[b-greek] Re: Interlinear Bibles

From: c stirling bartholomew (cc.constantine@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 20:12:44 EST


on 12/2/01 2:25 PM, Ron Geib wrote:

> I would encourage
> your husband to invest the time in learning the Biblical Greek language
> before relying on an interlinear.

Ron,

Is it OK to use an interlinear AFTER you have invested the time to learn NT
Greek?

Apparently some of the SIL people think it is OK. The book that I am always
quoting on Discourse Analysis, by S. Levinshon* has every every single NT
Greek citation presented in interlinear form. There are a lot of NT Greek
citations in this book, whole pages of them. All interlinear. I suspect that
the reason for this is to make this book "accessible to the non-specialist."
Seems like anyone who can read a line or two of Greek without stopping is
now considered a "specialist."

If you can read a line or two of Greek, you may find the interlinear format
very distracting. If a translation is a must, then a parallel text is less
distracting to the eye.

I can't read Hebrew well but I still prefer to see citations in Hebrew
presented unpointed, in a text block by itself with the traslation in a
seperate text block.

good day,

clay

--
Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062

 *Levinsohn, Stephen Discourse Features of New Testament Greek, 2nd Ed.
 SIL 2000.


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