Parameters of B-Greek discussion

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Sep 6 08:36:38 EDT 2002


At 11:54 PM -0700 9/5/02, Peter Kirby wrote:
>Greetings.  I noticed that mention of the Shepherd of Hermas was made
>recently, so I hope that a discussion of the Greek text of the church father
>Eusebius is not out of bounds for this group.  (I hope so because this is
>the most appropriate group of which I know to ask.)

Such a question is clearly appropriate and far from being off-topic. Here's
QA#4 from our FAQ, for a reminder of what DOES belong within the range of
B-Greek discussion:

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4. What topics are ordinarily discussed on B-Greek?

Some topics ordinarily discussed on B-Greek are:

--The Greek language of the Bible and related texts such as the Greek
OT(Septuagint/LXX), Koiné Greek texts illustrative of the practice of
speakers and writers of Greek in the NT era, Patristic Greek texts, etc.;

--Resources for teaching and learning (Biblical) Greek: lexica, grammars,
morphological charts, web-sites, discussion-lists, etc.--including answers
to questions raised by beginners, whether they are working their own way
through a Greek textbook or studying Greek formally in schools;

--Bibliography pertaining to Biblical Greek topics;

--Specific Greek passages in the Biblical text about which one wishes to
raise questions or suggest alternative approaches;

--questions about Greek textual variants bearing on the interpretation of a
particular passage may be appropriate (but not general discussion of
textual criticism itself--for which there is a special list of its own; if
you are interested, you can find more information at

<http://rosetta.atla-certr.org/TC/TC-main.html#tc-list>).

B-Greek is not a forum for general Bible issues, except insofar as they may
bear specifically upon interpretation of a particular Greek text, Neither
is it a forum general or specific hermeneutical or theological issues.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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