We’ll e-mail you a weekly Greek paradigm with instruction and translation exercises.
We’ll e-mail you five lessons in difficult Greek texts to push your language skills.
I know Dr. Poythress personally and he’s a wonderful man and a brilliant, interdisciplinary scholar. His books are thought provoking and you are sure to find ideas that will stick with you (perhaps haunt you) for years….
In a recently published article (full PDF linked below), I suggest a different reading in Jas 3.3a from what is found in the critical texts of NA28/UBS4 which read: εἰ δὲ τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν εἰς τὸ πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν μετάγομεν. I suggest that ἴδε instead of εἰ δὲ has both older external evidence and a better argument from internal evidence for its adoption….
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I’m biased, but I’d call our second Greek webinar a fun success! We worked through Hebrews 6:4-8, that thorny (pun on v. 7…) warning passage. Close attention to the Greek will automatically rule out some of the interpretations you’ve probably come across before. I am actually unavailable this Friday June 17, so unless I say otherwise, join us again next time Friday June 24 at 2pm EST. At the end, someone asked about Hebrews resources. Hebrews does indeed have the hardest…
Our first Greek webinar was a success! About 10 people joined us to work through translating Greek together. We spent 50 minutes going through Didache 1:1-4, focusing on morphology and translation. If you missed it, catch it below….
In recent years I have noticed a lot of criticism of Christians who love Jer 29:11 and have personalized it for their lives. Recently even the Babylon Bee satirizes a young Christian who has it as a tattoo to commemorate his return from exile in Babylon. You certainly have hear it quoted, but here it is again….
Richard Longenecker is a senior scholar and professor emeritus of New Testament at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto. As such, he exhibits a dexterity with a wide breadth of academic sources that springs from a life committed to biblical investigation….
For two decades, Wallace’s Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics has been the favorite textbook for intermediate Greek courses in seminaries and Christian colleges and universities. As much as we all owe a debt to Wallace’s grammar with its comprehensiveness, exegetical discussions, and useful charts, it is now two decades old and….
Attention to the Greek word for Korah’s “rebellion” reveals its application also to Israel during their wilderness period.
Do we need to get inside the Hebrew minds of the New Testament authors?
The Claim
Someone in the modern Messianic movement posted the following on Facebook….
