[B-Greek] William Harper Rainey's Textbook

Robert Stump robertstump at gmail.com
Mon Jan 31 16:03:27 EST 2011


Mark-

I did a little searching around after what you wrote about Machen's
work, and then after getting a little background on the man himself.
It took a bit of searching but I found a website with a PDF scan of
the original 1923 edition:

(http://www.churchlivinglord.com/Machen_NTGreek.html)

Is it safe to assume that I'm not missing out on much from the newer editions?

Per sanguine agni,
Robert Stump
FL, USA

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Mark Lightman <lightmanmark at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Robert asked
>
> <Would you know of any deductive works that I
> could use as a supplement (preferably of the free variety...>
>
> Hi, Robert,
>
> I checked out some of the older grammars on Google books and I was surprised
> that I could not really find anything as purely deductive as Machen, who is
> not available on line at this time.  Most of the older grammars combine
> inductive and deductive approaches.  Maybe others know of a free on-line
> text as deductive as Machen.  You can get a used Machen for pretty cheap,
> though.
>
>
> Mark L
>
>
> FWSFOROS MARKOS
>
> ________________________________
> From: Robert Stump <robertstump at gmail.com>
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Fri, January 28, 2011 10:39:19 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] William Harper Rainey's Textbook
>
> I've been a silent member of this list for while, but this is my first
> run at a question.
>
> I am a seminary student, well technically I'm finishing my Bachelor's
> degree in Theology through a correspondence course as a prerequisite
> to seminary, but the course is offered through a seminary.  Given that
> I am working toward a scholarship I thought it wise to get a jump on
> NT Greek and accordingly started working through the lessons I found
> online in Rainey's 1888 "Introductory New Testament Method."  (Found
> here:
> http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=snFiAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader)
>
> A number of years ago I decided to learn Latin, went online, found a
> number of books and internet courses, and eventually settled in with a
> couple of different first year books that I worked through. Most of
> them were rather tedious and I found that without a cohesive narrative
> to drive the works that vocabulary retention become a matter of nose
> to the grindstone by intensive copying and rote memory.
>
> With Rainey's work it is another matter entirely.  The very first
> lesson begins with reading the Greek of John 1:1-2 and continues
> through the first twenty lessons to read all through the first
> chapter.  The linguist concepts and grammar are given as they show up
> in the text instead of, for instance, lesson one covering A-declension
> nouns, lesson two covering Indicative Active Regular Verbs et cetera
> ad naseum.
>
> Outside of Latin, I have studied French and Spanish both in a
> classroom and sans, but I had never before encountered this method of
> what Rainey calls "Inductive" lessons.  Is he just a forgotten
> innovator; am I missing something integral to the study of Greek by
> this approach; or are there other texts that follow this sort of
> pattern that I am simply unaware of?
>
> * * * * * *
>
> I have found that in looking online for additional resources for Greek
> study, that the names that I see popping up through the list email are
> often also attached to those snippets that I have found most helpful;
> for instance, a few days ago I was surprised, pleasantly, to see the
> name Carl Conrad at the bottom of an in depth and revealing discussion
> of the Greek voices.  With that said I can only assume that if anyone
> would have a good answer they would be here.
>
> Thank you all for your time and assistance,
>
> Per sanguine agni,
> Robert Stump
> FL, USA
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