Author Archives: Daniel R. Streett

A Better English to Greek Word Search

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Daniel R. Streett

One of the most difficult parts of trying to speak Koine Greek is finding the right ancient word. I’ve already detailed a lot of the problems with most of the currently available resources in this post on the need for … Continue reading →

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Coffee in Koine Greek

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Daniel R. Streett

I’m not really a coffee drinker. I’d love to be, as it would give me one more thing to be snobby about. But for now, I’ll stick to cufflinks and Savile Row suits. In any case, according to Wikipedia, coffee … Continue reading →

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Some New Koine Greek Videos

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Daniel R. Streett

Fellow blogger Michael Halcomb has begun posting some communicative Greek κινηματογραφικά at his website Pisteuomen under the series title Νοουμεν Ελληνις (that should probably be ἑλληνιστὶ νοοῦμεν or νοοῦμεν τὰ ἑλληνικά/τὴν ἑλληνικήν). I believe Michael is freshly back

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A Post-break Post

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Daniel R. Streett

The holiday break officially ended for me on Monday, as classes started up again. Over the holidays, the pressing demands of leisure made it just impossible for me to post, but now the time has been fulfilled and a new … Continue reading →

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A Great Way to Practice your Languages

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

You’ll definitely want to check out the new “mini-Hexapla,” edited by Fred Long, who teaches NT at Asbury Seminary, and Michael Halcomb (who is pursuing a PhD at Asbury and also blogs at Πιστευομεν). The title is:

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See how well you can do on my Greek I Final Exam!

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

I just administered the final exam to my Greek I students yesterday. You can view a copy of it here: Greek I Final Exam (.pdf format). As you can see, there is a lot of matching (with pictures or definitions), … Continue reading →

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The Great Greek Pronunciation Debate (SBL 2011 Report, pt. 3)

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

At this year’s annual Society of Biblical Literature meeting in San Francisco, there was a session sponsored jointly by the Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics Section and the Applied Linguistics for Biblical Languages Group that addressed the topic of Greek … Continue reading →

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Using Electronic Lexica in Communicative Pedagogy (BibleWorks 9 Review, pt. 3)

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

Introduction In this series I am exploring some ways that the new BibleWorks 9 can be used, not simply as a tool for exegesis or Bible study, but as an aid to communicative learning and teaching. For a good overview … Continue reading →

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Greek the Obscure?

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

I was alerted to this great section of Thomas Hardy’s classic, Jude the Obscure, by Donald Fairbairn, who refers to it in his new book, Understanding Language (which I discussed briefly here). I think it captures perfectly how disappointed many … Continue reading →

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James 2 and the Lord’s Supper (SBL 2011 Report, pt. 2)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

The SBL meeting really begins in earnest on Saturday morning. I was scheduled to present a paper at 9am on Saturday morning in the section entitled “The Letters of James, Peter, and Jude.” It’s chaired by Duane F. Watson and … Continue reading →

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