[B-Greek] Machen's NT Greek for Beginners
Terry and Gail Cook
cookie99 at fuse.net
Wed Feb 18 07:07:49 EST 2004
O.K. Mr Conrad, thanks for the advice :) What books would you suggest
instead of Machen and which online sources do you feel are suitable for a
putz trying to learn NT Greek?
Terry Cook
sDg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
To: "Terry and Gail Cook" <cookie99 at fuse.net>
Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Machen's NT Greek for Beginners
> At 8:21 PM -0500 2/17/04, Terry and Gail Cook wrote:
> >Greetings,
> >I've seen the Machen book at Amazon and other places for between $50-$70
> >so when I found a 1923 printing for $6 at Half-Priced Books I thount I
> >had a bargain.
> >The book is small, about 287 pages and rather helpful, but, it does not
> >have an answer key to the end of chapters exercises!!
> >What (if any) is the difference between my $6 book and the $70 book (if
> >anyone knows)? Does anyone have an answer key they'd like to share with a
> >brother?
>
> The real question is whether Machen is a bargain at any price. It's not
> that one cannot learn Greek from it, but there are so many better print
> textbooks and now there are many more better ways to learn Greek from
> on-line resources. At this point, I wouldn't urge anyone to take the book
> as a gift.
> --
>
> 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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