[B-Greek] Introduction

Fr. Sean Lotz fr.sean at celtic-catholic-church.org
Sun Oct 23 21:58:42 EDT 2005


Hello, all. I am new to this group, and I thought I would introduce myself. 
Although this is a highly focused group, with little personal chit chat, 
I think an introduction may be in order before I start posting. 

I am a priest who has made it to his fifth decade, through seminary, and 
through several years of ministry, with only a smattering of Greek. So I 
am studying on my own using these books:
Dobson, _Learn New Testament Greek_
Wenham, _The Elements of New Testament Greek_
Sidgwick, _First Greek Writer_

I seem to do best if I use several sources, especially if those sources take 
different approaches. 

My goal is to be able to read the New Testament in Greek with no need for 
a translation, except as a pony for a while. Then I want to be able to read 
the Septuagint the same way. I hope to master the language. I tend to be 
good at general comprehension, but not so good at the nuts and bolts. In 
Latin I could always tell you what a passage meant, but if you asked me exactly 
how it meant that, I would mumble and sputter. (My Latin has rusted over 
the years, I am afraid.) I want to know Greek so well I know exactly what 
the author is saying and exactly how he is saying it. That is why I am spending 
so much time with composition. I figure if I can work it both directions 
I will really know the stuff. 

I have some questions I might later put before the group, but not now. I 
appreciate the learning I have seen here over the last several weeks. Most 
of it has been over my  head! But I think I am becomiing confirmed in the 
Buthian pronunciation (can I claim credit for having coined the term?)

sincerely,
Sean A. Lotz+




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