[b-greek] RE: Interlinears, Analyticals and E- Bibles

From: Clayton Javurek (javurek@asu.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 13:44:01 EST


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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Clayton Javurek</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>E-MAIL: javurek@asu.edu</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>There are just a few persons (and they will always be few in number)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>who do their Greek the old fashioned way like Solomon,Smith,Barney - they earn it!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>99.99% of human beings are just like water and electricity:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Take the path of least resistance.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Given those facts, it is a waste of time to lament over or trying to turn</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the tide of human nature when these electronic tools of Bible study</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>are marketed. Information is no longer the privilege of an elite group</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>of scholars or professionals. Technology has put tons of info at</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the fingertips of John Q Public. Just ask those who work with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>financial investing. John Q Public can get up to date info</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>on the financial markets as fast as can any professional. The info age</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>is here and there is no turning back. Stop crying over spilled milk.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: clayton stirling bartholomew</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>[<A HREF="mailto:c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net">mailto:c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 11:29 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Biblical Greek</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [b-greek] Interlinears, Analyticals and E- Bibles</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You know if find it rather amazing that the same sort of people who think</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that use of an Interlinear GNT or an Analytical Greek Lexicon is highly</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>counter productive to learning biblical Greek, these same people will</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>embrace with complete and unguarded enthusiasm the&nbsp; Electronic Bible</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>technology which in fact is nothing more than an Interlinear raised to the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Nth power. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>To the avid defenders of the NET bible including the associate editor, I am</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>sorry that you seem to have totally missed the point of my two posts. If</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>perhaps you had viewed this as a discussion of the impact of information</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>technology on the learning process for students of Biblical Greek and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>biblical studies in general, you would not have gotten your feathers</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>ruffled.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>As I said previously, E-Bibles are a major benefit in the form of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>convenience. Their strong suit is ease of use.&nbsp; But when serious thought is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>replaced with a mouse click on a hyper link, serious thought will cease. The</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>E-bibles give you a hardwired, preprogrammed solution to questions about</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>everything from morphology to exposition. The fact that they are hard wired</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and preprogrammed results in a short circuiting of the analytical process</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>which should be a part of doing research in the GNT and LXX.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Over 30 years ago Marshal McLuan* told us that TV was changing the way we</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>think about everything. Well E-Text is a lot like TV, it radically reduces</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the level of cognitive processing required for the study of ancient language</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>texts like the GNT or LXX.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The E-Bible like TV is here to stay.&nbsp; But the use of the E-Bible will come</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>with a price and most people will pay the price without even being aware</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that they received the bill. This is what happened with TV.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>So we will all continue to use our E-Bibles, I am not going to uninstall</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Accordance from my Mac. But I am going to use E-Bibles with caution. I am</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>not going to be mouse clicking my way through the GNT or LXX.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>--&nbsp; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Clayton Stirling Bartholomew</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Three Tree Point</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>*For all practical purposes I stopped watching TV in '68 after reading</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Understanding Media by Marshal McLuan. 30+ years of not watching has</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>produced some curious side effects, like having time to read books. </FONT>
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