[B-Greek] Diagramming of Greek Sentences
Richard Burks
rburks9400 at comcast.net
Thu Dec 2 00:06:35 EST 2004
All,
I have read several Homiletics books which discuss the advantage of
diagramming Biblical sentences in preparation of sermons. However
diagramming which I took a class on in 7th grade English always seemed to be
a tedious process. One which it took me a long time to do.
Most of my language work has been with Biblical Hebrew, and Biblical Greek
has always been a minor to my Hebrew major ... Well its always been more
difficult for me. I am a pastor, and am working on my dissertation at a
small seminary with an emphasis on Hebrew but I am including a lot of
references from the NT and LXX for my work. Besides my school work and
pastoral work I am a full time electronic engineer.
Frankly though I have seen examples of people diagramming Hebrew sentences,
I have not found it helpful to do so since Hebrew is so different than Greek
English or Latin. But I would like to learn to do this properly for my next
series of sermons on a NT book.
Can someone suggest a good book on an easy method to diagram Greek
sentences, or to lay them out in logical order so that I can establish the
relationships of the words in a Greek sentence.
The ones I have seen I have tried to use on some of the verses in John or in
the writings of Paul but have not had much success in this area.
Regards,
Bill Burks
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