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- September 17th, 2015, 11:54 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Romans 16.7 - "Natural Gender" and "Arbitrary Gender"?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7786
Re: Romans 16.7 - "Natural Gender" and "Arbitrary Gender"?
Greek does use the masculine plural to refer to mixed groups. Churches/assemblies are all female, so this rule doesn't apply. The masculine gender is the default gender. The feminine gender is used because the word is feminine, or because all members of the group specified are feminine. The feminine...
- September 1st, 2015, 7:45 am
- Forum: Beginners Forum
- Topic: τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1990
Re: τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ
The names for omicron and omega where originally simply their sounds: ο and ω. When the distinction was lost between short and long vowels, the first was referred to as o micron, and the second as o mega. So the name of ω is spelt out, just as alpha is.
- August 28th, 2014, 8:37 pm
- Forum: Teaching and Learning Greek
- Topic: Competency of Teachers and Methodology
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6676
Re: John, Luke or Paul
I do not think it does any harm at all for beginners to know that neither translating Greek, nor exegeting Greek, is the same thing as reading Greek with understanding.
- February 26th, 2013, 1:59 am
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: Tense-Aspect (esp. Future) in Non-Indicative Moods
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12245
Re: Tense-Aspect (esp. Future) in Non-Indicative Moods
If you want an historical answer, Sihler has a good section of the development of the Indo-European verbal system in his "New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin" beginning p 442, and he deals with the future on pp 256-7. The Greek perfect started out as merely 'stative', and changed fr...
- February 19th, 2013, 7:23 pm
- Forum: Teaching and Learning Greek
- Topic: Who does their main bible reading in Greek?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18648
Re: Who does their main bible reading in Greek?
I would never want to discourage anyone from reading the NT - or anything else - in Greek, but I find the claim that the average student can learn to do so in a few months somewhat unbelievable. Not that it can't be done. I had a teacher who some years earlier had landed in Peru and could speak/read...
- January 31st, 2013, 1:38 am
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: Pronunciation of Consecutive Identical Vowel Sounds
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18186
Re: Pronunciation of Consecutive Identical Vowel Sounds
In classical Greek there would have been a /j/ between the two vowels. It is a very common solution in many languages. While never written, there is enough evidence to believe /w/ and /y/ survived at least until Koiné times - and /w/ has survived as /v/ or /f/ into modern Greek. So I would suspect '...
- October 27th, 2012, 2:43 am
- Forum: Resources
- Topic: Are there any Greek online TV programs?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6670
Re: Are there any Greek online TV programs?
I would have listened Bill Mounce's audio lectures but had to stop after the first minutes because I couldn't stand his pronounciation... Just to make sure: of course I have nothing against Mounce or the work he's doing – on the contrary. English speakers are free to pronounce as they want to, but ...
- September 17th, 2012, 7:00 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: ANGELO of Rev 2:1
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10225
Re: ANGELO of Rev 2:1
The suggestion of the possibility that the dative be understood as instrumental is based on the fact that John is an instrument in the hand of the Lord for the purpose of writing to the 7 Churches. Context is that God is speaking to John and calls him TWi AGGELWi / then speaks the Church John is ap...
- September 17th, 2012, 1:39 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: ANGELO of Rev 2:1
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10225
Re: ANGELO of Rev 2:1
Hey Timothy, I'd be delighted to hear your analysis of the topic. PM or post if you'd like. I'm sure it would be a blessing. In your above post you refer to " the clear sense of the grammer". On that topic, one thing that stands out in this discussion is the constant reminder that AGGELWi...
- August 20th, 2012, 2:03 am
- Forum: Teaching Methods
- Topic: High intensity over short time or lower over longer time?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2771
Re: High intensity over short time or lower over longer time
It probably depends on the students, but if Greek is not seen as essential (and unfortunately few seminaries or universities make a good argument for that) then less over more time would probably work best. From a student's POV, where I have found intensive courses very useful is when they will be f...