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Why am I speaking to you in Greek?

At SBL in the Applied Linguistics section I will be giving a lecture on the advantages of speaking Greek, for those who spend a significant part of their time working with ancient Greek literature of the post Alexander period. The lecture will be twenty minutes and primarily in English. Five and one-half minutes will be [...]

By Randall Buth|2017-06-12T21:31:41-07:00November 12th, 2010|Blog|4 Comments

The Irony of Samaria: Σαμαρεια / Σαμαρειτης in the Greek NT

The following is a little long for a note, but hopefully fun.There are several ironies in the spelling of Σαμαρεια/Σαμαρια in our Greek texts.Readers of United Bible Societies Greek text and the Nestle Aland text will be familiar with the following spellings:Σαμάρεια (the place), andΣαμαρίτης (a person of the place, male)Σαμαρῖτις (a person of the [...]

By Randall Buth|2017-06-12T21:31:45-07:00September 26th, 2008|ancient Greek, ancient language acquisition, Byzantine text, Koine Greek, Living Koine, NT textual criticism|6 Comments

Greek Text

Why am I speaking to you in Greek?

The Irony of Samaria: Σαμαρεια / Σαμαρειτης in the Greek NT

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