[B-Greek] My Summer Need-To-Read list. What and Why.

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 5 11:52:52 EDT 2010


Louis asked

<What are you reading this summer...>

Hi, Louis,

I'll be reading Odyssey 12-20 and 24 and I'll
be rereading the Iliad and Odyssey 1-11 and 21-23.  πολλακις.

<...and why?>

1.  My ration of reading Greek versus reading English ABOUT Greek
now stands at 100 to zero.

2.  It's summer, after all.  Homer is a summer flower:

"The summer's flower is to the summer sweet,
 Though to itself it only live and die..."

(What kind of dative is "to the summer?"  A Dative of Advantage, I suppose.)

Homer is dead, but he makes me feel alive.  "We jazz June. We die soon."

3.  Vocab.  The bad news is that there are tons of words found in Homer that
are not found in the Greek NT.  The good news is that virtually every word found in
the Greek NT appears somewhere in Homer, maybe in a different form, but there
it is, and always beautiful.  He is a lexicon, Homer.  He is a grammar.  He is God's gift to Greek syntax. 

What is it that Rick in Casablanca said about the day Paris fell?

"I remember every detail.  The Germans wore gray.  You wore blue."

That's what Homer does to you.  He gets inside of you. 


 Mark L



FWSFOROS MARKOS




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From: Louis Sorenson <llsorenson at hotmail.com>
To: B-Greek List mail to all <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, June 4, 2010 11:52:32 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] My Summer Need-To-Read list. What and Why.


Hello all,

I'm looking for the five books I should read this summer. I can read the Greek NT with some ease. I read sections other LXX and non-biblical Greek and the church fathers and secular ancient Greek literature. But I want to get a handle on a few topics which I have not studied in-depth. I open this question to all. What are you reading this summer and why. Here is my list (I'm still looking for the best book(s) on these subjects.  Should I read as many pages of Greek as I do English?  NO. But if I could -- would I be better served than reading these books about reading Greek?  YES.


So what books should I read? I have search the B-Greek archives and 
found very little. It's really hard to find this stuff on the B-Greek 
archives.  Micheal W. Palmer keeps a bibliography of Hellenistic 
linguistic books at http://www.greek-language.com/Palmer-bibiography.html 
I know books have been mentioned here and there, but my searches do not
bring up much of anything.


My Topics:
1) Greek Verbal Aspect.
2) Discourse Analysis
3) A modern linguistic book which covers such topics as Agent, Patient, Actor, and other such discussion of verbal structures
4) How to teach languages using living-language methodologies and cognitive linguistics

My Prospective List:
1)  Discourse Grammar Of the greek new testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and exegesis by Steven E. Runge.  Why? I think studying Discourse methodologies will help me understand the flow of passages more and how to recognize allusions, referals, referents, and other such structures 

2) Development of Greek and the New Testament, The: Morphology, Syntax, Phonology, and Textual Transmission by Chrys C. Caragounis  (It's on my shelf, I have read through most of it, but I need to try to read more of the modern Greek citations - they are not that different from Koine) A reread is definitely needed. Why? I think there are many ancient Greek phrases in modern Greek which can throw light on ancient Greek passages. 

3) When Dead Tongues Speak: Teaching Beginning Greek and Latin (American Philological Association Classical Resources Series) John Gruber-Miller (Editor)  Why?  I'm really interested on how to teach Greek via living-language methodologies.

4) Levinsohn, Stephen H. Discourse Features of New Testament Greek: A Coursebook. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1992.

5) Stanley E. Porter. Verbal Aspect in the Greek of the New Testament, With Reference to Tense & Mood (Studies in Biblical Greek ; Vol/ 1)) Porter takes a view contrary to many on this list. Know Your Enemy and Know them well. (I don't know if Porter is my friend or enemy. Do you?)

6) Scenarios, discourse, and translation: the scenario theory of Cognitive Linguistics, its relevance for analysing New Testament Greek and modern Parkari texts, and its implications for translation theory.  Hoyle, Richard A. 2008. SIL e-Books 10. oai:sil.org:50670  http://www.language-archives.org/item/oai:sil.org:50670

6) ??????? on modern linguistic concepts such as Actor, Agent. Experiencer, etc. ?????


OKay, so I have six books instead of five. So help me out -- what books should I be reading on these subjects?   Also, What books are on your read list and why?

FAQI MOI, PARAKALW, 
ALL' OUK EN ELLHNISTI, EN AGGLIKI.

Louis Sorenson




                          
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