[B-Greek] English translation as best goal for learning Greek?

John M. Linebarger jmlineb at comcast.net
Wed Aug 22 19:02:03 EDT 2007


Carl has made statements in passing several times that open with the condition, "If producing an English translation is your goal for learning Greek ..."  At the risk of appearing naive, what other goals for learning Greek should be put ahead of the ability to produce an English translation?  In priority order, what are the "best" goals for learning Greek, in the opinion of the group?

Blessings!

John M. Linebarger
Albuquerque, NM

(P.S. I remain grateful to Carl for his recommendations about how to learn Attic Greek.  My Mastronarde book arrived in the mail yesterday [it seemed to correspond best to my particular language learning style, and an answer key is available for it] and I've devoured two chapters already.)



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