[B-Greek] Seeking.....

Randall Buth randallbuth at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 10:49:40 EDT 2008


Iver wrote
>
In my opinion as a practical linguist and translator rather than a
Classical Greek scholar, a study
of contemporary Greek texts including papyrus texts is more helpful
for understanding the Greek NT
than Classical Greek. Because of the unique background for the NT a
study of Hebrew and Aramaic is
also very helpful. How much one can accomplish is a personal choice.>

Yes, for NT you want to be reading lots of first century texts.
Hebrew is quite important, and able to be internalized most easily among the
three biblical languages. But one at time. I would not begin a second
until able
to communicate in one, or stymied.

You must also choose what you would like to accomplish.
If you want to get the language inside of yourself,
there is not very much out there that has any kind of real claim to
efficient pedagogy when viewed by what linguists know about language learning.
(linguists would say that a pedagogy doesn't work if after five years
of diligence
a person cannot tell you what they did last week in the language, on the spot.)
If you look you will find. It's there. But you will need to look hard.

ερρωσο
Ιωανης

-- 
Randall Buth, PhD
www.biblicalulpan.org
χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη πληθυνθείη
שלום לכם וברכות
randallbuth at gmail.com


More information about the B-Greek mailing list