[B-Greek] What does this mean

Barry Hofstetter nebarry at verizon.net
Sun Aug 22 06:51:10 EDT 2004


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> [RM] Nothing personal, but I think Professor Hofstetter feels somewhat
> responsible for my 'loose canon' effect.

???  I certainly don't, and have no idea why you would make such a comment.


> Why should I suppose, Barry, that Rbt. Young is 'using the KJV as a base'? He
> is quite obviously using the TR as a base. I had assumed that this was your
> special 'base.'


Young's Concordance uses the KJV as the English based, and also links that the
to underlying Greek vocabulary of the TR.  My point was that we have better
critical editions and much better resources for doing lexical studies than using
(today) Young as a resource.  In fact, we have better resources than Young
himself.  This is not to devalue Young, just simply the acknowledgment that
we've moved on, and that it is better to use better resources.

> [RM]
> I am quite happy to be corrected, Barry. But to say, "Steven has actually
> studied
> Greek," is a little more than correction. And by 'studied Greek' I feel you
> mean that I haven't memorized A. T. Robertson's, A Grammar of the Greek New
> Testament. Well, I've got it here beside me - and I've studied the Greek
language
> for a lot of years. I'd be even happier if you 'could cut me a little slack,'
> as the vernacular goes.
> It is good to have your comments, Barry - it is not good to have a snide
> remark. Seriously though, I don't really need any slack. I learn more from
your
> interaction than I do from plowing through A. T. Robertson. Whatever tone you
> take with me.

To be quite honest, you made a claim which indicates that your own knowledge of
Greek is quite deficient.  Nevertheless, the comment was a bit snide, and I
apologize.  I do not apologize, however, for the reason for making the remark.
BTW, far better than "memorizing" any grammar is reading lots of Greek, on a
daily basis, and using grammars as references when necessary.

N.E. Barry Hofstetter
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