minimal german

Greg Kilbrai gkilbrai at dlcwest.com
Thu Dec 3 01:49:14 EST 1998


Edgar Krentz wrote:
> 
> 
> ...[SNIP]  most people who work in the
> NT have to have at least minimal German.
> 
As a new (English) student of Greek, could you fill me in on why German
is important? [I'm having enough difficulty as it is!] Is this still
true today? I'm assuming from the context that it is because previous
great scholars of Greek were German and wrote in German? Am I doomed
because I foresee no chance of ever learning german....

Greg Kilbrai



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