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Daniel R. Streett, Ph.D.
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Author Archives: Daniel R. Streett
Michael P. Theophilos, “On the Pronunciation and Interpretation of ‘Biblical Greek’: A Re-assessment in Light of the Papyri”
The Review of Biblical and Early Christian Studies blog just posted a detailed summary of a recent paper presented by Michael Theophilos at a seminar in Cambridge. The paper appears to be substantially the same as the one he presented … Continue reading
Do You Need to Speak Greek in Order to Read It? (SBL 2012 Report)
The annual meeting for the Society of Biblical Literature was held last week in Chicago. Over the next couple of posts I want to sum up some of the activities that our Applied Linguistics group hosted. Hopefully I do better on … Continue reading
Greek, Rock Stars, and Tombstones
For All Hallows’ Eve, I present to you Jim Morrison’s gravestone, in Paris: It appears that the tombstone with the Greek phrase was ordered by Jim’s father in 1990. In his retirement, his father studied ancient Greek in order to … Continue reading
Posted in Links of Interest
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John 2:4, Supposed Semitisms, and the Usefulness of TLG
Commentators on John 2:4 almost universally hold that Jesus here employs a Semitism or Hebraism with antecedents in the OT. In this post, I question this consensus by adducing a generally unnoticed parallel from Epictetus. John 2:4 Here’s the text
Posted in LXX Texts of Note
Tagged Cana, Epictetus, hebraism, Hebraisms, Jesus, John 2:4, LXX, Mary, Semitisms, Septuagint
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The Festivals as Participation in Divine Life
I am currently on a year-long sabbatical from teaching. Besides several articles, my major research project is my doctoral thesis for Durham University. I am writing on the way that apocalyptic and mystical groups in early Judaism interpreted the Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Dissertation Research
Tagged Dissertation, Early Judaism, Jewish Festivals, Jubilees, Plato, Sabbath, Shavuot, Thesis
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Living Language Classics at Ave Maria University
Followers of this blog may be interested in this report from Luke DeWeese about Christophe Rico’s recent Greek course this summer at Ave Maria University in Florida (HT: Stephen Hill). See also the brief report here on one of their … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Pedagogy
Tagged Ave Maria University, Christophe Rico, Lunch, Videos
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Living Greek in an Honduras High School
Be sure to check out Tim Decker’s new post. He is teaching Greek as a living language in a high school at Academia Los Pinares in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. A couple of things to note: Tim is co-teaching the course. Living … Continue reading
My RBL Review of God’s Timetable by Daniel Stramara
If you’re interested in the Book of Revelation or the Jewish feasts, you may want to check out my just-published review of a new book by Daniel Stramara, God’s Timetable: The Book of Revelation and the Feast of Seven Weeks. Although my … Continue reading
Posted in Book Notices
Tagged Jewish Festivals, Pentecost, Revelation, Reviews, Shavuot, Weeks
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New Videos from the Biblical Language Center
You’ll want to be sure to read about and check out the new videos the Biblical Language Center has posted here, taken during their recent “Jesus in Jerusalem” Koine Greek immersion experience in January. The first video provides
Posted in Announcements
Tagged Biblical Language Center, Randall Buth, Teaching Greek, TPR, TPRS, Videos
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