[B-Greek] Greek for Tokyo subways :-)

Ann Nyland accuratebibles at ozemail.com.au
Thu Feb 19 18:18:27 EST 2004


In my first year of (attic) Greek at uni I had to spend hours on trains, and
my father suggested I read Goodwin's Grammar as a novel - start from the
beginning, read it through, and read it through several times. I thought it
was an insane suggestion but it proved to be excellent.

Ann Nyland

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
To: <Katb4now at aol.com>
Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 2:07 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Greek for Tokyo subways :-)


> At 8:16 AM -0500 2/19/04, Katb4now at aol.com wrote:
> >Raymond,
> >
> >I'm obviously no expert, but I REALLY like the little paperback "Teach
> >Yourself New Testamant Greek" by D F Hudson. It doesn't use accents which
> >you might
> >not like :-(
> >
> >It presents grammar right up front, no holds barred, unlike some of the
other
> >smaller, accent free, inexpensive paperbacks.
> >
> >It is a book to be memorized rather than providing LOTS of exercises. It
> >would be too hard to write on the subway, I'd think anyway :-)
> >
> >It's $14.95 and has an answer key in the back.
> >
> >ISBN# 0-8442-3789-2
> >
> >It was written as an attempt to provide a textbook easier for students
who
> >spoke English as a second language. The KJV grammar was too hard for them
to
> >master along with Greek, I guess :-)
> >
> >It's my favorite Greek book, but it just doesn't have enough exercises
for us
> >:-(
>
> I've seen this and I too think it's a good starting place for
> self-teaching. This is part of a series originally called, I think,
> "British Universities Teach-Yourself Books." There's a comparable one for
> classical Attic by Gavin Betts and Henry Alan. But one will need to go
> beyond these books, however helpful they may be as starters.
>
> As for doing Greek on the Tokyo subway, I certainly don't have any such
> experience, but I remember my first year of Greek (Tulane, 1952--ages
ago),
> our teacher suggested that the best place to memorize principal parts of
> verbs was the St. Charles Avenue streetcar (which makes or used to make, a
> complete circuit of uptown and downtown New Orleans). For doing Greek on
> subway or public transport I'd recommend a NA or UBS GNT; although I don't
> think the Barclay Newman dictionary that accompanies the UBS GNT is really
> very good for serious study, it's adequate for someone doing continuous
> reading in the GNT--exploring a new book in the Greek text for the first
> time.
> --
>
> 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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