[B-Greek] (no subject)

knpraise at comcast.net knpraise at comcast.net
Wed Jul 16 01:11:15 EDT 2008


Dr. Conrad, you rcently wrote:  

>>  At any rate, I want the student being tested for understanding of the Greek text to tell me not what the WORDS of the text mean in terms of English (or other target-language) words, but what the text supposedly understood MEANS -- expressed in "otherwords" or "re-stated in one's own words."   <<

And you follow up with 

>>All of this has to do with my objection to the growing use of "interlinears" or "reverse interlinears as primary tools of what continues to be called "learning Biblical Greek <<

With the above,  are you saying that a correct interpretation or understanding of a particular text is the function of a thorough going grammatical/syntacitical review of that text?

If that is true,  what avenues of research or study are open to the laymen as she attempts to glean meaning from the same particular text?

Thank you.

I am new to the forum.  I am also quite the layman when it comes to Greek  (a retired pastor whose two years of formal Greek studies occured in '69-71, shortly after the earth cooled.)    If my questions are not appropriate to this forum, please advise.  I do enjoy the discussions.  

John Smithson

  


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