[B-Greek] Reading for translation or understanding

Barry nebarry at verizon.net
Mon Feb 4 00:55:44 EST 2008


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From: "Gordon Goltz" <pastorpete69 at hotmail.com>
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Subject: [B-Greek] Reading for translation or understanding



>>   Isn't this a classic example of "What came first; the chicken or the 
>> egg"? If you don't know what the words in a sentence mean, how in the 
>> world are you going to be able to understand what the writer is saying?<<

The goal, as it were, is to look at the Greek without any English 
consciously echoing in your head (as it were), but if asked the meaning, to 
be able to communicate it.

N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Professor, WRTS
http://www.wittenbergreformed.org
Classics Instructor, TAA
http://www.theamericanacademy.net

and me:

http://mysite.verizon.net/nebarry
http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog





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