[B-Greek] Caragounis book

D Jongkind dj214 at cam.ac.uk
Wed Nov 24 09:42:46 EST 2004


Dear all,

Before everybody gets overexcited, some may find the book a little 
disappointing.

First of all, it has not been edited very well: the author tends to 
repeat himself frequently.
Some may also find his heavy emphasis on the continuous development of 
koine into modern Greek a little far-pressed. At times one gets the 
impression that the author wants to imply that the only people who can 
understand NT Greek properly are the modern-day Greek speakers; there is 
a heavy dosis of - what might be called - Greek nationalism detectable 
(including the whole edgy debate of what true modern Greek actually is). 
Interestingly, Caragounis does not see the Greek speakers in 
first-century Egypt as true native Greek speakers, they can only be 
found in Greece proper.

If you have limited resources you may want to think twice before 
purchasing the book without having spent an hour or two with it in a 
library: the book is more a chapter in a debate rather than anything 
else. On the other hand, I hope that people like Carl and others are 
prepared to publish some sort of detailed review as it is without doubt 
an interesting and massive piece of work. I have mixed feelings.

Regards,
Dirk Jongkind



Eric Weiss wrote:

>Wow! That table of contents looks fascinating! Thanks
>for scanning it.
> 
>I forgot to look for this book at ETS last week. :( I
>hope I didn't miss an opportunity to browse through it
>and perhaps even purchase it as my "Christmas present"
>($160-$200 - yikes!!). Did anyone see it at ETS or
>SBL?
>
>I can't wait for the Review of Biblical Literature to
>give us a rundown on this book.
>
>
>=====
>Eric S. Weiss
>
>
>
>
>	
>		
>__________________________________ 
>Do you Yahoo!? 
>Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. 
>http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
>---
>B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek
>B-Greek mailing list
>B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek
>
>  
>




More information about the B-Greek mailing list