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Daniel R. Streett, Ph.D.
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Gog, the Locust King (LXX Texts of Note 3)
In Amos 7:1 LXX we have a most intriguing passage. Most English translations read something like this: “The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops … Continue reading
Greek Immersion in the Seminary Curriculum–What’s Needed to Make it Work? (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 7)
About the Series This is part 7 in a series of posts laying out the problems with typical Koine Greek teaching methods and proposing a reformation in pedagogy. In my last post, I noted the rise of the “tools” approach … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Basics of Greek Pedagogy, Biblical Greek, Curriculum, Modern Languages, Seminaries, Teaching Greek
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Bible Software, Greek Tools, and a Future for Immersion (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 6)
About the Series This is part 6 in a series of posts laying out the problems with typical Koine Greek teaching methods and proposing a reformation in pedagogy. In the last post, I discussed the amount of time it takes to … Continue reading
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Tagged Basics of Greek Pedagogy, Bible Software, Curriculum, Fluency, Proficiency, Tools
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Creatio ex Invisibili? (LXX Texts of Note 2)
This post is the second in a series where I note Septuagintal passages of interest to students of Christian origins; e.g. texts where the New Testament quotes an LXX reading significantly different from the Masoretic reading, or texts where the … Continue reading
Posted in LXX Texts of Note
Tagged Creation, Genesis, Hebrews, Joseph and Aseneth, Josephus, LXX, Septuagint
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David Alan Black On the Generational Shift in Greek Pedagogy
I am very honored by the recent comments on David Alan Black’s blog. At 6:16 on 9/15/11 he posted: 6:16 PM A groundbreaking new website has been launched by one of our Southeastern grads. It’s all about Greek and especially … Continue reading
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Tagged David Alan Black, Endorsements, Greek Pedagogy, Resources
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Signs of Interest?
What a first week it has been for the blog! My first real post went up last Thursday, and since then, we have had over 5000 views, including almost 1000 on our top day yesterday. That says to me that … Continue reading
Brian Schultz on Reading Fluency in Hebrew and Greek
Brian Schultz, who teaches Biblical Hebrew communicately at Fresno Pacific University and is just an all-around nice guy, has posted some thoughts on what constitutes reading fluency and what helps or hinders its development. Check them out here. They dovetail rather … Continue reading
χοιροπίθηκος (Greek Word of the Week)
Compound words are just fun. German may be the best. They have about Zweihundertvierundachtzigtausend long compound words. But, Greek’s no slouch. And, the word for the week is a pretty creative one. Let’s say you were looking at a giraffe … Continue reading
How Long, O Lord, Until I Know Greek? (Basics of Greek Pedagogy, pt. 5)
About the Series This is part 5 in a series of posts laying out the problems with typical Koine Greek teaching methods and proposing a reformation in pedagogy. Part 1 talked about what it means to read Greek or any other … Continue reading
James Davila Takes My Greek Quiz
A hearty εὐχαριστία to Jim Davila at PaleoJudaica, one of my favorite blogs, for mentioning my blog and the recent Greek quiz (see also here, where James McGrath notes our quiz). More than that, Prof Davila reports his results — … Continue reading
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