[B-Greek] Greek Reading groups

Pastor pastor at ruggleschurch.worthyofpraise.org
Mon Jul 13 09:42:18 EDT 2009


Randall,
Thank you for your response.
I had seen the ulpan site on the web, but travel that far for me is 
really not possible and I am unable to afford it, thus my search for 
something closer and less expensive financially.
Thanks for the suggestion on finding a modern Hebrew program. I had not 
thought of that.
Would the pronunciations and Hebrew forms be that similar? I guess I 
just assumed there would be significant differences.

EN CHRISTW,
--- marty ---
Randall Buth wrote:
>
> TW POIMENI THS TOY EYLOGHTOY EKKLHSIAS
> "to the sheperd of the congregation of the 'one worthy of praise'"
>
> XAIRE -- shalom lexa
> your questions are on target for someone who wants to be connected to
> the original languages and texts. There is really no substitute for some
> time being spent 'in the language', and it can be especially fruitful in a
> controlled environment.
>
> At the moment I can only think of two things to recommend, yea, three.
>
> For Greek there is a special 10 day 'breakfast to bed' immersion that
> will take place over the Sea of Galilee 31 May -- 10/11 April 2010. Both
> Magdala and Cleveland border a lake, so are sisters of a sort.
> For information, see www.biblicalulpan.org. The focus will be on
> developing fluency, discussing the gospels 'on site', and pedagogy,
> all in Koine Greek, of course. Limited to 20.
> There are other modules in the summer that are longer and use a
> 'half-time' immersion. Classes are conducted 90+% in the language
> for four hours and the rest of the day is for study, listening,
> talking with other students, or as one wishes.
>
> For Hebrew there are several modules in the summer that may fit into
> your schedule, listed at the same website. We are in the middle of them
> now and it is a joy to see the students happy and tired.
>
> Yea, a third option for biblical Hebrew is to find a good modern Hebrew
> program in your area. "Good" meaning that the class is making real
> progress toward internalization and that most of the classtime is in
> Hebrew. Any morphology internalized in modern Hebrew will transfer
> 100% to biblical. that is a little secret that hasn't penetrated the seminary
> world yet.
>
> I would recommend focussing on one of these languages at a time for
> at least two years. You don't need to ignore the other, but adult
> responsibilities and the need to reach a functional 'plateau' require
> concentration of 'growing energy' on one.
>
> ERRWSO  braxot
> blessings
> Randall
>
>
>   




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