arapahoepark
Puritan Board Professor
http://www.witheringfig.com/new-testament/how-not-to-learn-biblical-greek/?wprptest2=2So I came across this quote:
For those who know the languages how true is this? For those of us wanting to learn the languages should we heed this 'advice'?
Here’s the thing, the New Testament was mostly written in a type of Greek known as “Koine.” This is an “easy” Greek (for the most part), a low style. So many students go straight to Biblical Greek, bypassing Attic (the Greek dialect prevalent in and around Athens during the time of Aristotle, Plato, and the like). The result is that when they are faced with a difficult Greek passage, they don’t know what to do (“what the heck is an optative?!?”).
For those who know the languages how true is this? For those of us wanting to learn the languages should we heed this 'advice'?