[B-Greek] Interlinear Scripture Analyzer

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Oct 12 07:00:47 EDT 2003


At 8:30 PM -0500 10/11/03, Eric Weiss wrote:
>One of the "reviews" for the software at the Web site:
>
>"I just downloaded the ISA and it is AMAZING! Thank you soooo much
>for putting this out there and for FREE. I EXTREMELY appreciate
>this, as a Christian and supporter of the free software and open
>source movements too.... My husband and I have often drifted asleep at
>night saying, "If only we could learn Greek and **get at the
>root of the meanings",** and here we can finally get the intimacy
>with the language and with such a beautiful tool as this. Thanks
>again - I can only hope to write something so uber someday
>thanks,
>
>-KO"
>
>Does this mean that we will be flooded with "root fallacy" errors by
>people who trust this program to teach them "what the Greek REALLY means"?
>(**   ** added by me) :)

That peril is potentially present in any usage of an interlinear version
which is at best a crutch for one who has either no competence at all or
relatively little competence in Greek; the potential for abuse does seem,
however, to be amplified by this particular scheme of equating root
semantic units of one language with those of another.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/



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