[B-Greek] The Five Minute Greek Club

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Fri May 26 07:47:12 EDT 2006


Dave Black has had the brightest idea I've seen in a while in terms of 
Greek study.  Onhis blog today

http://www.daveblackonline.com/blog.htm

He writes

7:08 AM I want to extend a big Friday shout-out to those of you who 
signed up for the Five Minute Greek Club. In case you don't know, I 
formed this club for my beginning Greek students. There are no dues, and 
we never meet. You must simply sign on the dotted line promising that 
you will translate two verses daily from your Greek New Testament for 
the entire summer. The truth is, if you don't practice, you will easily 
lose what you worked so hard to acquire. The rule to practice is as old 
as Aristotle, who wrote: "To learn to play the flute, you have to play 
the flute." You can read every Greek textbook ever published but 
wouldn't be able to translate a single verse without constant practice 
in the text. I can't think of an activity that doesn't improve with 
practice. I can recite from memory numerous passages from my Greek New 
Testament, not because I intentionally memorized them but simply because 
I've read them so often. During all this reading the words were being 
imprinted on my mind. So to all who joined this "prestigious" club, a 
tip of the kepi.


He's right.  Read with Dave this summer!


-- 
Jim West, ThD

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