Category Archives: Greek Resources

A. T. Robertson on the Movable ν

Posted on January 23, 2013 by jacobcerone

I am currently reading through A.T. Robertson’s tome on Greek Grammar and came across this particularly humorous quote: The older N.T. manuscripts are in are in harmony with the κοινή and have the movable ν and ς both before consonants … Continue reading →

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Greek Grammar I

Posted on January 17, 2013 by jacobcerone

I hope to see you tonight at Cary Alliance Church 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM as we begin an exciting journey through biblical Greek Grammar. Tonight we will learn the Greek alphabet, punctuation, accents, and pronunciation. If you can’t be … Continue reading →

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Bible Vocab: A Review

Posted on January 16, 2013 by jacobcerone

I have long searched for a great Biblical Hebrew and Greek vocabulary building app. Sure, many are adequate, some are good but the hunt for a truly great app has eluded me.   Robert Andrew Young’s Shinun app came close. Shinun is only $4.99 and … Continue reading →

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We Have a Winner

Posted on December 1, 2012 by jacobcerone

Thanks to Scott Hess for entering the contest and winning. Scott got 9/10 of the translations correct. Here are the original questions. 1) ζηθι מנ 2) βαβα βα βα βααα εγω ειμι αγαπησας αυτον 3) εστιν ΒΩ καιρος 4) φαγετε … Continue reading →

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Biblical Greek and the Local Church

Posted on November 24, 2012 by jacobcerone

Many of my friends have read this blog over the past week and have suffered through a number of posts on biblical Greek. I hope I haven’t scared you away from furthering your knowledge of biblical Greek or your desire … Continue reading →

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We’ve Killed Deponency! Where Next?

Posted on November 21, 2012 by jacobcerone

For many of you, the title of this post will likely make you turn tail and run to another site in order to kill time before vacation starts. I wouldn’t blame you. After all, what is deponency and why should … Continue reading →

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LXX Pentateuch, Clitics, and Larry Perkins

Posted on November 19, 2012 by jacobcerone

Yesterday was the first IOSCS (International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies) seminar of the conference. This session, and subsequent sessions like it, is what I have been looking forward to. Dr. Larry Perkins presented on the interpretive significance of … Continue reading →

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SEBTS Library

Posted on June 30, 2012 by jacobcerone

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s library does a lot of good things. Sure, it is moderately frustrating that the only have two volumes of the Scandinavian Journal for OT Studies, and sure, they don’t have the journal De Septuaginta (which, as … Continue reading →

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Literal and Free Translations

Posted on June 29, 2012 by jacobcerone

If you have encountered the Septuagint in any formal capacity you are taught to notice whether the translator handles the Hebrew original in a literal or free manner.  Benjamin G. Wright in his article, “The Quantitative Representation of Elements: Evaluating … Continue reading →

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Translators as Storytellers

Posted on June 26, 2012 by jacobcerone

As many of you know, I have started my Th.M program studying the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament).  My initial thought for a thesis is to explore the literary alterations/retelling of the book of Jonah that take … Continue reading →

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