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New Videos from the Biblical Language Center

Daniel R. Streett — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:59:07 +0000

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 a good … Continue reading →

A Better English to Greek Word Search

Daniel R. Streett — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:52:52 +0000

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 →

Coffee in Koine Greek

Daniel R. Streett — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:59:21 +0000

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 →

Some New Koine Greek Videos

Daniel R. Streett — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:59:43 +0000

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 from his … Continue reading →

A Post-break Post

Daniel R. Streett — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:04:41 +0000

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 →

A Great Way to Practice your Languages

Daniel R. Streett — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:02:27 +0000

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: A Parallel & … Continue reading →

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

Daniel R. Streett — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:23:35 +0000

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 →

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

Daniel R. Streett — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:59:53 +0000

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 →

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

Daniel R. Streett — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:59:45 +0000

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 →

Greek the Obscure?

Daniel R. Streett — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:59:37 +0000

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 →