For the Youth Minister 

Considering Studying 

Greek

RYAN MARTINJULY 17, 2020

For the Youth Minister Considering Studying Greek

JULY 17, 2020 

I remember daydreaming at my desk in the moments before my first seminary Greek class began. “Finally! The New Testament will be crystal clear! All those tricky passages that I’ve never understood will make sense, and exegesis will be a piece of cake!” That misguided dream died five minutes later when my professor offered this humbling bit of wisdom: learning Greek does not resolve theological and textual difficulties in the New Testament; in fact, it uncovers even more difficulties that are smoothed over by the translation process. It was as if he was saying: “If you think the New Testament is challenging now, just you wait until you’re studying it in Greek!” Ten years later, I am saying the same thing to my own students. Reading and studying the Bible in its original languages is messy, and it doesn’t always lead to straight-forward easy exegesis. It doesn’t “fix” or “solve” the text for us. 

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