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- May 11th, 2012, 4:05 am
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: Question about articular infinitve
- Replies: 1
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Question about articular infinitve
This isn't a question about Biblical Greek, rather about Classical Greek. But I don't know any other Greek forum that deals with Greek in terms of modern linguistics, not the traditional grammarian tradition. I hope this is okay. I'm talking about this bolded section from Demosthenes, On the Crown 1...
- November 12th, 2011, 11:46 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Joon Kim
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2565
Re: Joon Kim
Well I live in Australia, so I don't know how it is in America.
- November 10th, 2011, 9:03 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Joon Kim
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2565
Re: Joon Kim
Which "classical dialects" have you found particularly interesting? I've always found the Ionic of Herodotus sort of intriguing with that abundance of etas everywhere and I've had fun with the Aeolic of Sappho and the Sicilian Doric of Theocritus. There was a professor of University of Te...
- November 10th, 2011, 8:24 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Joon Kim
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2565
Joon Kim
Hello. I'm an undergraduate student who is majoring in ancient Greek and linguistics. I'm most familiar with the classical dialects as well as Homeric, but I've dabbled a bit in Koine as well.
- November 10th, 2011, 1:19 am
- Forum: Teaching Methods
- Topic: Why Koine?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1599
Re: Why Koine?
χαῖρε Mark. If people want to only read the NT or the Septuagint, there's no problem of course. But even if people aren't interested in Greek for its own sake, knowing the context of the Bible would help understand where the writers are coming from. Isn't this why Biblical scholars study the Mediter...
- November 7th, 2011, 9:49 pm
- Forum: Teaching Methods
- Topic: Why Koine?
- Replies: 2
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Why Koine?
Why teach Koine as a living language, as opposed to Classical Greek (namely, the Attic dialect)? The corpus of Greek literature heavily favours the Classical dialects I would imagine.