Reading Greek

Barry Hofstetter nebarry at earthlink.net
Sun Dec 22 01:43:39 EST 2002



----- Original Message -----
From: "Glendon M. Gross" <gross at xinetd.ath.cx>
To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek at franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 10:32 PM
Subject: [b-greek] Re: Reading Greek


> I have a question for you.   Is classical greek recommended as an
> enhancement to learning biblical greek?

I studied nothing but classical Greek for my first 4 semesters.  Then one of our
advanced courses was NT Greek.  I had no problems reading Mark and selections
from elsewhere in the NT -- in fact, after guys like Thucydides and
Aristophanes, the NT seemed pretty easy!

N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Professor of Theological and Biblical Studies
    The Center for Urban Theological Studies, Philadelphia, PA
http://home.earthlink.net/~nebarry




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