[B-Greek] Interlinear Greek-English NT
Terry and Gail Cook
cookie99 at fuse.net
Tue Dec 27 15:08:06 EST 2005
My guess is the drop out rate was extraordinary in Robertson's class! In my
tiny little school we started with 15 Greek students on two nights and by
the end of the 3rd qtr of the 1st year we had two! Are students really well
served by such tactics?
Additionally, I doubt whether those students, by virtue of their study
methods, will "know" the Greek better; they will "know" it faster but not
necessarily better.
Terry Cook
sDg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim West" <jwest at highland.net>
To: "Terry and Gail Cook" <cookie99 at fuse.net>; <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Interlinear Greek-English NT
> My Greek teacher took greek with A.T. Robertson. He (my teacher) told me
> that when you went to Robertson's class the only thing you better have in
> hand was your GNT. He would make students stand up, recite paradigms, and
> if they missed any portion they were scolded and rebuked, publicly.
>
> Such methods may not work today of course- but I would venture dimes to
> donuts that such stringent requirements made better Greek scholars than
> the use of crutches make.
>
> That's not to demean those who choose to use such materials. It only
> means to suggest that in the long run such students don't know the
> language as well as those who study, and study, and study some more.
>
> Best
>
> Jim
>
>
> Terry and Gail Cook wrote:
>> Jim West said: "Don't get an interlinear- it will only cripple you. Do
>> the hard work,
>> memorize the words that occur more than 100 times, memorize paradigms,
>> and learn the grammar."
>>
> --
> D. Jim West
> Biblical Studies Resources - http://web.infoave.net/~jwest
> Biblical Theology Weblog - http://biblical-studies.blogspot.com
>
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