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Enrichi de 3 000 mots, le Grand dictionnaire des mots savants du français est une version entièrement refondue de la précédente édition. Est généralement considéré comme «savant» tout mot formé à partir d'une base ou structure, tirée directement de l'étymon latin ou grec de ce même mot (l'étymon étant la forme étymologique dont il dérive). Cette base correspond normalement au radical (ou à la racine) de l'étymon. À partir...
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Most scholarship on early Greek alphabetic writing has focused on the questions around the origin of 'the Greek alphabet', instead of acknowledging the diversity of alphabetic systems that emerged in Geometric and Archaic Greece. The research concerning the so-called epichoric scripts was introduced by Kirchhoff in the 19th century and saw its highest point in the 1960s with the works of Jeffery and Guarducci. Nevertheless, recent epigraphical finds...
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Extrait: "On voyait autrefois dans un temple de l'île de Chio une statue de Minerve, dont le visage paraissait triste et austère à ceux qui entraient, doux et souriant à ceux qui sortaient. Il n'en sera pas ainsi de ce livre: le sourire est à l'entrée, grâce au maître qui a bien voulu élever un magnifique portique à notre modeste monument."
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Devotions on the Greek New Testament, Volume Two contains an entirely new set of 52 devotions written by over 25 of today's best biblical language scholars. Contributors include Christopher Beetham, Jeannine K. Brown, Peter H. Davids, David A. DeSilva, J. Scott Duvall, Nijay Gupta, Frederick J. Long, David W. Pao, Anthony C. Thiselton, Cindy Long Westfall, and many more.
The main point of each devotion in Devotions on the Greek New Testament, Volume...
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A reader's guide to the morphology and syntax of Koine Greek
From the pen of a seasoned instructor of biblical Greek, this book functions as both an essential resource for second-year students and an invaluable asset for all readers as they continue to hone and deepen their linguistic skills. It begins with a basic overview of the language for new learners and for those looking for a brief refresher before moving into nuanced matters of morphology...
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This workbook is designed to accompany An Introduction to Biblical Greek Grammar, which focuses on the linguistic and syntactic elements of Koine Greek to equip learners for accurate interpretation. It reinforces key concepts student learn through parsing and translation exercises for each chapter. All texts are taken from the Greek New Testament and the Septuagint and include extensive syntactical and exegetical notes to aid students.
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An Introduction to Biblical Greek Grammar focuses on the linguistic and syntactic elements of Koine Greek to equip learners for accurate interpretation. Drawing upon twenty years of Greek teaching experience and the latest developments in linguistics and syntax, Harris introduces students to basic linguistic concepts and categories necessary for grasping Greek in ways that are clear and intuitive. This solid foundation enables students first to internalize...
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A companion resource for use with N. Clayton Croy's Primer of Biblical Greek, featuring dozens of simple, enjoyable narratives to reinforce the content and skills introduced by Croy.
Too often, Greek readers include difficult primary texts encumbered with glosses, but this reader from Mark Jeong is instead comprised of originally written texts keyed to the vocabulary and grammar taught in Clayton Croy's Primer of Biblical Greek. Thus fluent, comprehensive...
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A graduated intermediate reader of biblical Koine Greek with selections from the New Testament, the Septuagint, and noncanonical early Christian writings.
This intermediate reader is for students, clergy, and scholars who have completed at least one year of Greek instruction and want to build reading proficiency. Through twenty-nine texts from the New Testament, the Septuagint, and noncanonical early Christian writings, readers will be exposed to...
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What did the apostles' Greek sound like?
How should New Testament Greek be pronounced in our classrooms? Often students are taught Erasmian pronunciation, which does not even reproduce Erasmus's own pronunciation faithfully, let alone that of the New Testament authors. But if we want to process the language of the New Testament the same way its original authors and readers did, we should use their pronunciation. In his new book, Benjamin Kantor breaks...
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