[B-Greek] Interlinear Greek-English NT

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Tue Dec 27 15:02:02 EST 2005


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
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