[B-Greek] Greek for laymen
Barry
nebarry at verizon.net
Sun Mar 7 23:02:28 EST 2004
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From: "waldo slusher" <waldoslusher at yahoo.com>
To: <Suedaleg at aol.com>; <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Greek for laymen
> Dale:
>
> Personally, I would simply advise the people that they
> are wasting their time. Greek is not something you
> just get a feel for. Doing that would produce no
> benefit. Even after 3 to 4 years of intense seminary
> training, you are a neophyte, and at best able to
> regurgitate the views of your professors and a few
> grammars. After a few more years of independent
> thinking, analysis, and research, you are finally
> ready to start translating.
Personally, I think this attitude is really negative, and depends on precisely
what you want to accomplish with such an introduction. Produce scholars fluent
in Greek? That takes the kind of regimen you describe. However, I think it is
possible in a short introduction to get some basic concepts across which help
people better able to read commentaries and at least do proper word studies.
Some time ago, I remember seeing a book which was designed to do just that, and
included both Greek and Hebrew, but I have no idea what it was called, or who
published it, or if it's still in print. I myself, while in Grad school at OSU,
taught an adult continuing education course (using Machen!) several times which
was quite successful in this regard.
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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