Koine Greek

 

• Septuaginta (Greek Edition)
• Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint
• The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations
• Koine Greek Reader: Selections from the New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian Writers
• A Reader’s Greek New Testament: 2nd Edition
• Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar
• Greek New Testament: With English Introduction including Greek/English dictionary/flexible (Greek and English Edition)
• A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition

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Judge Chin also echoed comments made by the Justice Department last week that the settlement, if properly revised, could offer great benefits, most notably, by providing broad access to to millions of out-of-print books that are largely locked up in a small group of university libraries.

“The settlement would offer many benefits to society, as recognized by supporters of the settlement as well as D.O.J.,” he wrote, referring to theDepartment of Justice, which filed its own brief in the case last week. “It would appear that if a fair and reasonable settlement can be struck, the public would benefit.”

Mexican drug cartels’ main areas of influence

drug cartels

The English Patient

A sri-lankan (Michael Ondaatje)  living in Canada writes about an hungarian educated in Britain that lives by the words of a Greek in the North African desert

Amazing Grace Lyrics

John Newton (1725-1807)
Stanza 6 anon.

ex patria

There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel. The term ‘The Big Apple’ was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930’s who used the slang expression ‘apple’ for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time – The Big Apple.

Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

Antarctica

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.

The Amazon

The  Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world’s oxygen  supply.

The art of war of Sun Tzu

The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one’s deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field. These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.

The Bat and the Weasels

A Bat who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped.