Re: Greek for Idiots

From: Jim West (jwest@highland.net)
Date: Mon Jan 26 1998 - 17:43:37 EST


At 04:03 PM 1/26/98 -0600, you wrote:

>I would very much appreciate any suggestions that you might have for me. I
>was trying to follow along in Efird for a while to supplement the class,
>but the prof has departed by leaps and bounds. I recently purchased Machen
>and am hoping to work through it after this class is over. I have asked my
>prof to recommend a grammar which would help me to get a more traditional
>grounding in Greek, but he was not extremely helpful.

I think you should work through Ray Summers' "New Testament Greek". Then
work though Dana & Mantey's "Grammar". Finally, you will be prepared to
dive into the classic grammar of Blass and Debrunner.

Dont be discouraged- ignorance can be overcome with training if you have a
desire and an open mind. Only blind, wilfull ignorance is insurmountable.

>
>Any ideas? How can I be confident in a firm foundation before I move on to
>more advanced biblical Greek study? This may be off topic, but I would
>also welcome any suggestions for Masters programs which have a strong
>emphasis on biblical languages.
>

There are excellent programs all over. Use your web browser, go to
infoseek.com, and do a search for "biblical languages". You will find more
options than you care to investigate.

>Please feel free to reply via e-mail.
>

(as opposed to?????) :)

>Many thanks, and I hope to join more of these elucidating threads soon.
>
>Ben

Best of luck, and keep up the good work. The world needs more linguists
trained in things significant.

Jim

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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Bible
Quartz Hill School of Theology

jwest@highland.net



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