From: Edward Hobbs (EHOBBS@WELLESLEY.EDU)
Date: Thu Dec 03 1998 - 14:05:38 EST
Jim oxford has hit the nail on the head, twice, in his post on this thread.
"i spent several years at tuebingen university in germany studying with
professor dr peter stuhlmacher"
This is exactly what we always recommended to students at the GTU in my
years there--go to Germany and study (Goethe Institute at first, then
courses in a university). Taking crash courses in "How to pass a reading
exam in German" in no way fits anytone for reading scholarly work in
German. Edgar Krentz's last post is just right-- German is absolutely
indispensable for serious work in NT studies. Without it, one is working
mostly in the dark (usually without realizing it).
"i read as much bultmann as i could get my hands on, and even though he
can be difficult to understand at times at the conceptual level, at the
grammatical and syntactical ones, he is quite lucid (this is sharply
contrasted to schlatter and stuhlmacher who are clear at the conceptual
level but unbearable at times at the grammatical)."
Again, this is likewise my own reading. Then there is Karl Barth, who is
difficult to understand at BOTH the conceptual and grammatical level!
"i also read a
lot of children's books such as the fairy tales of the brothers grimm
(which can be gruesome at times), the diary of anne frank, tolkein's lord
of the rings trilogy, twain's huckleberry finn, etc. because i knew these
books from my childhood, the experience of reading them in german was quite
rewarding and pleasurable."
I read the "Peter Rabbit" books to my son in German, as well as the
(horrible) Struwelpeter. For myself, I read detective stories.
Edward Hobbs
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