[B-Greek] interlinears for beginners

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Tue Apr 19 11:41:47 EDT 2005


On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:16:56 -0500 (CDT) "N.E. Barry Hofstetter"
<nebarry at verizon.net> writes:
> >From: Clayton Javurek <javurek at asu.edu>
> >Date: Tue Apr 19 10:02:10 CDT 2005
> >To: Eric Biggs <ericb at gracechurchreno.org>, 
> b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> >Subject: RE: [B-Greek] interlinears for beginners
> 
> >So tell me all, why does Douglas Stuart, professor of Hebrew and 
> OT
> >at Gordon Conwell Seminary in Massachussetts, heartily endorse the 
> use
> >of interlinears for his students after they leave seminary in 
> order
> >to keep up with biblical languages? Are Interlinears so really
> >destructive as the plague
> >that an established OT professor recommends them for seminary 
> graduates?
> 
> Must be a problem with controlled substances.
> 
> >I have already finished taking courses in Hebrew and Greek and now 
> I use
> >both Hebrew and Greek Interlinears to keep up somewhat fresh in 
> these 2
> >languages.
> >I will not become a scholar but at least I will be able to retain 
> my
> >familiarity with these languages. Yes, I use these 2 interlinears 
> still
> >now.
> 
> No, Clayton, you will not keep up with your languages by using 
> interlinears.  Now you have the secret decoder ring: that's all you 
> need.
> 
> Do the work honestly: read a passage a day without the interlinears, 
> and prepare your sermons and other presentations from the original 
> languages.  That is how you will not only maintain, but improve.
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I seem to recall a story (though perhaps it is apocryphal) that C. S.
Lewis was allowed a pony when reading Greek.  



His pony was in Latin.

george
gfsomsel
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