[B-Greek] Fwd: ?`s - PLEASE HELP!
David Anderson
sarxws at gmail.com
Tue Dec 19 13:31:15 EST 2006
What's so bad about interlinears? I don't have one and was thinking of
purchasing one, but am now second guessing my plans due to your warnings.
Thanks,
David Anderson
Mobile, Alabama
On 12/19/06, George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I'm guessing that you are English-speaking although you probably know
> German as well since you are currently there. I would therefore suggest
> that you get a copy of BDAG (Baur, Danker, Arndt & Gingrich, _A
> Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and other Early Christian
> Literature_, 3rd ed.) and two intermediate or advanced grammars. GGBB (Dan
> Wallace, _Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics_) is quite popular. While I
> sometimes disagree with him (probably at my own peril), and he sometimes
> seems to overdistinguish uses of cases (particularly the genitive), it isn't
> bad. The standard for NT Greek is BDF (Blass, DeBrunner, Funk, _A Greek
> Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature) -- note
> the close resemblance in title to the lexicon. It can be a bit of a tough
> go. I would also recommend that you get Smyth _Greek Grammar_. While Smyth
> is oriented to classical Greek, you will nevertheless find it to be
> invaluable. Regarding interlinears, I hold up
> the cross before you to ward off this evil (perhaps some garlic too).
>
> george
> gfsomsel
> _________
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Matthew Creeden < kololam77 at yahoo.com>
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 8:51:17 AM
> Subject: [B-Greek] ?`s - PLEASE HELP!
>
>
> Can you explain to me how I easily respond to a thread that is of interest
> to me?
>
> My other questions are beginning ones as well:
>
> I have taken one year of NT Greek and want to proceed on my own. I have:
>
> Mounce`s grammar
> Greek - English Lexicon for Christian Literature
> Nestle-Aland 26th Greek NT
>
> I am currently in Germany and have discovered a linguistic language key
> for the Greek NT that I am interested in. Apparently it has also been
> expanded into an exegetical work - Cleon L. Rogers? I do not have any
> respect for interlinears - is this in essence an interlinear and is it
> available in English or only a German translation?
>
> Finally.....what good are word studies anyway if one must know the context
> as well as the grammatical structure to accurately derive useful meaning
> from the word and its associated text? I am speaking of sources that help
> with word study like Vines, Strongs, etc. What good are they?
>
> Your help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> PS Just some thoughts and constructive criticism.......the ntgreek
> webpage needs some flash and the fonts and their format are not easy to
> read. I had a bit of a headache after I read the page of suggested sources
> for beginning students of NT Greek.
>
>
>
>
> Matthew W. Creeden
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