Category Archives: Announcements

Come, Eat, Speak Greek!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

Those of you who are attending SBL must be sure to attend the Greek lunch hosted by the Applied Linguistics Group. This is the first Greek lunch, so I look forward to seeing how many will show up and participate. … Continue reading →

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Signs of Interest?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

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 →

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Brian Schultz on Reading Fluency in Hebrew and Greek

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

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 →

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James Davila Takes My Greek Quiz

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

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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SBL 2011 – My Contributions

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

The 2011 Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting is approaching. From November 19th to 22nd, Biblical scholars of all stripes will convene in beautiful San Francisco, CA, to sight-see, schmooze, sleep through papers, overindulge at the city’s fabulous eateries, and blow … Continue reading →

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A Recent News Article on Oral Methods for Teaching Greek

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

Check out this recent article about my Greek teaching methods. It was published in May in the Southern Baptist Texan (the denominational state newspaper: DALLAS—Easter and Christmas pageants in ancient Greek? Texas college students texting each other in the language … Continue reading →

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Welcome to καὶ τὰ λοιπά!

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Daniel R. Streett

Welcome to καὶ τὰ λοιπά! This is my blog about all things having to do with Koine Greek, Biblical Studies, and cognate fields. I am especially interested in Greek pedagogy using communicative methods (sometimes called the Natural Approach, or Direct … Continue reading →

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