The final lesson of the course, Lesson 10, has just been posted. In it is a summary of all our General Principles and, naturally, the tenth one. There's a bit of a surprise with this Lesson, in that the General Principle isn't mentioned until the penultimate section--but, yes, the title to this blog post is a clue.
The class was great fun, guys, and I hope informative for everyone--I know I learned heaps preparing the lessons! I want to thank all of you--Colleen, Jocelyn, Larry, Paul, Trish and my fantastic wife soon-to-be-doctor-not-Mrs Didaskalos, Sandy (who is NOT learning Greek OR Hebrew!)--for kindly sacrificing your Sunday afternoons to come out to Paihia Baptist Church and lend an ear to a gabby old man. Thank you, Thank you--you made the gabby old man very happy.
May the Lord bless you all with wisdom, peace and joy.
jim
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Lesson 9 Finally Posted
Okay, this'll be fast and furious:
It's been several weeks since the course finished and I'm only now getting Lesson 9 posted--the one on the Hebrew alphabet. There is heaps more in the posted lesson than was given in class; definitely worth a look even to those who were there!
I'll be emailing the nikkud tables to everyone as well, so look for that in your inboxes. And, yes, the word "nikkud" is explained in the lesson.
Lesson 10, the final lesson, isn't quite ready to be uploaded yet, but I expect it to be done by tonight or tomorrow night at the latest. I'll post about it when I do upload it, so you'll get a notification in your inboxes.
Right, all for now!
God bless,
jim
It's been several weeks since the course finished and I'm only now getting Lesson 9 posted--the one on the Hebrew alphabet. There is heaps more in the posted lesson than was given in class; definitely worth a look even to those who were there!
I'll be emailing the nikkud tables to everyone as well, so look for that in your inboxes. And, yes, the word "nikkud" is explained in the lesson.
Lesson 10, the final lesson, isn't quite ready to be uploaded yet, but I expect it to be done by tonight or tomorrow night at the latest. I'll post about it when I do upload it, so you'll get a notification in your inboxes.
Right, all for now!
God bless,
jim
Monday, June 6, 2011
10 to 9
Alllrighteeee then! Time to catch up on the doings at PBC’s How to Study with the Greek NT Class.
Okay, first thing to note is that Lesson 8 was posted last week, but I neglected to tell anyone—not that I need to, of course, because everyone checks this site daily just in case they miss something wonderful. I also haven’t converted the notes to PDF, so they haven’t been emailed to anyone either. I know, I know, slack as! I promise I'll send them tomorrow.
Secondly, yesterday we ran Lesson 10, the final Lesson of the course. It went great! An…what? We what? We didn’t do Lesson 9 yet? Really? Oh….
…actually, I knew that. What’s happened is this: Two weeks ago, at the end of L8, I announced that the next lesson was going to be a fun-filled extravaganza of merriment, jocularity and the Hebrew alphabet! Needless to say, everyone was ecstatic. They could barely believe it.
“The Hebrew alphabet?!? Oh joy!!!” they cried, “That’s unbelievable! How will we ever manage to wait 7 long days? OMG!”
But then Colleen mentioned, in a quiet, disappointed voice, that she wouldn’t be able to make it. The room went deathly quiet. Tears formed; throats choked. I had to think of something fast or the entire class would’ve been awash in despair.
“Not to worry,” I began, “I have a cunning plan. We’ll have Lesson 10 next week and Lesson 9 the week after that!”
The roar of delight brought the roof down. The day was saved.
And that, more or less, is how we ended up doing L10 yesterday and will be doing L9 next Sunday.
But not to worry, I won’t post L10 until after I post L9. That would just be too weird…
God Bless,
Ἰακωβος
Okay, first thing to note is that Lesson 8 was posted last week, but I neglected to tell anyone—not that I need to, of course, because everyone checks this site daily just in case they miss something wonderful. I also haven’t converted the notes to PDF, so they haven’t been emailed to anyone either. I know, I know, slack as! I promise I'll send them tomorrow.
Secondly, yesterday we ran Lesson 10, the final Lesson of the course. It went great! An…what? We what? We didn’t do Lesson 9 yet? Really? Oh….
…actually, I knew that. What’s happened is this: Two weeks ago, at the end of L8, I announced that the next lesson was going to be a fun-filled extravaganza of merriment, jocularity and the Hebrew alphabet! Needless to say, everyone was ecstatic. They could barely believe it.
“The Hebrew alphabet?!? Oh joy!!!” they cried, “That’s unbelievable! How will we ever manage to wait 7 long days? OMG!”
But then Colleen mentioned, in a quiet, disappointed voice, that she wouldn’t be able to make it. The room went deathly quiet. Tears formed; throats choked. I had to think of something fast or the entire class would’ve been awash in despair.
“Not to worry,” I began, “I have a cunning plan. We’ll have Lesson 10 next week and Lesson 9 the week after that!”
The roar of delight brought the roof down. The day was saved.
And that, more or less, is how we ended up doing L10 yesterday and will be doing L9 next Sunday.
But not to worry, I won’t post L10 until after I post L9. That would just be too weird…
God Bless,
Ἰακωβος
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