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Started My Journey To Learning Greek
So I just got myself the book Basic Biblical Greek by Bill Mounce on thursday to begin my journey to learning Greek and so far it seems pretty good... Does anybody have any suggestions on any books to supplement it?
Also...any tips to learning efficiently are greatly appreciated.. :D |
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What a great post !!
The best way to learn Greek is to get a girlfriend from Athens who does not speak English. The second best way is to learn in a group and do your homework and vocal drills together. That is how I learned it in college. Find a tutor nearby who will help you. That is how I brushed up on Russian before I visited that country. Once a week, we would meet and go over pronunciation, culture, vocal and simple sentences. At first, it seems impossible. But second year students could read first year students assignments as easy as reading the funny paper. I still download a page from paper 45 from time to time and translate it. I could not imagine interpreting the NT without being able to read Greek. |
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Try "Greek Grammar: Beyond the Basics" by Daniel Wallace |
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Learning from those books may be of some help, but it is like Ralph Macchio in the Karate Kid learning Karate from Martial Art magazines. While he felt like he was achieving something, he still needed a Mr Miyagi. :heeheehee
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*The paradigms are overwhelming - esp., for example, when many noun forms decline identically (e.g., 2nd declension neuter singular nominative & accusative)! Then, there are times that Greek just goes off on it's own erratic behavior...after you've drilled your mind to learn how they act in the paradigms :tantrum! *My professor has been both studying & teaching Greek on the university level for over 10 years now & he told me that he still has to use his paradigm charts at times! *Greek is inherently layered. That is, it's impossible to go to the next level if you don't have a firm grasp on the levels behind you (e.g., you'll never grasp participles if you don't understand noun forms & the functions they play in syntax). Take it slow & don't try to absorb too much at one time. *Learning Greek will greatly increase your understanding of the original intents of the various biblical authors...as well as your faith! Also, you're not at the mercy of others - or even translations - who proclaim, "The Greek says___________!" (Be prepared to be shacked at the ignorance of many preachers who make claims about the Greek.) *Funny thing is, you'll even catch Mounce making a few errors as you progress in your understanding (no professor or grammarian is flawless). I also took several classes from him on-line prior to taking full-force university Greek. I have quotes from Mounce's dictionary where he specifically misidentifies the adjectives translated "one" in more than one instance. *Finally, learning Greek-proper greatly increased my confidence in the Oneness messages of (i) the Godhead (my professor made some staggering confessions when not attending to fighting us Oneness), (ii) soteriology, (iii) external holiness (I started to share many lexical quotes & grammatical facts on the "uncut hair" thread, but figured it would be an absolute waste of time on here), etc. *I try to read a little bit of Greek each day inasmuch as it's a truism that, "if you don't use it, you lose it!" Also, if I were you I would join the B-Greek Forum (see here: http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/forum/). It's run by Greek specialists who are extremely technical in the language, the LXX, Bible tools software, etc. *A word of warning, if they (i.e., the B-Greek moderators) even suspect that you're pushing a doctrinal discussion they will not approve your comments. You must keep your comments/questions to the finer nuances of Greek text itself. *Regarding Greek tools & supplements, personally, I use Olive Tree since I get the same academical works that are on Accordance, Logos, etc. for a fraction of the price. I price match them very often & find Olive Tree to be the hands-down cheapest of Bible softwares (Olive Tree sends out weekly sales deals)....& it also synchronizes with the rest of my library when I pull up a word, form, etc. (just like Accordance, Logos, etc.). *Hope this helps a wee-bit...I could discuss the Greek language all day! God Bless. |
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I read that if you learn classical Greek you will have no problem reading koine (New Testament) Greek, but the reverse is not necessarily true.
Anyone recommend any resources for learning classical Greek? |
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