[B-Greek] re: Caragounis book

R Yochanan Bitan Buth ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
Fri Nov 26 18:10:58 EST 2004


>From: D Jongkind <dj214 at cam.ac.uk>

>Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Caragounis book

>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> 

 

Just got back from SBL, San Antonio (got to spend a day in Athens, visit a
musuem: from the Alamo to "Aphrodite and a satyr". Both are thought
provoking) and saw the emails on Cargounis. 

Alas, I dropped by the Mohr booth to find the volume already sold. It
sounded like something I should see, and I agree with the advice to see it
before buying. I can't vouch for or oppose what i haven't seen argued, but
there is a genetic connection from Hellenistic to modern, something like
standard English to pidgin English.

ERRWSQE   kai "tha ta poume" (we will speak the things < QELEI TA EIPWMEN
'it wants-things we would speak', something like modern English uses 'will'
for the future.)

 

Randall Buth

 

Randall Buth, PhD

Director, Biblical Language Center

www.biblicalulpan.org

and Director, Biblical Studies in Israel

Hebrew University, Rothberg International School

ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il

 




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