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by Jonathan Robie
August 28th, 2025, 6:34 pm
Forum: Cool Stuff
Topic: Good Use of AI: Classics for NT folk
Replies: 0
Views: 4463

Good Use of AI: Classics for NT folk

I was missing part of this sentence from the Nichomachean Ethics, so I asked GPT to explain this to someone who knows NT Greek but hasn't read much Classical Greek. Here's what I asked: I'm better at NT greek than this ;-> help me understand each phrase. Here's what it gave me - I'll have to try thi...
by Jonathan Robie
August 10th, 2025, 2:03 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Introduction - Is teaching Greek based on a fraud?
Replies: 4
Views: 7054

Re: Introduction - Is teaching Greek based on a fraud?

Welcome to B-Greek! How many words are in your post? I think there are three answers: 1. The post contains 312 words. 2. It contains 164 distinct inflected forms - the definition you seem to be using. 3. It contains about 148 headwords (this is approximate) So how many words are there in the Greek N...
by Jonathan Robie
August 4th, 2025, 4:05 pm
Forum: Teaching and Learning Greek
Topic: Gabriel Wyner's 625 list for Koine
Replies: 2
Views: 14171

Re: Gabriel Wyner's 625 list for Koine

davidbester wrote: July 30th, 2025, 3:50 am I have the list in excel and PDF, I'm just struggling to upload it.
Hi David,

Perhaps you could put it into a Google spreadsheet and post a link to it here?

Jonathan
by Jonathan Robie
July 12th, 2025, 12:56 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Koine Greek audio
Replies: 2
Views: 72470

Re: Koine Greek audio

Searching for a unique koine Greek audio new testament since I drive for a living. Preference of medium speed and intermediate level, (not too slow or too fast). Does anybody have a preferred narrator of new testament in koine Greek for best comprehension? Do you have YouVersion on your phone? If y...
by Jonathan Robie
July 11th, 2025, 1:24 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: greetings
Replies: 3
Views: 88415

Re: greetings

How do you approach parsing verbs and understanding aspect in NT Greek do you use specific tools or rely on manual analysis? Hi Laura - can you give a little context for your question? You may be asking "how do I learn to read Greek". Or maybe you are asking "how can I use computer t...
by Jonathan Robie
July 10th, 2025, 6:08 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Servant of Jesus Christ
Replies: 4
Views: 96472

Re: Servant of Jesus Christ

Remarcable: only the Introductions of the Letters of Jude and James have the Word Order ιησου χριστου (or:χρισταυ ιησου) δουλος. Id didn’t find this order in the other Catholic/Pauline letters in any transcription of the INTF/IGNTP. According to the ECM-Catholic Letters Jude has in the mss 180, 175...
by Jonathan Robie
July 9th, 2025, 4:25 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Servant of Jesus Christ
Replies: 4
Views: 96472

Re: Servant of Jesus Christ

Paul identifies himself as a servant of Jesus Christ, Παῦλος δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ (Romans 1:1) Jude makes the same identification, Ἰούδας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος (Jude 1:1) Is there any nuance to Jude's word order? In Greek, the usual order would be δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ (servant of Christ Jesus), with...
by Jonathan Robie
July 7th, 2025, 12:24 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello all forum members
Replies: 6
Views: 488077

Re: Hello all forum members

I think that the combination of the available English translations rule out much difference between the meaning of the Greek and the meaning conveyed in English. Yet I think you miss a lot when you read in English. Particularly the very different writing styles of each author and the "feel&quo...
by Jonathan Robie
July 7th, 2025, 12:18 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello all forum members
Replies: 6
Views: 488077

Re: Hello all forum members

The original post also asked for examples with word choice. Here are some - again, feel free to push back or disagree. Or add new ones! ἱλαστήριον Hyperliteral translation: "place of atonement / propitiatory covering" Comment: This word can mean the lid of the ark (the "mercy seat&quo...
by Jonathan Robie
July 7th, 2025, 12:13 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello all forum members
Replies: 6
Views: 488077

Re: Hello all forum members

First off, I do think there is a lot of hype, but I don't think translations convey everything. Here are some examples involving tense and aspect - feel free to push back or disagree with my understanding of any of them: πᾶς ὁ πίνων ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος τούτου διψήσει πάλιν, ὃς δ’ ἂν πῇ ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος οὗ ἐγ...

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