{"id":981,"date":"2022-08-13T18:50:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T18:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981"},"modified":"2022-08-13T18:50:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T18:50:27","slug":"is-new-testament-greek-precise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981","title":{"rendered":"Is New Testament Greek Precise?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Although I am a New Testament scholar of sorts, I keep in the background most of what I do with Greek. But, I want to share this recent article of mine for Bible Study Magazine,<\/em> \u201cIs New Testament Greek the Most Precise Language Known to Mankind?\u201d<\/a> It is a non-technical article about an issue which floats around in a variety of pulpits and Bible studies: the idea that Greek is super-precise in how it communicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m excited about it seeing the light of day. Check it out if it sounds interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although I am a New Testament scholar of sorts, I keep in the background most of what I do with Greek. But, I want to share this recent article of mine for Bible Study Magazine, \u201cIs New Testament Greek the Most Precise Language Known to Mankind?\u201d It is a non-technical article about an issue which … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Is New Testament Greek Precise?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[120],"yoast_head":"\nIs New Testament Greek Precise? - First Baptist Church of Manistique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is New Testament Greek super-precise? Check out this recent article on the myth that won't go away in many pulpits and bible studies...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is New Testament Greek Precise? - First Baptist Church of Manistique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is New Testament Greek super-precise? Check out this recent article on the myth that won't go away in many pulpits and bible studies...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"First Baptist Church of Manistique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/248467813772\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-13T18:50:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-13T18:50:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0226-16x9-web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1210\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nathaniel Erickson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nathaniel Erickson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nathaniel Erickson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5d499ff1e51066490af4e35bfcbe077b\"},\"headline\":\"Is New Testament Greek Precise?\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-13T18:50:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-13T18:50:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981\"},\"wordCount\":97,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"bible languages\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Pastor's Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981\",\"name\":\"Is New Testament Greek Precise? - First Baptist Church of Manistique\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-13T18:50:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-13T18:50:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"Is New Testament Greek super-precise? Check out this recent article on the myth that won't go away in many pulpits and bible studies...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Is New Testament Greek Precise?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/\",\"name\":\"First Baptist Church of Manistique\",\"description\":\"Friends pointing the way to a safe harbor through the light of faith in Jesus Christ.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"First Baptist Church of Manistique, MI\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FBC-Logov4-Color-Small-transparent.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FBC-Logov4-Color-Small-transparent.png\",\"width\":259,\"height\":317,\"caption\":\"First Baptist Church of Manistique, MI\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/248467813772\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNAoycWBk0stSprUBng8Uhw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5d499ff1e51066490af4e35bfcbe077b\",\"name\":\"Nathaniel Erickson\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/ntgreeketal.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is New Testament Greek Precise? - First Baptist Church of Manistique","description":"Is New Testament Greek super-precise? Check out this recent article on the myth that won't go away in many pulpits and bible studies...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is New Testament Greek Precise? - First Baptist Church of Manistique","og_description":"Is New Testament Greek super-precise? Check out this recent article on the myth that won't go away in many pulpits and bible studies...","og_url":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981","og_site_name":"First Baptist Church of Manistique","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/248467813772","article_published_time":"2022-08-13T18:50:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-13T18:50:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1210,"height":680,"url":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_0226-16x9-web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nathaniel Erickson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nathaniel Erickson","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981"},"author":{"name":"Nathaniel Erickson","@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5d499ff1e51066490af4e35bfcbe077b"},"headline":"Is New Testament Greek Precise?","datePublished":"2022-08-13T18:50:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-13T18:50:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981"},"wordCount":97,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["bible languages"],"articleSection":["Pastor's Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981","url":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981","name":"Is New Testament Greek Precise? - First Baptist Church of Manistique","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-08-13T18:50:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-13T18:50:27+00:00","description":"Is New Testament Greek super-precise? Check out this recent article on the myth that won't go away in many pulpits and bible studies...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?p=981#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Is New Testament Greek Precise?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/","name":"First Baptist Church of Manistique","description":"Friends pointing the way to a safe harbor through the light of faith in Jesus Christ.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#organization","name":"First Baptist Church of Manistique, MI","url":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FBC-Logov4-Color-Small-transparent.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FBC-Logov4-Color-Small-transparent.png","width":259,"height":317,"caption":"First Baptist Church of Manistique, MI"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/248467813772","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNAoycWBk0stSprUBng8Uhw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5d499ff1e51066490af4e35bfcbe077b","name":"Nathaniel Erickson","sameAs":["https:\/\/ntgreeketal.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?author=3"}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":982,"href":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions\/982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}