[B-Greek] Koine/English

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 10 17:44:32 EST 2007


Frankly, I don't recall seing this prior to this post.  I'm sure you're not speaking to me, but I'll open my mouth and insert my foot anyway.  Was this a comment addressed TO you or is this YOUR comment?  In either case, I'm sure whoever wrote it will find no difficulty mastering Sanskrit since it is a part of the Indo-European family of languages.  Perhaps this wise one would be gracious enough to tutor me.
 
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Edward Andrews <edandrews at roadrunner.com>
To: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:06:54 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Koine/English


To all:



I would like to post the following comment to the great minds of this board, sucking up was intended.  Please give me a response to a comment that was posted to me yesterday.  I thank all of you very much in advance. He starts:



Dear Edward:



"Your arguments bring your knowledge of Biblical Greek into question. I'm sure that you are aware that the writers of the New Testament wrote in Greek because they wanted the whole world to understand their message. So the Greek they used is not at all complicated, for if it was it would obscure the message.


Instead it is simple, straightforward and relatively easy for us to learn and understand.
All the basic grammar one needs to get a working knowledge of New Testament Greek is, in fact, already used in English.



Grammar is concerned with the way in which a language is structured. Words are the individual building blocks, and grammar simply describes the way they are put together as speech or writing. 

The English language is part of the same Indo-European family of languages as Greek and has directly inherited many of its characteristics.



The words themselves are different, but the way they are put together isn't. 

All the grammatical terms we use in English - nouns and verbs, subjects and objects, adjectives, tenses and the like are just the same in Greek as in English."



Again, thanks to those who have time to offer a comment or two. Note: if this is an inappropriate question, outside of the rules, please ignore



Edward Andrews
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