[B-Greek] Seeking....
Matthew Blair
mpblair at gmail.com
Sun Mar 9 18:14:09 EDT 2008
I'm a newcomer to NT greek myself, so my opinion will not count for as much
as Carl and Barry's words. However, I will only add that if this is an
"independent" study for you, then I would advise that you pick a text or
course of study that includes either exercises in the text or a companion
workbook and, AND, make sure that the "answers" are available.
I am using Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek. I started out without the
companion workbook. I was only able to work up to Ch. 10 (3rd declension)
before I had to stop and purchase the workbook. I then did all of the
exercises before continuing. In my opinion, the workbook (along with the
answer key on his web site) makes the BBG text a good choice for the
autodidact.
One thing is for sure, whatever text you choose, work at it and work often.
Regards,
Matthew
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Barry <nebarry at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
> To: "Marny Lemmel" <lemmels at wideopenwest.com>
> Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Seeking....
>
>
> > I really think it's more or less futile to look for a consensus among
> > the members of this group. There are some who swear by Mounce's
> > _Basics of Biblical Greek_; there may be some others more inclined to
> > swear at it. For one learning without a teacher, Colwell and Tune's _A
> > Beginner's Reader/Grammar for New Testament Greek_ is pretty good.
> > Another is Clayton Croy's _A Primer of Biblical Greek_. I think you
> > could do a lot worse than to work through Funk's _Beginning-
> > Intermediate Grammar of Hellenistic Greek_ online, more or less
> > complete, at our own B-Greek web-site:
> > http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/project/funk-grammar/pre-alpha/
> > or http://tinyurl.com/39xap8
> >
> > I would reiterate, however, that to ask this question is not unlikely
> > to evoke a host of widely-variant responses.
>
> Given to understatement he is (sorry, just did a Star Wars marathon, and
> Yoda's speech patterns on you grow...).
>
> One serious comment: any of these texts is going to do the job if the
> student is truly motivated and disciplined. I do suggest that for the
> individuals on their own the use of more than one beginning text is
> helpful.
> If one set of explanations doesn't do it, maybe another will.
>
> N.E. Barry Hofstetter
> Professor, WRTS
> http://www.wittenbergreformed.org
> Mentor, TNARS http://www.tnars.net/
> Classics Instructor, TAA
> http://www.theamericanacademy.net
>
> and me:
>
> http://mysite.verizon.net/nebarry
> http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog
>
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