[B-Greek] My Summer Need-To-Read list. What and Why.
pastormattfbcrankin
pastormattfbcrankin at gmail.com
Sat Jun 5 11:57:12 EDT 2010
Hello Louis,
If I might make a suggestion....
All of the books you mentioned are well worth reading. But for my
two cents worth....there are few things better than just reading
Greek. You will learn more by seeing how the language functions in
it's context. If you have read a bit of LXX and Church Father's I
would suggest stepping up to some Josephus, perhaps some Apollodorus
(A favorite of mine recommended to me by Carl), and then start
working backwards. Get into Thucydides, Herodotus, Sophocles and
Homer and a host of other classical literature. It's one thing to
understand how a language functions by reading scholarly work about
it, it's a whole other thing to actually understand the language how
it was intended to be understood....by reading it.
I have found in my own personal study that when I have spent
significant time reading extra-biblical literature it does nothing
but improve my understanding and ability in New Testament Greek. In
some cases after reading some of these going back to NT Greek will be
like reading "See Spot Run."
Just my two denarii worth.
--Matt
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Matthew T. Williams
MABS Multnomah University
http://fbcrankin.com/
Rankin, Texas
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On Jun 5, 2010, at 1:07 AM, b-greek-request at lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 00:52:32 -0500
> From: Louis Sorenson <llsorenson at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [B-Greek] My Summer Need-To-Read list. What and Why.
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> 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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