[B-Greek] Fw: interlinear anxiety (was Top Ten Things thatB-Greekers will be giving up this year for Lent

Michael Lawson dikaiosune_7 at msn.com
Mon Feb 15 01:13:49 EST 2010


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From: Michael Lawson<mailto:dikaiosune_7 at msn.com> 
To: Elizabeth Kline<mailto:kline_dekooning at earthlink.net> 
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 1:06 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] interlinear anxiety (was Top Ten Things thatB-Greekers will be giving up this year for Lent


Before we define a new psychological disorder as Interlinear Dependence Anxiety or IDA for short, I would like to add my two cents to the IDA 
debate. First, I use an interlinear......there, I said it. Take a deep breath Michael! OK....I feel better now. But when the topic came up last time, 
I felt convicted to use it less and the Greek New Testament more. I have to thank Dr. Conrad and others who challenged me to wean off of my interlinear because I was unintentionally using it as a crutch. But, since my vocabulary knowledge is wanting, I do refer to it from time to time
for a sneak peek to save time and not get too discouraged. A Reader would solve my problem but that is another topic for another time. Yikes! 
Reader Anxiety Syndrome! Take another deep breath Michael! lol 

So, I stand as one who appreciates the gentle slap on the hand for being lazy. 

Michael Lawson
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  From: Elizabeth Kline<mailto:kline_dekooning at earthlink.net> 
  To: B- Greek<mailto:b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org> 
  Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:51 PM
  Subject: Re: [B-Greek] interlinear anxiety (was Top Ten Things thatB-Greekers will be giving up this year for Lent



  On Feb 14, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Stephen Baldwin wrote:

  > Since I've been b-greeking, I was initially curious about the interlinear debate -- pros and cons and etc. latterly baffled at the high level of anxiety [almost verging on hysteria?] that the subject generates.


  Stephen, 

  I am also baffled at the anxiety and hysteria. 

  I was told by someone who was there, that one of the top NT Greek linguists, a name familiar to all of you but not a member of this list, attended a seminar on NT linguistics with an interlinear under his arm.  Interlinear text is quite often used in books published for bible translation professionals. 

  Elizabeth Kline
   



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