From: Trevor & Julie Peterson (06peterson@cua.edu)
Date: Sat Aug 04 2001 - 12:09:44 EDT
I don't see how it could hurt, but I suspect that its usefulness would vary
in direct proportion to one's familiarity with reading Greek. Another angle
(for those who know Hebrew) would be to take a crack at creating your own
Greek translation from Hebrew and comparing with the LXX. I bring it up not
because I've tried it, but because I've heard of it as a class exercise. I
have no idea how well it worked, though.
Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics
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> From: Mike Sangrey [mailto:msangrey@BlueFeltHat.org]
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 9:56 AM
> To: Biblical Greek
> Subject: [b-greek] Suggestion for learning Greek well
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> I haven't tried this...yet... But it seems to me that it might
> work quite well.
>
> Pick a text (say) from the NASB or NRSV and back translate it
> into Greek. It will very likely be different. So, figure out
> why.
>
> Something which may work even better is to back translate from
> a more idiomatic translation as the NIV or even CEV. This will
> be more difficult, but it will force you to think more deeply
> regarding how the Greek language works.
>
> Might I suggest that an extensive amount of "doing Greek backwards"
> will make a substantial impact on one's ability to "think Greek."
>
> Thoughts anyone?
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