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by Jonathan Robie
November 16th, 2011, 10:17 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Preparing texts for study
Replies: 5
Views: 2238

Re: Preparing texts for study

Let me say more. I'm currently going to a church that is located next to Duke, and at lunch during a recent men's retreat, I found myself surrounded by 5 people who know Greek. We discussed the possibility of a Greek reading group with a spiritual focus - a Bible study for people who like to read th...
by Jonathan Robie
November 15th, 2011, 9:02 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Preparing texts for study
Replies: 5
Views: 2238

Preparing texts for study

How do you go about preparing a Greek text for personal study, reading groups, or teaching in a classroom? Are there examples of handouts or prepared texts that you can point to?
by Jonathan Robie
November 14th, 2011, 6:25 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Occupy SBL Slogans
Replies: 9
Views: 4432

Re: Occupy SBL Slogans

Mark Lightman wrote:1. οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἀντὶ τῶν προφητῶν. (people over profits.)
2. δυνάμεθα μὲν οὖν ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντι ἡμᾶς. (Yes, we can!)
3. The τί Party.
Cute! (But shouldn't #2 be simply "ναί, δυνάμεθα"?)
by Jonathan Robie
November 14th, 2011, 5:21 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Occupy SBL Slogans
Replies: 9
Views: 4432

Occupy SBL Slogans

What slogans do you think Occupy SBL should use?

This one comes to mind ...
ἐσμεν τὰ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα πρόβατα
by Jonathan Robie
November 14th, 2011, 10:06 am
Forum: Grammars
Topic: Funk - A Beginning-Intermediate Grammar of Hellenistic Greek
Replies: 32
Views: 56200

Re: Funk - A Beginning-Intermediate Grammar of Hellenistic G

Lane McGaughy has given us permission to post his workbook for Funk's grammar.

It is available here:

http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/project/f ... rkbook.pdf
by Jonathan Robie
November 11th, 2011, 2:53 pm
Forum: Questions
Topic: Logged out every time
Replies: 26
Views: 41354

Re: Logged out every time

I don't know whether this helps or not, but I have continued to use the original URL <http://www-test.ibiblio.org/bgreek/forum/ > and have found myself always automatically logged in, but whenever I've used the "newer" URL <http://ibiblio.org/bgreek/forum/> the automatic login doesn't wor...
by Jonathan Robie
November 11th, 2011, 11:49 am
Forum: Questions
Topic: Logged out every time
Replies: 26
Views: 41354

Re: Logged out every time

Stephen Carlson wrote:Is this cookie issue easy to fix? Having to log in almost every time, even when I keep a tab open, makes the user experience less good.
I don't know how to fix it, or how long it would take me to figure out how to fix it. I can try to look at it next week, today doesn't work.
by Jonathan Robie
November 11th, 2011, 10:53 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: verbal aspect (split from Beginner's Forum)
Replies: 44
Views: 15523

Re: verbal aspect (split from Beginner's Forum)

... I also think we need to tell a beginner what the difference is between Aorist and Imperfect, and whether the ε- augment indicates past time in the indicative. You don't have to get fancy, but don't you think we need to say about as much as Mike's table says? Even for a beginner? I honestly don'...
by Jonathan Robie
November 11th, 2011, 8:43 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: verbal aspect (split from Beginner's Forum)
Replies: 44
Views: 15523

Re: verbal aspect (split from Beginner's Forum)

Withe regard to Carl and Alex's most recent statement, I do hope that no one mistook my advice to our beginning student that there is no value in the study of these things at all. Quite the contrary, but I also think that the main focus for the beginner has to be acquiring facility in the language....

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