Who reads Greek?

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Who reads Greek?

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I know that Adam, Josh, Neto, and I read Greek. I think JM does too. Does anyone else? When questions about Greek come up, we usually weigh in. If there's disagreement, we usually discuss.

By "read Greek", I mean "can read a page of simple Greek, perhaps looking up some words". If anyone wants to claim just a little more, I recommend this test.
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Took one seminary course in Greek 30 years ago - not much of it stuck.

I have high regard for those who have taken the time to learn the language - in particular the brethren among us here on MD who bring their Greek knowledge into play in helping the rest of us understand the nuances of biblical translation.

Thanks Greek geeks!
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Bootstrap wrote:I know that Adam, Josh, Neto, and I read Greek. I think JM does too. Does anyone else? When questions about Greek come up, we usually weigh in. If there's disagreement, we usually discuss.

By "read Greek", I mean "can read a page of simple Greek, perhaps looking up some words". If anyone wants to claim just a little more, I recommend this test.
Actually, I've gotten a bit rusty over the years, and have forgotten a lot of the less used words, so while I can read the function words, and a good amount of the more common nouns & verbs, I often need help beyond that. So I'm not up to par with what I understand to be your level of ability in Greek, Boot.
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Many things I read are "Greek to me". I find myself at times reading Greek right here on this forum. :laugh
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Knightlight.

For reference, 2 Categories with descriptions from the forum home page:
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(i think) these categories began as places to collect reference information, links, more than "general chats?" wondering/asking. not (policing.) :)
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temporal1 wrote:Knightlight
Is he on MN? He was great on MD, I miss him.
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temporal1 wrote:(i think) these categories began as places to collect reference information, links, more than "general chats?" wondering/asking. not (policing.) :)
If a moderator wants to move this thread somewhere else, I'm fine with that.
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Bootstrap wrote:
temporal1 wrote:(i think) these categories began as places to collect reference information, links, more than "general chats?" wondering/asking. not (policing.) :)
If a moderator wants to move this thread somewhere else, I'm fine with that.
this isn't the only thread i've wondered about, i just did not know where or how to ask about (use of categories) esp these two, which have more specific guidelines (to begin, anyway.)
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Curious, where did you Greek-readers learn this skill?
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KingdomBuilder wrote:Curious, where did you Greek-readers learn this skill?
I had courses at St Paul Bible College (now Crown College) as a part of my Bachelors in Missiology. I kind of let it slide when I got really deep into linguistics grad courses, then used it extensively when I actually got started with Bible translation on the field. I would have liked to study Hebrew as well, but I never got it done.
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