[B-Greek] List of GNT Books
Hugh Donohoe Jr.
justusjcmylord at yahoo.com
Sat Feb 2 20:14:21 EST 2008
Jim,
Congratulations on the vocabulary milestones. Forums
like this will help you not to become complacent.
Thinking on your question made me think of a question
I wanted to ask of the list members. I am traveling
and only have a few books with me, so I will have to
go from memory in asking my question. In Daniel
Wallace's big book on syntax, in the introduction, he
lumps the books of the NT into three categories. I
will list the three as I remember them with a couple
of examples. Vulgar (Mark, Revelation), Conversational
(Matthew, Pauline letters), Literary (Acts, Hebrews, 1
Peter). I was wondering what list members thought of
these categories? I thought of these categories
because they affect how I think of the canon in terms
of difficulty of translation. Thanks.
ex animo
Hugh J. Donohoe Jr.
Jim wrote:
Hi all, I'm working my way for the 1st time through 1
John, reading in Greek
and translating on the spot, IT IS FUN! I know you all
kept telling me to
read, read, read. But I didn't know enough. Mounce
said when you know the 325
words he gives, you'll know 4 out of 5 words, but it
never seemed that way.
When I got another 325 words down (20 and above
frequency( that when I really
knew 8 to 9 out of most words I came across, that was
the breakthrough. I'm up
to 700 words in vocab now, and started Steven Baugh's
1 John reader to help
me, I'm also using Martin Curl's handbook to help. I
start 1 John chapter 2
today. What a joy this is, and you REALLY do get more
understanding, by just by
reading it, of what the sentences mean, perfect,
continual, aorist & so on.
My question is what is the list from the easier to the
more harder books to
read in the NT, and be able to translate on the spot?
Also, is there a list
like this for the Septuagint, or at least a place to
start?
I can't wait to get more & more down. I must say, this
is about the hardest
thing I've ever done before, I spend at least an hour
a day or 2 doing my
homework and now translating, but well worth it. I'm
going to try to get down to
1100 words in my vocab 10 and above frequency, Lord
willing.
I only went to the 8th grade in formal schooling.
To God be the glory for renewing my mind.
This list is a great blessing, thank you all.
Grace and peace
Jim Montesano
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