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by Barry Hofstetter
July 3rd, 2012, 6:48 am
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: I need help with Philippians 2:6-8
Replies: 73
Views: 13092

Re: I need help with Philippians 2:6-8

Hello Timothy, Two things: 1) Anyone else agree (or disagree) with that? 2) What other dictionary do you suggest to use for biblical Greek (and better if it has also Hebrew)? I agree with it, though "burn" is a bit strong. I would merely rip it to bits to save energy... :lol: The problem ...
by Barry Hofstetter
June 29th, 2012, 6:56 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Constructio ad Sensum in the prologue of John
Replies: 41
Views: 15016

Re: Constructio ad Sensum in the prologue of John

I think we need to be cautious here -- authors don't always do what we might expect from our sense of the rules of grammar in a language, especially if it's a living language to them. John, on the other hand, is very careful author. I think its quite likely that by vs. 10 he is thinking of the "...
by Barry Hofstetter
June 27th, 2012, 9:27 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: John 7:52 ἐγείρεται
Replies: 3
Views: 1066

Re: John 7:52 ἐγείρεται

Actually, I don't think the NRSV is intended to be particularly futuristic. I think it's trying to capture the force of ἐγείρεται, to the effect that Galilee is just not a place from which prophets come.
by Barry Hofstetter
June 18th, 2012, 1:22 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: John 10:41 «πάντα δὲ ὅσα εἶπεν Ἰωάννης περὶ τούτου ἀληθῆ ἦν»
Replies: 3
Views: 928

Re: John 10:41 «πάντα δὲ ὅσα εἶπεν Ἰωάννης περὶ τούτου ἀληθῆ

Mike, it's standard in Greek that a neuter plural subject may take a singular verb. Αληθή is a neuter plural.
by Barry Hofstetter
June 8th, 2012, 7:24 am
Forum: Vocabulary
Topic: Kai
Replies: 35
Views: 20748

Re: Kai

When Kai joins words or phrases together, it is simple enough and similar to English "and". When Kai joins clauses and sentences, it is more complicated. Kai can function like an English "then" as in Matt 4:19 (Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people). The English "...
by Barry Hofstetter
May 30th, 2012, 1:51 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Need advice: taking Greek course on Romans
Replies: 7
Views: 2255

Re: Need advice: taking Greek course on Romans

Glen, it disturbs me that you have to resort to an interlinear. It sounds like you might want to start with a review of the basics, both paradigms and basic syntax. The ability to identify the case ending of a noun or the form of a verb is essential. The goal is for it to become automatic, but it so...
by Barry Hofstetter
May 13th, 2012, 1:13 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Speaking Greek means digging into inflections
Replies: 6
Views: 15105

Re: Speaking Greek means digging into inflections

I think this is a both/and. I strongly encourage memorizing the paradigms, and at the same time using them as much as possible. We have evidence from ancient times that school children memorized paradigms.
by Barry Hofstetter
May 10th, 2012, 5:13 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Gregory Soderberg
Replies: 6
Views: 2858

Re: Gregory Soderberg

Greg, I'd be interested to hear what you are using as well, and specifically how you are reworking your curriculum.
by Barry Hofstetter
May 6th, 2012, 7:47 am
Forum: Writing Greek
Topic: οτι
Replies: 18
Views: 21683

Re: οτι

Susan, a practical way to approach this: how do you know when you are reading Greek composed by an ancient author, that ὅτι means "that" or "because?" I hate to say it, but it's context, right? Sometimes the context is really simple, as when someone might write: πιστεύομεν ὅτι πί...
by Barry Hofstetter
April 29th, 2012, 6:29 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Jude 5 Ἰησοῦς λαὸν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου σώσας
Replies: 9
Views: 1862

Re: Jude 5 Ἰησοῦς λαὸν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου σώσας

I saw this thread, and said to myself, "Self, I don't ever remember it like this." Checking my default NA text, I found the expected κύριος. But when I looked at my handy-dandy SBL text, I found Ἰησοῦς. Here is the apparatus note from the SBL text: Ἰησοῦς Holmes WHmarg ] κύριος WH Treg; ὁ ...

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