[B-Greek] Diagramming of Greek Sentences
David Sugg
davidsugg at comcast.net
Thu Dec 2 21:45:53 EST 2004
Three books I would recommend are:
Diagrammatical Analysis by Lee L. Kantenwein. BMH Books, PO Box 544, Winona
Lake, IN 46590 (111 pages)
- Covers sentence diagramming of both Greek and Hebrew with many
examples.
- Also available in a Libronix version from Logos Software
Principles and Practice of Greek Exegesis: a classroom manual prepared by
John D. Grassmick. Dallas Theological Seminary, (c) 1974. (197 pages)
- can be purchased online at Dallas Theological Seminary Bookstore
Diagramming The Greek New Testament. Richard P. Belcher. Richbarry Press, PO
Box 302, Columbia, S.C. 29202. (62 pages).
Walter Kaiser also presents a less rigorous diagramming method in his book
"Toward an Exegetical Theology: Bible Exegesis for Preaching and Teaching",
Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.. Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 (Pages 87 -
181, Chapters 4 - 8).
-Provides a number of examples from both Hebrew and Greek.
Hope these help. Let me know if you need any further information on any of
these.
David J. Sugg
3200 Raye Road
Thorndale, PA 19372
(610) 383-0715
Cell: (484) 557-8837
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Burks" <rburks9400 at comcast.net>
To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:06 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Diagramming of Greek Sentences
> 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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