From: Randall M. Tidmore (rtidmore@thechurch.com)
Date: Tue Mar 24 1998 - 08:42:49 EST
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">First I appreciate all the
comments on the questions I have posed in the past. I am only a second semester
Greek student, so I lack a lot, in a lot of areas.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">My question has to do with the difference in
koine and classic Greek. If koine means "vulgar" or "street
talk," how do the "classic" writings help to understand it. Is
the general usage in the classics beneficial in understanding the usage in the
street? Are only parts of the classics beneficial, i.e., that which is written
as dialogue?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">As one who studied Spanish as a second
language for missionary work in Honduras, I know that the language spoken in the
street was quite different than "text book" Spanish. The same is
really true of English, too. Those who speak the street language understand it
perfectly. Outsiders would have an extremely difficult time understanding all
the idioms, and a grammar book and dictionary would be of very little benefit.
In fact, the grammar in English street talk is horrible.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Does "koine" refer to that type of
usage? If so, I would think that the rules of grammar could not be too rigidly
applied to "koine." Is this part of the difficulty in understanding
and/or translating the "difficult texts"? Is this the reason some
clauses or phrases do not seem to match the word that it appears they should
modify?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Thanks again for the response to my previous
questions. I look forward to receiving helpful insight on this topic as well.
--Randall (Randy)</FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman">*********************************************************************<BR>Randall
(Randy) M. Tidmore, Evangelist<BR><A
href="mailto:rtidmore@thechurch.com">rtidmore@thechurch.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.huntel.com/~rtidmore">http://www.huntel.com/~rtidmore><BR>"Speaking
the truth in love"<BR>Member of the non-denominational church of
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