[B-Greek] SFWE in the Iliad 1.8

Granby at SAFe-mail.net Granby at SAFe-mail.net
Fri Aug 1 12:21:57 EDT 2003


At www.textkit.com there is a classical greek forum and they widely recommend "Homeric Greek" by Clyde Pharr. I am going through this book myself and love it. Although I'm not entirely sure whether his book is really good, or Homer is really good (I know that by now), or if it was just  what I needed at the right point in my self education.

My wife has recently asked me to teach her greek (mainly for biblical greek purposes) and I was seriously considering using this textbook to start with.

Is it reasonable for someone who learns homeric greek to be able to easily transition to biblical greek?

Personally, I feel that starting to learn Homer has really jump started my ability to read other greek authors/texts much more than reading Xenophon's Anabasis did.

 (my own theory is that the absence of the regular use of the article removes a crutch and forces one to really learn the cases)

Thanks
Charles Granby





-------- Original Message --------
From: "Ann Nyland" <accuratebibles at ozemail.com.au>
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To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: Re: [B-Greek] SFWE in the Iliad 1.8
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 21:34:34 +1000

> Sorry, I should have explained that Bert emailed me to say he had meant to
> send the below to the list as well as to me.
> Ann Nyland
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca>
> To: "Ann Nyland" <accuratebibles at ozemail.com.au>
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 9:58 AM
> Subject: Re: Re: [B-Greek] SFWE in the Iliad 1.8
> 
> 
> >   "Ann Nyland"  wrote: on Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:43:35
> >
> >   Btw, when
> > > people are often told it would help them to improve their NT Greek by
> > > learning "Classical", they often start at Homer (who isn't classical),
> not a
> > > good place to start, imo.
> >
> > That is exactly what I am doing.  One of the reasons that that has be
> advised to me was; You learn the most basic meaning of words, ie. hAMARTANW
> in Homer means -to miss the mark- and in the NT -to sin. Another reason was
> that a lot of grammar rules (eg. contraction rules) originate in Homeric
> Greek. I will probably keep going with Homer because I am enjoying it, but I
> am curious why you feel Homer is a poor place to start.(When I am done my
> beginners book an Homeric Greek [Pharr]I plan to go through a book that
> prepares the student to read the Anabasis [Paine]. Is that a better choice?)
> > Thank you.
> > Bert de Haan.
> >
> >
> 
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