[B-Greek] Objections to Machen (was "In Defense of Machen, ... ")

Robert Stump robertstump at gmail.com
Tue Feb 1 21:47:01 EST 2011


I feel I need to ask since I just made myself of copy of Machen.  Is
there some harm in the Englishized lessons of Machen if one is
offsetting them with Koine readings?  Specifically, is there some harm
in using the lessons as a means of familiarize oneself with the
grammar, or say verbal formation and vocabulary acquisition by means
of the rote work of coping and doing simplified lessons, again, with
the caveat of Koine readings in addition?

Propter sanguinem agni,
Robert Stump
Seminarian
FL, USA

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Barry H. <nebarry at verizon.net> wrote:
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> To: "Carl Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
> Cc: "B-Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 8:44 AM
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> ")
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>> The simplicity of Machen for the student is also found in David Alan
>> Black's Learn to Read New Testament Greek. Yet, Black is for more
>> linguistically informed. I can't understand why anyone would use Machen's
>> grammar today given how many better choices are available. <<
>
> One could ask how linguistically informed a person has to be to learn a
> language.  People got along fine until a few decades ago without modern
> linguistic theory.  You learned your first language without the benefit if
> linguistic training...  :)
>
> However, I taught from Machen for 4 years +, and I wouldn't want to do it
> again.  McCartney had a chance to do a really good revision, but not too
> much changed, methodologically.  But who am I to talk, who uses Crosby &
> Schaeffer with 8th graders?  :)
>
> N.E. Barry Hofstetter, M.A., M.Div., Th.M.
> The American Academy
> http://theamericanacademy.net
> The North American Reformed Seminary
> http://www.tnars.net
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> http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog
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