Bill+

My hebrew Prof would be apalled to hear your Hebrew prof state such a thing.
For him, it was properly understanding the nuances in the Hebrew that allows
one to get the true sense of the Greek used by St. Paul since his Hebrew
background influenced everything he did and wrote.

Knowing Hebrew actually has been a help to me in the parish because I have a
convert from Judaism here and we actually have a good time messing around
with Hebrew. He can actually speak the Hebrew but I'm better at translating
it so we have a somewhat symbiotic relationship (and the other parishioners
look at us like we're nuts when we practice our Hebrew out loud!)

E+

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William H. Perkins, Jr. +" <wperkin2@...>
To: <faithandlife@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] Re: Survey


> Mike+:
>
> Got to say I struggled with them even though I got fair grades in both
> Hebrew and Greek.  My Hebrew professor admitted that Greek was more
> important for study due to the variations of the meaning of words. Not to
> much to gain from knowing Hebrew other than the privilege of reading in
the
> original language.
>
> Bill+
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Ward" <mward@...>
> To: <faithandlife@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:45 AM
> Subject: RE: [FaithandLife] Re: Survey
>
>
> > Bill+
> >
> > God has given us all gifts, but they vary from person to person.  My
> > Greek prof said that God did not give me the gift of languages!!  Ha!
> >
> > MLW+
> >
> >
> > Mike+:
> >
> > I think it would be good to know who among us can read Greek or Hebrew.
> > I was trained in both but I am so rusty I can only read a little Greek
> > with out consulting my interlinear, parsing guide and Greek dictionary.
> >
> > Bill+
> >
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