[B-Greek] Fwd: Porter Beginning Greek Book

Randall Buth randallbuth at gmail.com
Sun Aug 2 13:50:55 EDT 2009


I see that Carl wasn't able to pull my post from the list.
It should have gone to Louis.

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Eddie Mishoe<edmishoe at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Dr. Buth:
>
> Keep in mind that some students of Greek are not interested in "internalizing"
> Greek. I even have a hard time with English, my native language. I just don't
> have the interest, time, or intellect to internalize Greek (or English).

But you do have what it takes. You are created in the image of God.
Gen 2:7 Onkelos: "... and the man became a speaking spirit".

maybe the meta-term 'internalize' doesn't communicate. But its about what
your're doing right now in and with  English.

> I'm looking for an approach that allows me to learn Greek without the concept
> of internalizing it. I think your approach is the way to go for those with the mental
> and intuitive capacities to internalize Greek, but I need another way. I like
> Wallace's grammar because it is broken down into the small components
> of the parts of speech. When I study the Greek text, I generally am
> researching a particular word or phrase. That's about as far as I can go. I accept
> my limitations and try to work around my lack of mental aptitude in learning Greek.
> Any ideas?

Do for Greek what you would do for German or Spanish,
were Goethe or Cervantes your life's guiding lights.

blessings
Randall



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Randall Buth, PhD
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randallbuth at gmail.com
Biblical Language Center
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-- 
Randall Buth, PhD
www.biblicalulpan.org
randallbuth at gmail.com
Biblical Language Center
Learn Easily - Progress Further - Remember for Life



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