I quoted Rachel Aubrey on twitter a little over a week ago that you shouldn’t trust anything they […]
Will Ross has put together a superb bibliography for Septuagint research from a project for Currents in Biblical […]
The prevailing method for teaching Greek grammar for New Testament students is built on a model that frames […]
Editor’s note: this article was originally published on the blog Old School Script. We have taken over its […]
Words do not have senses. At least in the sense we like to think they do. In this post we’ll look at a new model of mapping meaning that’s gaining momentum among Cognitive Linguistics.
Editor’s note: this article was originally published on the blog Old School Script. We have taken over its […]
The meaning of words and expressions are notoriously difficult to analyze. Lexicographers have their work cut out for them in building a dictionary. Most often their methodology is based on subjective methods. But this makes it difficult to challenge their conclusions — at least in a capacity that relies on more than strong personal convictions. Is there another way to doing the backend investigations of lexicography?
What if semantic research could be based on stats and not just gut? For several decades this has been a reality more are coming to experience. Read on and let me catch you up.
What if instructors were able to build lessons for Greek prepositions around physical actions that students could perform themselves both in class and at home? Methods such as this help connect the meaning of the prepositions not to rote memorization, but to physical behavior and actions. Below are some of the more salient uses of ποῦς, ‘foot’ with various prepositions that lend themselves to this type of experiential learning.
Koine-Greek 