled my mostly unused copy of Mounce's BBG along with workbook as well as a copy of Croy's grammar off the shelf and have been working through them since. I'm about halfway through both of them and will probably go through a couple of other grammars and graded readers and anything else I can get my hands on. I'm still contemplating the possibility of obtaining some sort of degree in biblical languages and linguistics, perhaps even a career change, but this may be only a pipe dream at my age with my current financial obligations. Well, that's my story in a nutshell. I'm looking forward to reading the forums and hopefully I'll be able to contribute at some point!