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>>261974

Because I have already learnt it.

Italian Liceo Classico, bro

Because I prefer to learn latin first.

Because I don't want to.

>>261984

What Latin books are so important you want to learn that first? Anything I should put on a kindle?

>>261974

Is that your Greek Bible? What is it?

>>262043

Not OP ( >>261978 )

It's the first page of the Gospel according to John

>>261987

The Latin Vulgate

Autism.

Why aren't you learning Jewish Palestinian Aramaic?

>>262043

A Reader's Greek New Testament, 3rd Edition.

>>261974

You don't need to.

Use tools like www.biblehub.com and read in parallel, and occasionally click on important words (usually verbs) and read their definition.

>>262076

>NT literally written in Greek

>learning a language to read the translation

>>262113

>not wanting to read the Church's official translation in the Church's official language

Why aren't you learning Sumerian?

Greek is useless. The country is ruined, their economy destroyed and its being overrun by Arabs/muslims.

I'd rather learn Chinese. China is gonna be the future.

>>262132

We're talking of ancient Greek m8

Already know it and read the NT regularly. Feel free to ask any questions.

>>262113

>Only NT in greek

>What is "Septuaginta"

>>262196

worth the effort? how did you learn it? divinity degree?

>>262196

Can you confirm the Pentecostal church is just circlejerking around bad translations when saying 1 Corinthians 13,1 refers to an angelic language?

Typing on my computer so my ID might change.

>>262253

I was a classics student who learned Attic first and learned Koine through self-study. It's definitely worth it! It greatly expands your sense of perspective and can be a very devotional practice.

The Greek of the NT really ranges in terms of complexity. Revelation and Mark are the most simplistic, and a novice learner can reasonably expect to be able to read them in a few months. Hebrews and the letters of Paul are the most complex and will take longer.

>>262265

It's unambiguously "and the tongues of angels." It's a theological question, not one of translation.

>>262275

So, aren’t angel and messenger the same word in Greek?

>>262372

That's true. However, "tongues of men or of messengers" is a strange comparison. Angel is a much more likely translation. There are also many, many more references to ἄγγελον as the heavenly host rather than a messenger, although we do get them – for example in a Septuagint quote in Matthew 11:10 and referring to some followers of John the Baptist in Luke 7:24.