Koine Greek

Inscription: “Jesus Christ, guard me, for I am poor and needy” Psalm 86 (NIV) “Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Guard my life, for I am faithful to you” - CPost

“I suspect that the reason the ‘Greek is super-precise’ myth hangs around is that in some quarters it is embraced as part of the doctrine of Scripture.” - Word by Word

William Mounce: Do we really believe that the angry words, the slanderous words, that so often come out of the human mouth truly make that person unacceptable to God, make him or her a defilement?

William Mounce: I have been thinking a lot about some of the general issues of translation, and one of the points that keeps coming up is the issue of metaphors. I would like your opinion … I am asking if the inspired authors chose to use a metaphor to convey meaning, are we required to use a metaphor?

William Mounce: Certainly a frustrating passage, and one that shows a word-for-word translation isn’t always translation since it can be meaningless.

William Mounce: There is a reason for every word, even if we don’t understand why it is used.

William Mounce: In first year Greek, we teachers need to make a bigger deal of Aktionsart. Meaning isn’t conveyed just by the meaning of the word, or its tense, or its aspect. Language gives us many tools to nuance what we want to say, and our students need to know that meaning can also help convey aspect.

Bill Mounce: Do you hear [Mt 28:6] as an active or a divine passive?

William Mounce: What do you rely on in your preaching and teaching?