Judyt: Let you in on a secret John. None of them are inspired. Until God the Spirit breathes life into them they are all just a "dead letter"...... a religious missive.
Where in this world have I gone wrong? I am talking about the context of a SCRIPTURE. We don't think context is important ?????? Com'on folks. I am not going to apologize for knowing something about the very language of the New Testament message. Ain't going to it. The English Bible is not that which was inspired. IT IS A TRANSLATION. As such, it is important but not critical that we understand the ORIGINAL language and the rules of grammar USED BY PAUL AND PETER AND JOHN AND LUKE AND THE MYSTERY AUTHOR OF HEBREWS. Everyone on this forum should know something about Greek (at least). And it is fairly easy to do. The only really "difficult" assignment is that you really should learn how the Greek alphabet relates to the English. Buy a first year Greek grammar, get a book called the Analytical Greek Lexicon, a Greek Lexicon and a Greek Interlinear. The Greek alphabet -- learn it for obvious reasons. Greek first year grammar (this would be a book). It will tell you in plain English the meaning of aorist, genitive, present indicative active and so on. Do not let these words in this sentence throw you off. The first year grammar is not a technical publication. Greek interlinear: this will help you find the Greek word of interest which will be either above or below the English transliteration. Greek Analytical Lexicon: this book locates and conjugates or whatever all of the various forms of all the New Testament Greek words and will give you the lexical word. "Lexical word" is the word as it appears in the Greek Lexicon (dictionary), not necessarily as it appears in the biblical text. Greek Lexicon: a dictionary of Greek words with the definitions written in English. Instructions on the usage of the above: After memorizing the alphabet and its English equivalent, take your favorite Bible and begin reading. Something interesting?? Aaahhhh. Get your interlinear and find the Greek word of interest by reading the literal and English translation. Often that word will not look like the lexical word (a greek to english dictionary) so you need to find THAT word in the Analytical Lexicon which will give you the grammatical usage and the lexical word. Your greek grammar will tell you the significance of the grammatical usage and the lexicon will tell you the meaning and/or nuance of that definition. Please note -- God through the Spirit does none of this for you but will work in your search for the truth. John NotTheScholar Smithson ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
