[b-greek] intermediate text for Ethiopian students

From: Bill and Stephanie Black (bnsblack@yimesgin.org)
Date: Tue Jun 19 2001 - 02:06:53 EDT

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<DIV>I
suppose no teacher of Greek feels they've found the perfect textbook (including
the one they themselves have written, or are writing in their head), but we all
keep looking, don't we?  In this
case, I'm trying to find an appropriate English-language intermediate Greek text
for third-semester students at Evangelical Theological College in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.  As I'm new to ETC, it's
the first time I've worked with this population of students.  I'm looking for a text that has
potential for people who: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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--sometimes
have limited English, therefore written explanations of grammatical concepts
ought to be as idiom-free as possible (this tends to rule out some of the more
recent 'user-friendly' texts--the humor doesn't translate
well);<o:p></o:p>
--are
not from a reading culture, and when they do read may not be at ease with the
Latin alphabet (Amharic has its own syllabic alphabet), so it will help if
written explanations are as concise as possible;<o:p></o:p>
--are
cash-poor, so have difficulty purchasing imported books (the basic wage for the
rare jobs that are available equals about 30 cents US per hour).  Most course texts at ETC are made
available in the form of photocopied readers.  Ethiopia isn't party to any
international copyright convention, so technically we can do this with impunity,
but we prefer to do it only with the approval of a generous
author/publisher. 
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In
addition, I'm looking for something that takes advantage of recent linguistic
approaches to NT Greek, and that has abundant illustrations of NT syntax.  Don't worry, I realize my wish list is
unattainable!  It did occur to me,
however, that someone in the B-Greek world might have some valuable
insight.  Or some of you may have
done your own outlines of an intermediate course for students in similar
settings, which would help get us started. <o:p></o:p>
I'd be
happy for any thoughts on this, on- or off-list.  Please don't refer me to any web pages,
as at this point I have email but not internet access.  Ethiopia has one internet server and the
waiting list for an account is three years long--I often feel that the
information superhighway ends in a footpath at my front door!  If you have a web page you believe would
be especially useful, you could email the page itself to me off-list.  If it looks promising, I'll find a way
to follow up.<o:p></o:p>
Thanks
in advance for your help.  ETC is
the premier theological college in Ethiopia and these students often go on to
become the teaching staff and administrators of the other colleges and bible
training institutes throughout Ethiopia--a country which has been officially
Christian since the fourth century, and which now has perhaps the fastest church
growth rate in the world.  A solid
grounding in biblical languages for them at this early stage has a payoff in the
future when they (and their students in turn) join the ranks of tomorrow's
African theologians.  A worthy
project!
 
Stephanie
Black
 
Stephanie
L Black, PhD Evangelical Theological College Ethiopian Graduate School of
Theology Addis Ababa, Ethiopia <A
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