[B-Greek] Which marginal notes?

james james at bigbeing.com.au
Mon Nov 17 11:50:30 EST 2003


Hi Tyler,

Re: what to write in your wide margins.  I guess you need to keep your
goal/s in mind before you get started.

A few ideas, though: I would just use a pencil, not a pen.  Probably one of
those "pacer" pencils (do you have those in America?).  I have found that as
my thinking and knowledge has (marginally!) developed, some of my earlier
margin notes were unnecessary.  It probably isn't helpful to put anything
that can be referred to in a parsing guide or commentary, especially ones
that you own, as you will clutter your margins with information that is
otherwise available anyway.

I'd limit it to information that isn't readily available especially such as
found in a Church history text that you may refer to only once, i.e. that
which would require some degree of serendipity to find again in the future.
I'd add it complete with a note on which book/reference to consult.  A
helpful note may be:

Luther's fav. verse, see "History of the Church" p345.

Or:

Church fathers often divided on this passage, see "Early Interpreters" p200.

So, in short, notes about textual criticism and grammar probably aren't
useful in the long term.  But if you really think something grammatical will
be necessary in the future, a short marginal note such as the following
would do:

GGBB p450.
[shorthand for Wallace's "Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics" Page 450.]

All of the above is just a result of my own idiosyncrasies, and should be
regarded as 'my humble opinion'.

James Forsyth

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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of TYLER TRUGILLO
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Subject: [B-Greek] Greek N.T.

I purchased a hardback edition of Nestle-Aland's Greek New Testament.  This
text has wide margins to write notes, etc.  I was wondering if anyone could
give me some ideas of what to write in the margins with regards to study
notes.  I thought about parsing key verbs in the sentence or just defining
important words?  Any ideas would be appreaciated.

Tyler Trugillo
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