[B-Greek] interlinears for beginners

Wilson Hines wilsonhines at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 19 10:28:47 EDT 2005


I agree with George & Eric.  There is no better way...as some of you know, I 
even had a GNT rebound in real nice calf skin leather for the purpose of 
taking it to church and not having a cheesy looking Bible, if that matters.

Thanks

Wilson Hines


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel at juno.com>
To: <ericb at gracechurchreno.org>
Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] interlinears for beginners


> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 06:43:44 -0700 "Eric Biggs"
> <ericb at gracechurchreno.org> writes:
>> My opinion as a beginner,
>>
>> In my Greek reading class there are many who think building a
>> vocabulary is the most important thing in learning Greek, as opposed
>> to understanding the parsing of verbs and such.  I believe both have
>> equal weight.  I have noticed that those that do not focus with the
>> same strength on grammar cannot read Greek, though they may be able
>> to join a host of Pastor's in decalring what a word means. (the
>> etymological value and not the linguistic contextual value)
>>
>> The simple understanding of the Participle is proof to this, when
>> one sees an article seperated by a hand full of other words not
>> knowing that it is linked the Participle, the translation becomes
>> quite ignorant.
>>
>> So as a beginner, why don't we strive to read the Greek and not a
>> line of text that is in between two greek lines of text?
>> It may be difficult at first, but I think there is a lot to learn
>> from the host of Greek Scholars that shun such material.
>>
>> Why can't we carry our Greek NT to church and follow along with the
>> sermon?  I believe this gives a great reading work out.
>>
>>
>> Eric Biggs,
>> zealous stundent
>> Reno, NV
> _______________
>
> This is an excellent suggestion.  It forces you to keep moving.  What you
> don't know, you pick up either from
> 1.  A prior knowledge of the passage
> 2. The reading of the text in English OR
> 3. The context
>
> I follow along in the Greek myself when the epistle or the gospel is
> being read and I'm not the one doing the reading.
>
> This the way I studied for the GSFLT in grad school.  I bought
> anthologies and read; I did not study the grammar (which I had previously
> studied), and  I made it a practice to look up no word that wasn't
> essential to understanding the passage.   The emphasis was on reading a
> large quantity in the language (You can always take time to analyze a
> passage at leisure at some other time).
>
> george
> gfsomsel
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