[B-Greek] APOSTREFW - aktive and middle
Alastair Haines
haines at alastairs.com
Sat Feb 12 10:03:39 EST 2011
"NOT ONE of us reads the NT Greek texts with the instantaneous grasp of the
text's meaning
gained by those who first listened to those texts read aloud."
Carl Conrad
Liberating words of great honesty from you, Sir.
And, in context, your words are great encouragement for ongoing study of
Greek for any and all of us,
and especially for academic work that seeks to serve this and future
generations of students
with ever more satisfactory, and natural, *explanation* of forms and syntax.
I, for one, am glad I pressed the READ button rather than the "FILE" button
for your posting, Sir.
alastair
Below is a snip of the original context.
On Feb 12, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Richard Smith wrote:
But I am a very amateur self taught NT Greek reader. I offer that in way of
introduction.
From: "Carl Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 1:11 AM
The fact is that we are ALL of us who deal with NT Greek amateurs. NOT ONE
of us reads the NT Greek texts with the instantaneous grasp of the text's
meaning gained by those who first listened to those texts read aloud. Some
of us are not "rank" amateurs, but not one of us can honestly claim to be an
"accomplished" professional either.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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