[B-Greek] Ancient Greek-Grammar war?

Barry nebarry at verizon.net
Sat Feb 25 20:46:59 EST 2006


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From: "Randall Buth" <randallbuth at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 3:35 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Ancient Greek-Grammar war?

> Another perspective. (davar aHer)
> I profoundly agree and strongly disagree with the perspecitve of that
> article. It is very sad that students will not be learning Greek. But
> the culprit is not English. The culprit is Greek teaching itself.
> Notice the oxymoron here. Mulroy complains that students cannot learn
> Greek without knowing English grammar metalanguage (last term mine).
> since when did Plato or Luke need to know English grammar terms in
> order to learn Greek? Did Isaiah or Hillel need English in order to
> learn Hebrew?
> What students need to learn any language is a good, efficient course
> in that language.

I agree with practically everything in this post (including the comments I cut 
to save space).  A note: when did I really learn formal English grammar?  Not 
from my English teachers, but from good 'ol Mrs. Aiken, from whom I took Latin 
in High School as an elective (and who instilled in me a love for Classics that 
carried me through the M.A. before switching to formal theological studies). 
And why did I do well in Latin for those two years?  The credit has to go to 
Mrs. Aiken, who was one of the best teachers that I had before college itself...

N.E. Barry Hofstetter

Fecisti nos ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in te...
    -- Augustine, Confessions 1:1

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