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by Daniel Semler
January 11th, 2022, 10:52 am
Forum: Teaching and Learning Greek
Topic: Courses offered online
Replies: 6
Views: 4296

Re: Courses offered online

I've done Koine Greek with Biblical Language Center over zoom. The courses were excellent.

See https://www.biblicallanguagecenter.com/ to check current class schedules.

Thx
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by Daniel Semler
December 14th, 2021, 8:07 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Matt 3:3 οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ῥηθεὶς διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου
Replies: 2
Views: 930

Re: Matt 3:3 οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ῥηθεὶς διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου

οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ῥηθεὶς διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος, Φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· Ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου, εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ. How does the historical present ἐστιν function in this verse? My first reaction was, is it an historical present ? Isn't this just "this is what w...
by Daniel Semler
December 5th, 2021, 4:14 pm
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: John 8:54 pronoun
Replies: 23
Views: 12090

Re: John 8:54 pronoun

It’s not a simple direct object. As far as I can tell. It’s proleptic for topicalization and the case assignment follows that. English prefers other devices for topicalization, including “of whom.” Hmmm... I think we might be saying the same thing using different metalanguage. Perhaps, but the clai...
by Daniel Semler
December 2nd, 2021, 11:42 am
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: How to know when your seeing a Greek Grammar Rule
Replies: 8
Views: 3793

Re: How to know when your seeing a Greek Grammar Rule

Several times through Mounces Basics of Biblical Greek he will give many different ways things can be done in Greek. For example, a neuter plural, or moving a word to the beginning of a sentence to show emphasis. I am a slow learner so I am only doing one chapter a week (textbook, video lecture, me...
by Daniel Semler
December 2nd, 2021, 11:16 am
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Middle Verb/Deponent Verb Parsing
Replies: 12
Views: 5952

Re: Middle Verb/Deponent Verb Parsing

These days, most people here on B-Greek don't talk about deponents. Carl Conrad and others have convinced us that verbs are never deponent ("broken"), the old linguistic description was broken. This may be a bit much for a beginner who is working out of Mounce, but if you want to understa...
by Daniel Semler
November 11th, 2021, 4:01 pm
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: John 8:54 pronoun
Replies: 23
Views: 12090

Re: John 8:54 pronoun

So : whom you say is your God. This translation of the "our" to "your" exists in several translations I have and is very natural it seems to me and has no need of "of". Our/your is actually a text critical issue: John 8:54 {B} θεὸς ἡμῶν 𝔓75 A B2 C W Δ Θ 070 0141 0233 f...
by Daniel Semler
November 11th, 2021, 11:13 am
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: John 8:54 pronoun
Replies: 23
Views: 12090

Re: John 8:54 pronoun

ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς, Ἐὰν ἐγὼ δοξάσω ἐμαυτόν, ἡ δόξα μου οὐδέν ἐστιν· ἔστιν ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ δοξάζων με, ὃν ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι θεὸς ἡμῶν ἐστιν... It seems most sensible to me to read ὅν as referring back to ὁ πατήρ μου . I don’t think it could be read otherwise. It should be read more directly as: ὑμεῖς λέγε...
by Daniel Semler
October 28th, 2021, 10:10 am
Forum: Other Greek Texts
Topic: Use of αὐτός in Arrian's preface to Epictetus, Discourses
Replies: 7
Views: 4510

Re: Use of αὐτός in Arrian's preface to Epictetus, Discourses

A lurker has very helpfully pointed me to Smyth 1525 and says that he associates the construction with the classical historians, esp. Xenophon, and often with the element of destruction. 1525. With αὐτός.—The idea of accompaniment is often expressed by αὐτός joined to the dative. This use is common...
by Daniel Semler
October 15th, 2021, 11:07 am
Forum: Learning Paradigms
Topic: 2nd Person Plural Pronouns
Replies: 6
Views: 4921

Re: 2nd Person Plural Pronouns

I should probably add what I now recall from school growing up in Australia, "yous". Thx D Perhaps getting of topic, in certain parts of Baltimore and suburbs (such as Dundalk) one can frequently here "yous guys..." English just begs for the return of its second personl plural, ...
by Daniel Semler
October 14th, 2021, 8:59 pm
Forum: Learning Paradigms
Topic: 2nd Person Plural Pronouns
Replies: 6
Views: 4921

Re: 2nd Person Plural Pronouns

Second person plural is "y'all" in southern parts of the US (or "ye" in King James English). First person plural is "we"/"us". Hello, In the paradigm for εἰμί Bill Mounce says that the second person plural means "you" but that it is a plural "y...

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