[B-Greek] What B-Greek is About (was "Top Ten ... "
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Feb 15 05:34:55 EST 2010
On Feb 14, 2010, at 11:22 PM, Michael Aubrey wrote:
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> The fact is that when it comes to the goal of actually learning the language -- which is what the B-Greek list is about -- an interlinear is only going to give a student a false sense of security about their knowledge of the language. For those are trying to learn Greek, an interlinear is only a tool for pretending.
Considering the proportionate distribution of discussion topics on
B-Greek, one might suppose that B-Greek is "about" the goal of
actually learning the language, but in fact, that has historically been
only a secondary concern. The opening paragraph of our FAQ cuts
a pretty wide swath which takes in pedagogical resources, but the
intended central focus of B-Greek has always been more upon
the text and the language of the Greek Bible:
"B-GREEK is a mailing list for scholars and students of Biblical
Greek. Our main focus is upon understanding the Greek text of the
Bible. Discussion topics include scholarly study of the Greek Bible
and related Jewish and Christian Greek texts, tools for beginning and
advanced students of Biblical Greek such as textbooks, reference
works, bibliography and research tools, and linguistic topics such as
morphology, lexicography, syntax, and discourse analysis."
I confess that I have contributed my own 2 bits -- or 2 cents -- to
on-list discussions of interlinears, nor have I ever thought that
discussion of interlinears on B-Greek was inappropriate -- but I
do think that this recurrent discussion of interlinears is tedious
and unproductive every time we do a re-run of it.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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