[B-Greek] Transition from Classical to Koine
Stephen Kirkman
stephen.kirkman at live.com
Sun Dec 27 20:56:00 EST 2009
The comments are, thus far, encouraging. Are there any texts available that outline the differences between classical Attic and Koine (e.g., TT (ττ) vs. SS (σσ))?
Thank You,
Stephen Kirkman
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> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:06:05 +1030
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> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Transition from Classical to Koine
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> There are differences, and you could get text books and analyse these.
> But Barry is right. Jump in, and start reading. Reading NT Greek will
> be far more helpful to you than reading grammar books. My personal
> experience was to start with classical Greek, because the university
> at which I studied did not offer NT Greek, though the NT was the field
> of my interest.
>
> When I then made the transition that you speak of, from classical to
> koine, I found that the koine was relatively easy, and in some ways NT
> idioms seemed to me closer to English. If I read Barry aright, he is
> saying that the best thing to do is to get into reading the NT without
> being concerned about differences between classical and NT Greek that
> you will encounter, and with that I entirely agree.
>
> If I may venture one further comment, it is that a potentially
> deeper difficulty is that in moving to reading NT Greek, you will very
> likely be moving to reading a text where you are familiar with one or
> more translations. This can actually hinder us from seeing what the
> Greek is saying, because we have a forward-echo of the sense from our
> knowledge of the translations. Your classical studies may be like mine
> - wrestling with material I wasn't familiar with; and there is much
> value in this. However, I'm not seeking to dissuade you from the
> reading of NT Greek! - just flagging something that may be worth your
> considering as you begin your transition.
>
> Alex Hopkins
>
> Melbourne, Australia
> On Mon 28/12/09 11:50 AM , Stephen Kirkman stephen.kirkman at live.com
> sent:
> Aren't there certain differences between the two though (or so I've
> been told)?
> > From: nebarry at verizon.net [1]
> > To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org [2]
> > Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:47:23 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Transition from Classical to Koine
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> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Stephen Kirkman"
> > Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 5:34 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: [B-Greek] Transition from Classical to Koine
> >
> > >
> > > Are there any materials available for transitioning from
> Classical Greek
> > > to Koine? I only have a couple semesters of Classical, but would
> like to
> > > start reading the New Testament?
> > >
> >
> > Just pick up a copy of the NT and start reading. You won't have
> any trouble
> > at all, beyond the normal sorts of obstacles faced by all students
>
> > transitioning out of elementary to reading actual authors.
> >
> > N.E. Barry Hofstetter
> >
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