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- June 5th, 2011, 11:11 pm
- Forum: Vocabulary
- Topic: Learning Greek Verbs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7193
Re: Learning Greek Verbs
By reading, I mean working through the text, making sure that you understand it. This may require looking up vocabulary items that you can't figure out from context, reviewing forms to make sure that are understanding them correctly, and so forth. But reading is precisely the skill you want to devel...
- June 5th, 2011, 10:34 pm
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: Rom. 4:1 "What then will we say?"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1369
Re: Rom. 4:1 "What then will we say?"
Here's the text: Rom. 4:1 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν εὑρηκέναι Ἀβραὰμ τὸν προπάτορα ἡμῶν κατὰ σάρκα; (SBL) The usual translation is something like "What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?" NT Wright (along with Richard B. Hays and a few others) takes it to mean, "...
- June 5th, 2011, 10:09 pm
- Forum: Vocabulary
- Topic: Learning Greek Verbs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7193
Re: Learning Greek Verbs
Hi, I'm new here. What would you suggest reading? I'm 3/4 of the way through Black's beginner book. I also have the workbook but haven't used it much, as it's a little... much. I have a Greek NT. I'm not all that bright. Jeff Jeff, the formula is 90% perseverance 10% brightness, so that if you are ...
- June 5th, 2011, 7:56 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: John 14:30
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4451
Re: John 14:30
Bill Ross said: I guess it wouldn't be unforgivable if we just said "Dunno!" ("I don't know")... It is obscure. The fact is that the text might just be corrupt. According to the NA apparatus, there only significant textual variant is the substitution εὑρήσει for ἔχει, which does nothing to change th...
- June 5th, 2011, 7:42 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: John 14:30
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4451
Re: John 14:30
Might EKEI be related to TOU KOSMOU? IE: "it (the world) has no hold on me." ? Folks, let's be careful that this discussion continues along the lines of a discussion on the Greek and not on hermeneutics. As to the precise meaning of the Greek phrase, I think that it is more a function of context, o...
- June 4th, 2011, 11:17 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Mt 1:19 AUTHN object or subject
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2788
Re: Mt 1:19 AUTHN objcet or subject
There are two problems for me to solve. One is lexical one - the meaning of the verb PARADEIGMATISAI. The other is syntax (word order) in Greek, which I like to solve first, though the answer to the first question may have bearing on the other. As to PARADEIGMATIZW and DEIGMATIZW, are they same in ...
- June 4th, 2011, 12:29 am
- Forum: Vocabulary
- Topic: Learning Greek Verbs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7193
Re: Learning Greek Verbs
Yes, but if you go about it logically you can more easily facilitate that memorization. I am in the process of vocabulary acquisition myself. I have been working through a list a verbs that is ordered by frequency of use. I don't know anything about the book you mentioned, and couldn't find a previ...
- June 3rd, 2011, 6:10 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Mt 1:19 AUTHN object or subject
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2788
Re: Mt 1:19 AUTHN objcet or subject
Have you considered the possibility that αὐτήν is the object of the aorist infinitive παραδειγματίσαι? According to BDAG, it seems that this verb is transitive and your reading does not have an (expressed) object. This is certainly correct, and this is how all the translation take it as well. Besid...
- June 3rd, 2011, 10:24 am
- Forum: Vocabulary
- Topic: Learning Greek Verbs
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7193
Re: Learning Greek Verbs
Is there any easy (or what is the least difficult) way of learning Greek verbs? I have "All the Greek Verbs" by Marinone which is useful but not for learning verb forms. I assume the reason there is no Greek equivalent of, say, Barron's "501 Latin Verbs", "501 Hebrew Verbs", etc. is because there a...
- June 2nd, 2011, 1:08 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: ΖΗΤΩ B-GREEK!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5100
Re: ΖΗΤΩ B-GREEK!
I'm very glad that Carl will continue as a member of the advisory board and as a contributor. He continues to be my best sounding-board for B-Greek, and was extremely helpful in deciding how to structure the new forum. His deep knowledge of Greek and enthusiasm have always been one of the main thin...