[B-Greek] nouns & clauses in Greek/English

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 25 14:16:12 EST 2007


Unfortumately, there isn't any "Look Inside" feature, but you might read the editorial reviews.  He does have a rather provocative manner of stating things. http://tinyurl.com/2f8a23 


 
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Elizabeth Kline <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
To: greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 1:39:49 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] nouns & clauses in Greek/English


I recently had a portion of the chapter on nouns from the following  
book quoted to me verbally so I don't have a precise citation:

English Grammar to Ace New Testament Greek
Samuel Lamerson zondervan 2004

One thing that stood out in the quote was something like "nouns are  
the backbone of the sentence" this is not a direct quote, someone  
with the book in hand can correct it if they would see fit.

It seems to me that this is a fundamental error. This book is  
intended to help students learn NT Greek. IMO an author who can make  
an error of this magnitude has a credibility problem. Does anyone  
really think that nouns are the core element in a Greek or English  
clause?

I have never read a Greek grammar which didn't consider the verb the  
core constituent in a Greek clause with nouns treated as arguments of  
the verb. Obviously there are grammars I have not read (.e.g,  
Mounce). Does anyone teach this notion?


Elizabeth Kline




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