From: Rev. Cynthia T. Hinson (notgnostic@ghg.net)
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 07:57:30 EST
Oddly enough we all learned language with a machine much faster and more
'stimulus responsive' than any modern computer -- and without any cognitive
exertion whatsoever. When the incentive is high enough, I'm sure even
clicks and interlinears are productive for Greek scholar wannabees --
perhaps even more productive than some other methods (a fact established in
many linguistic/ESL studies.) This thread is curious for this list...
Blessings -- and back in the hole for me....
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Rev. Cynthia T. Hinson
St. Paul UMC
Box 506
Conroe, TX 77305
936-756-5442
----- Original Message -----
From: clayton stirling bartholomew <c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net>
To: Biblical Greek <b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 12:29 PM
Subject: [b-greek] Interlinears, Analyticals and E- Bibles
> You know if find it rather amazing that the same sort of people who think
> that use of an Interlinear GNT or an Analytical Greek Lexicon is highly
> counter productive to learning biblical Greek, these same people will
> embrace with complete and unguarded enthusiasm the Electronic Bible
> technology which in fact is nothing more than an Interlinear raised to the
> Nth power.
>
> To the avid defenders of the NET bible including the associate editor, I
am
> sorry that you seem to have totally missed the point of my two posts. If
> perhaps you had viewed this as a discussion of the impact of information
> technology on the learning process for students of Biblical Greek and
> biblical studies in general, you would not have gotten your feathers
> ruffled.
>
> As I said previously, E-Bibles are a major benefit in the form of
> convenience. Their strong suit is ease of use. But when serious thought
is
> replaced with a mouse click on a hyper link, serious thought will cease.
The
> E-bibles give you a hardwired, preprogrammed solution to questions about
> everything from morphology to exposition. The fact that they are hard
wired
> and preprogrammed results in a short circuiting of the analytical process
> which should be a part of doing research in the GNT and LXX.
>
> Over 30 years ago Marshal McLuan* told us that TV was changing the way we
> think about everything. Well E-Text is a lot like TV, it radically reduces
> the level of cognitive processing required for the study of ancient
language
> texts like the GNT or LXX.
>
> The E-Bible like TV is here to stay. But the use of the E-Bible will come
> with a price and most people will pay the price without even being aware
> that they received the bill. This is what happened with TV.
>
> So we will all continue to use our E-Bibles, I am not going to uninstall
> Accordance from my Mac. But I am going to use E-Bibles with caution. I am
> not going to be mouse clicking my way through the GNT or LXX.
>
> --
> Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
> Three Tree Point
> P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062
>
> *For all practical purposes I stopped watching TV in '68 after reading
> Understanding Media by Marshal McLuan. 30+ years of not watching has
> produced some curious side effects, like having time to read books.
>
>
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