[B-Greek] Machen's NT Greek for Beginners
Barry
nebarry at verizon.net
Sun Feb 22 07:41:27 EST 2004
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From: "Steve Westfall" <steve.westfall at comcast.net>
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Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 1:17 AM
Subject: RE: [B-Greek] Machen's NT Greek for Beginners
> Also, bear in mind what Barry Hofstetter said about Machen's target
> audience. Machen's book was not written for the typical person who begins
> the study of NT Greek today. Many of these have never studied any foreign
> language and may not even have all that solid a grasp of English grammar.
> It was written for people who had previously mastered Latin and perhaps
> modern foreign languages.
My beginning Greek text, way back in the 20th century, was Crosby and Schaeffer
(1928). I still remember being amused by the explanation for the dative of
possession:
The dative of possession in Greek is identical to the dative of possession in
Latin:
Puero gladius est.
No further explanation given! Out of about 10 or so students in the class, I
was the only one who had taken Latin previously...
N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Professor of Theological and Biblical Studies
The Center for Urban Theological Studies
Philadelphia, PA
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1yfx7/
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