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- May 17th, 2020, 9:06 pm
- Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
- Topic: The 'Lucian Pronunciation' of Koine Greek
- Replies: 25
- Views: 92504
The 'Lucian Pronunciation' of Koine Greek
HI everyone, It's been a while since I posted anything on here! Hope you all have been blessed in the last couple of years. What has brought me back is I am curious to get people's opinions on a new pronunciation scheme for Koine Greek that has been put forward recently by classicist/latinist Luke R...
- February 25th, 2016, 1:05 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: H(ow h)as Greek ever actually helped you?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7761
Re: H(ow h)as Greek ever actually helped you?
Knowing Greek means I win bible arguments by appeals to authority (ie. my own) much easier now :D. On a serious note, being forced to sit and concentrate on a text as I read instead of fly right over it in English means I pick up piles of things I don't even notice in English, and even though the En...
- February 19th, 2015, 7:54 am
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: Where to begin...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8425
Re: Where to begin...
What Randall says about Living Koine book 1 is spot on. Paint primer for the brain to receive more learning in the right way. Great metaphor! Get the MP4 version of it now. Skip a couple meals. Bullet bittten, order made! Actually my wife has been quite sick the last few days so people from church ...
- February 15th, 2015, 9:49 am
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: Where to begin...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8425
Re: Where to begin...
That being said I'm a fluent native English speaker and I can't understand a word of Shakespeare, lol...but I love reading the early puritans from about the same time (eg. William Perkins) so I will change your analogy for my own purposes to "will learning modern English help me to read the pur...
- February 15th, 2015, 9:08 am
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: Where to begin...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8425
Re: Where to begin...
Thanks so much for all your advice guys! The way I'm taking your post is that you are asking, "How can an autodidact best internalize Greek?" That would be a more succinct way of putting it, yes. But hey I'm studying Greek Grammar not English Prose :D... Your approach actually sounds reall...
- February 14th, 2015, 5:58 am
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: Where to begin...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8425
Where to begin...
Hi everyone, As I said in my introduction when I first joined up here, the reason why I am interested in getting my Greek (and Hebrew) as good as possible is I am planning to do bible translation through Wycliffe Bible Translators. Specifically I the next 2 years to devote to language learning as mu...
- January 20th, 2015, 11:27 pm
- Forum: Seen on the Web
- Topic: Glossa House
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2064
Glossa House
Hi Everyone, I have spent the past few weeks scouring the internet to find all the best resources that are available (which I how I ended up on here actually) and I have found something today that looks rather awesome. It is the website called Glossa House http://www.glossahouse.com that has produce...
- January 9th, 2015, 2:53 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello everyone
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2100
Re: Hello everyone
Thanks all for your kind welcomes. I have spent the last 2 weeks or so researching as much info as I can find on Greek resources and getting your Greek as good as possible (which is what brought me here in the first place). I predict a very full-on and Greek-filled 2015, and will certainly be fillin...
- January 6th, 2015, 6:26 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello everyone
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2100
Hello everyone
Hi there, My name is Nathan (hence the username) and I am a recent M.Div graduate from a seminary in Perth, Western Australia. I discovered in seminary a previously unknown love and affinity for language, and have decided that I would like to join Wycliffe Bible Translators as a translator. Since I ...