Tag Archives: Greek

Recent Acquisition: Greek Accents

Last week was another humbling experience. Again I learned how little I know when it comes to Greek. I sat in on one of this semester’s Septuagint classes. The assignment was to translate an English passage into Greek (and Hebrew). … Continue reading

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The Power of First Impressions

Last night I settled in for some reading. It was finally time to make some headway on my “Justin Martyr’s Exegesis of the Old Testament” paper. I was reading through the usual background sources when I came to Roger Olson’s The … Continue reading

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New News

Recently, I have been away from the blog and the blogging world.  Mary Beth and I have been in the process of doing some remodeling at home.  I was finally motivated to start the sheet rocking process for our new … Continue reading

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Grassman’s Law

Before I begin, I think it best to clarify that Grassman’s Law has nothing to do with landscaping or this weird dude covered in fescue.  As many of you know, I have been working through Metzger ἵνα προστιθῶ πρὸς μου θησαυρον “in … Continue reading

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A Confession

At the end of my last semester at SEBTS I took up Dr. Black’s challenge to be in the languages everyday.  He promised that translating at least two verses a day would remarkably improve one’s ability to read and understand … Continue reading

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