[B-Greek] Greek blog post
Bert de Haan
dehaanaf at gmail.com
Tue Aug 5 19:58:50 EDT 2008
: "Barry" <nebarry at verizon.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bert de Haan" <dehaanaf at gmail.com>
> To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 3:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Greek blog post
>
>
> > "nebarry at verizon.net" <nebarry at verizon.net>
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > So this is the Mounce man himself? Now that should be interesting.
> > >
> > > Barry
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Can't be sure but there seems to be some sarcasm here.
> > Bert de Haan
> >
>
> Absolutely not. One of the advantages of our 21st century communications is
> that it greatly increases the chances of interacting with the author of a
> particular work. Have you ever been reading something and wished you could
> get a more detailed explanation or simply ask a question of the author?
> These days, email and blogs go a long way toward making that wish a
> possibility. That an author such as Mounce doesn't simply rest on his
> laurels, but is willing to continue writing in that venue is to his credit
> and to his readers' benefit.
>
> N.E. Barry Hofstetter
(Yes, there have been many times when I have wanted to question an
author about something.)
Opinions on Mounce's book BBG vary greatly. It was my introduction to
Greek and I am grateful for the encouraging way he wrote it. (I did
not have a teacher so an explanation that is a bit lengthy is far
better than one that is on the short side.)
I can see a fault or two but I'm sure everyone can find some fault
even with his favorite author.
Some ME\N find it a shortfall that he teaches 10 chapters on nouns
with only incidental tidbits on verbs before he really gets into
verbs. I DE\ have found this a benefit. It didn't take me very long
to get through those chapters and once I did get through, at least I
had the declensions quite solidly in my mind before the verb endings
tried to mix them up.
I thought your comment might have been sarcastic. I'm glad I was wrong.
There may be times when sarcasm can be appropriate but I (like you)
don't think that his efforts here deserve it.
Thank you.
Bert de Haan
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