[B-Greek] The best starting place?
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 25 20:24:25 EDT 2006
I started with koine for 1½ yrs (part of this was reading from the NT) then began over with classical using Crosby & Schaeffer, _An Introduction to Greek_. I would highly recommend this book. Then I read Homer, Plato, etc. Another approach I have heard of is to begin with Homer (Pharr -- PDF file available at www.textkit.com [as well as Smyth's Greek Grammar and Goodwin's Greek Grammar]) and follow the historical development of the language. I think I would still recommend beginning with Crosby & Schaeffer. When I changed from koine to Crosby & Schaeffer, I found out how much I had failed to learn. Perhaps it was the text we were using. By no means ever consider using Machen. If you want proficiency, you are going to need to spend considerable time immersing yourself in it. Take it to church and read along. When you read a passage at home, try the Greek first. NEVER use an interlinear since it can too easily become a crutch. A diglott (Greek on one page, English
on the facing page) is better if you really need a crutch. Even so, count on several years -- not one or two.
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Robert Easter <RDEaster at wbs.edu> wrote:
A survey question for you learned scholars: How did you start in Greek
(Modern, Classical, Koine classes, first language...), and how long a
haul was it for you to gain a "comfortable" fluency with NT reading from
the beginning?
Thanks greatly,
Robert
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