Keeping your Greek

Just ran across an interesting analogy on Con Campbell’s blog:

Bible software tools provide incredible speed and convenience [...]. But, they come at a risk. And—just like cars—the very thing that makes them convenient is also the thing that threatens to kill your Greek: Speed.

By moving that cursor too quickly, you can replicate the perennial problem that is inflicted by the dreaded interlinear (that you have recently burnt).

So, my advice to you is the same as it will be to my kids when they’re old enough to drive (in the way-distant future): by all means harness the power of software tools, but be very careful that their speed does not kill your Greek.

You can find the original here.

And Con’s earlier recommendation to burn your interlinear (or at least give it to someone you don’t like!).