HOW and WHY

Jay Adkins JAdkins264 at aol.com
Mon Sep 27 08:47:10 EDT 1999


Carl said;
< but I really don't believe any of us honestly wants to be deluded 
< about what the text really means.

As a Little Greek, I would like to take this opportunity to thank those 
members of B-Greek who, like Carl, understand that while some, if not most, 
of my questions may appear to some as merely looking for confirmation of 
the obvious, it is not obvious to me.  I do think I have a pretty well 
developed understanding of what the Bible says, but I try to remain open to 
change.  Since I have never claimed to be a Greek Scholar, as I learn more 
about Greek grammar, I have to continually change parts of my paradigm and 
sometimes do so begrudgingly.  One of the principle parts of my 
understanding of Theology though is that we have nothing to fear from 
truth.  Since I do not at present have a hold of all truth, I am in 
constant pursuit of it.

B-Greek and its members have helped me in a way no book can.  It is the 
next best thing to taking a class in B-Greek, which I do not at present 
have the opportunity to do.  As I study the Greek NT, I have many 
questions.  I am able to use books to find answers to many of them, other 
questions are more difficult and sometimes I fail to understand the books 
that I have.  Simply by someone on B-Greek rewording what I have already 
read I am finally able to understand.  Since I am not that bright, even 
then I fail to understand at times.

In addition, not all Greek grammars agree.  I have Porter's Idioms of the 
Greek NT, Wallace's Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, Dana & Mantey's A 
Manual Grammar of the Greek NT, Black's It's Still Greek To Me and am 
trying to work through Guthrie's & Duvall's Biblical Greek Exegesis.  The 
disagreements between these texts serve only to confuse my simply brain at 
times, but many of those issues are being addressed by others questions and 
comments on B-Greek.

As I struggle to learn Koine Greek, I am thankful for B-Greek as one of my 
most valuable tools.  I am very thankful of the efforts from the list 
administrators and all the contributors on B-Greek.  Thank you all.

Sola Gratia,
	Jay
Always under Grace!



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