The Production of the TNIV/NIV

Mike Sangrey has provided us with an excellent communication from Stan Gundry of Zondervan about the publication of the NIV & TNIV: The production of the TNIV/NIV Bible–the Standard of Integrity Its a very helpful discussion that makes things quite clear about how things work with the Committee on Bible Translation and the publication and royalties [...]

The Syntax of Participles

On the whole, I’ve noticed that the better Hellenistic Greek writers, such as the author of 4 Maccabees work significantly harder to keep their participle usage clear. We all learn the categories for types of adverbial participles: Time Manner Means Cause Condition Concession Purpose Result And most of the time through the New Testament its [...]

1:00 AM Pizza

Tonight’s an all-nighter for a Syntax paper. That definitely deserves a pizza with an extra thick crust! I’d put this in the “Not Studying Greek” category, but I am studying Greek!

He Like Avocados

Enough Said.

Greek Grammar Research

Are there more exciting developments and research projects happening in Classical Greek grammar than there are in Koine/”Biblical” Greek grammar?

Reflections on BibleTech:2009

I intend to write about most, if not all, of the presentations I attended this weekend. But I’m going to begin with some reflections about my own, including a summary of what I said and what I forgot to say. I suppose that my biggest disappointment was that I was not as prepared as I [...]

Live Blogging – Maybe.

I haven’t decided yet, but I might Live Blog a few sessions of the BibleTech conference. I’m hesitant simply because I’ve never done such a thing before and well, I don’t know how well I would do it. I’m not a very spur of the moment kind of guy.

Coming Back to Greek Voice

A little bit ago, I wrote a post about Greek voice, where I asked the question: Is there any reason why we couldn’t treat voice as derivational rather than inflectional? And a little while before that my wife wrote a guest post about agency and semantic transitivity summarizing a few articles she’s read for class. [...]

Erasmian Pronunciation

People say that they use and teach with the Erasmian pronunciation because its easier for students for learning vocabulary, spelling, and what not. What if Biology professors decided to start teaching their students that whales were fish because it would be easier for students to remember? Why does Greek succumb to such cop outs for the sake [...]

New Cooking Adventures

I recently began making soups, particularly chowders. I’ve decided I love chowder – any kind. Delicious. Filed Under: Not Studying Greek.