[B-Greek] Using the tools

Dr. Nikolaos Adamou nikolaos.adamou at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 9 12:30:40 EDT 2010


James is correct!

The problem is more general, I see it in teaching, using, and reading Mathematics and Statistics in Business Management and Economics as well.  Medicine faces the same problem.

Just to make the case more obvious,
Logos web site given by James has 5 videos.
In the last one, Intro to Greek Word studies, 
a Greek word from the Gospel of John is discussed 
καλός,  but the sound of the word is κάλος
and this is another word.

Technology is good, but nothing can replace classical learning methods.
We know them from their results.
We also see the results of the technological education.

I am one of the professors who use extensively and intensively 
all technological means, but I do not forget the verse from akathyst

...τεχνολόγους ἀλόγους ...



Νικόλαος ὁ ἀναγνώστης                                                                                 





> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 08:46:44 -0400
> From: JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [B-Greek] Using the tools
> 
> Apparently someone at Logos has been reading B-Greek :) Late yesterday,
> they posted an apology (in the Greek sense of the word) for using
> electronic sources as tools instead of crutches:
> http://blog.logos.com/archives/2010/06/biblical_languages_and_bible_soft
> ware.html
> 
> I do have a problem with this set of statements, though:
> "But in first year, when the goal is identify everything word, form, and
> construction by sight, is software a crutch?
> 
> "Yes.
> 
> "So how can we call our software a tool?
> 
> "Simple. We changed the goal."
> 
> As if changing the goal makes it not a crutch! Don't misread this. I am
> not saying that electronic tools don't have a place--I have BibleWorks
> and Accordance on my machine and have used Logos and E-Sword in the
> past. But...
> 
> What they are trying to do is indeed needed. They are trying to keep
> people from thinking they know more than they do. And, keeping people
> from misusing what they discover using electronic tools is essential.
> But, to say that it is the SUSTAINABLE way to use Greek and Hebrew? I
> can't agree with that!
> 
> My $0.02,
> James
> ________________________________
> James Spinti
> Marketing Director, Book Sales Division
> Eisenbrauns, Good books for more than 30 years
> Specializing in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies
> jspinti at eisenbrauns dot com
> Web: http://www.eisenbrauns.com
> Phone: 574-269-2011 ext 226
> Fax: 574-269-6788 
> ---
> B-Greek home page: http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek
> B-Greek mailing list
> B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek
 		 	   		  
_________________________________________________________________
The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail.
http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4


More information about the B-Greek mailing list