From: Bill and Stephanie Black (bnsblack@yimesgin.org)
Date: Tue Jun 19 2001 - 02:06:53 EDT
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">I 
suppose no teacher of Greek feels they've found the perfect textbook (including 
the one they themselves have written, or are writing in their head), but we all 
keep looking, don't we?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>In this 
case, I'm trying to find an appropriate English-language intermediate Greek text 
for third-semester students at Evangelical Theological College in Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>As I'm new to ETC, it's 
the first time I've worked with this population of students.<SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I'm looking for a text that has 
potential for people who: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">--sometimes 
have limited English, therefore written explanations of grammatical concepts 
ought to be as idiom-free as possible (this tends to rule out some of the more 
recent 'user-friendly' texts--the humor doesn't translate 
well);<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">--are 
not from a reading culture, and when they do read may not be at ease with the 
Latin alphabet (Amharic has its own syllabic alphabet), so it will help if 
written explanations are as concise as possible;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">--are 
cash-poor, so have difficulty purchasing imported books (the basic wage for the 
rare jobs that are available equals about 30 cents US per hour).<SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Most course texts at ETC are made 
available in the form of photocopied readers.<SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Ethiopia isn't party to any 
international copyright convention, so technically we can do this with impunity, 
but we prefer to do it only with the approval of a generous 
author/publisher.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">In 
addition, I'm looking for something that takes advantage of recent linguistic 
approaches to NT Greek, and that has abundant illustrations of NT syntax.<SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Don't worry, I realize my wish list is 
unattainable!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It did occur to me, 
however, that someone in the B-Greek world might have some valuable 
insight.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Or some of you may have 
done your own outlines of an intermediate course for students in similar 
settings, which would help get us started. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">I'd be 
happy for any thoughts on this, on- or off-list.<SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Please don't refer me to any web pages, 
as at this point I have email but not internet access.<SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Ethiopia has one internet server and the 
waiting list for an account is three years long--I often feel that the 
information superhighway ends in a footpath at my front door!<SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>If you have a web page you believe would 
be especially useful, you could email the page itself to me off-list.<SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>If it looks promising, I'll find a way 
to follow up.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Thanks 
in advance for your help.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>ETC is 
the premier theological college in Ethiopia and these students often go on to 
become the teaching staff and administrators of the other colleges and bible 
training institutes throughout Ethiopia--a country which has been officially 
Christian since the fourth century, and which now has perhaps the fastest church 
growth rate in the world.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>A solid 
grounding in biblical languages for them at this early stage has a payoff in the 
future when they (and their students in turn) join the ranks of tomorrow's 
African theologians.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>A worthy 
project!</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"></SPAN><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Stephanie 
Black</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Stephanie 
L Black, PhD<BR>Evangelical Theological College<BR>Ethiopian Graduate School of 
Theology<BR>Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<BR><A 
href="mailto:bnsblack@yimesgin.org">bnsblack@yimesgin.org</A><BR><A 
href="mailto:stephanie.black@sim.org"></A></SPAN></P></FONT>
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