[B-Greek] Interlinear Greek-English NT

Eric Biggs ericb at gracechurchreno.org
Tue Dec 27 17:44:22 EST 2005


Ken Wilson,

Grammar is extremely important to know/understand, for the reading of Greek.  Of course one must also have a good vocabulary of the language and use it with the grammar.  So if one is reading an interlinear while understanding the grammar, I think that is progress.  But at that point I believe that the interlinear is not needed.  When I have tutored students I realized that emphasizing grammar has helped them in reading, because I see the result of other students that were not embracing the grammar.  One step at a time.  I believe that those who have jumped right to an interlinear to use as a learning aid have fallen way behind students that do embrace the grammar (I think this is why there are 2nd year Greek students that are still trying to understand Predicate/Attributive positioning of 3rd person personal pronouns for Reflection or Emphasis).  But whatever aids in learning is exactly that...an aid.  Therefore if it does not aid, I say avoid at all costs.

IMHO I also highly respect the opinions of scholars that know the subject well, and in my exposure I have not seen any scholars direct me or others to an interlinear.

Respectfully,

Eric Biggs,
zealous student
Reno, NV USA



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