[B-Greek] Nature of the Greek language

Luke Hartman luke at mrturtle.com
Sun Dec 7 23:45:20 EST 2003


In a homiletics book I recently read (Homiletical Plot), the author 
sees Greek as very rigid. a language where words had definitions, 
contrasted with Hebrew, a verb-based language where words were 
descriptions. (he would thus favor a Semitic thought-process for his 
craft.) How accurate is his observation in describing the languages? 
Would any of you have anything to add by way of addition or critique? 
Perhaps the question could better be asked, "What are the fundamental 
differences between Greek and Hebrew as languages?"

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Luke Hartman
M.Div Student and little Greek




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