[B-Greek] Phil 2.12c KATERGAZOMAI and math problems

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 20 23:56:00 EST 2007


No, that's the way I evaluate the LEARNING of Greek and Hebrew by many students.  Many are simply trying to get by.  Even those who do pay some attention tend to let it slip after they leave seminary.
 
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Jan Hoogland <hoogland at hawaii.rr.com>
To: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>; Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>; B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 11:16:00 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Phil 2.12c KATERGAZOMAI and math problems


George,

99.99%!! Is that the way you evaluate the effect of Greek or Hebrew 
teaching?

Jan Hoogland
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
To: "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>; "B Greek" 
<b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Phil 2.12c KATERGAZOMAI and math problems


> I've never encountered it, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be so.  On 
> the other hand, I see absolutely no hint of this in LSJ.  I suspect that 
> the preacher you reference knows no more about it that someone has told 
> him this is the case.  That is one of the reasons I dislike it when 
> someone gets on the pulpit and says "the Greek says . . . " or "the Hebrew 
> says . . ." 99.99% of the time it's balderdash (since I can't use what I 
> consider to be a more appropriate term for it).
>
> george
> gfsomsel
> _________
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
> To: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 7:38:08 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] Phil 2.12c KATERGAZOMAI and math problems
>
>
> ...META FOBOU KAI TROMOU THN hEAUTWN SWTHRIAN
> KATERGAZESQE
>
> A preacher said that the verb KATERGAZOMAI was used
> (not sure if he meant back in Classical Greek or in
> earlier Hellenistic Greek) for working out or solving
> a mathematical problem step-by-step.
>
> Any readers of extra-biblical Greek ever run across this?
>
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
>
>
>
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