I have no idea about these resources, I want to know ,if I may be able to use them for my Bible Study?
The Greek sources might be useful in helping to understand the usage of certain words or in syntactical matters. I'm concerned, however, that you only interest seems to be how it can be used in bible study. Believe it or not, there is more to life than bible study.
Tes,
For direct Bible study the resources may have somewhat limited usefulness. However, if you use Greek in your Bible study, there are linguistic resources such as Gildersleeve's Syntax of Classical Greek and Goodwin's Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb. The Blass Debrunner Funk grammar which is already available in Logos presupposes some knowledge of classical Greek syntax.
Some commentaries compare the literary structure of Paul's epistles to Greek and Latin rhetorical tradition. Quintillian's Insitutio Oratoria is part of the collection, as is Aristotle's Rhetoric.
Seneca, a contemporary of the apostles, is represented and can give background into the thought of the time. The apostle Paul had dealings with his older brother Gallio. A few Christian writers, such as Augustine, Tertullian and the Venerable Bede are represented.
However, the greatest value is probably simply that the more Greek of any period one reads, the more one developes a feeling for what is natural Greek expression, and that will help when coming back to the New Testament text.
Tes, For direct Bible study the resources may have somewhat limited usefulness. However, if you use Greek in your Bible study, there are linguistic resources such as Gildersleeve's Syntax of Classical Greek and Goodwin's Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb. The Blass Debrunner Funk grammar which is already available in Logos presupposes some knowledge of classical Greek syntax. Some commentaries compare the literary structure of Paul's epistles to Greek and Latin rhetorical tradition. Quintillian's Insitutio Oratoria is part of the collection, as is Aristotle's Rhetoric. Seneca, a contemporary of the apostles, is represented and can give background into the thought of the time. The apostle Paul had dealings with his older brother Gallio. A few Christian writers, such as Augustine, Tertullian and the Venerable Bede are represented. However, the greatest value is probably simply that the more Greek of any period one reads, the more one developes a feeling for what is natural Greek expression, and that will help when coming back to the New Testament text.
I cannot say more than what Dave previously stated. Look, if you are looking for something that will be of direct importance to a sermon, then quoting from Aristotle, Plato, etc. will not be of use. But too often we forget that while the Scriptures are indeed inspired and applicable in all things for all time, they are also a product of their times as well. Paul did not write to me, he wrote to a group of Jewish/Gentile first century believers. Any help we can get that shines light on the historical, cultural, and grammatical background of first century Greek speaking Jews and Gentiles is of great use for us in our understanding of the text of the Bible. We must first understand what the text is saying in its original context before we even try to apply it to our twenty-first century context.
As for the rest of the collection (i.e. the ones that have no historical link to the Bible), what I am sure happened is that for Logos to be able to produce the relevant databases they had likewise produce the other ones also (i.e. the civil war correspondence, etc.).
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To add to what George hinted at, many of these books are worth devoting time to reading even if they don't provide any background to the Bible. Paul evidently thought it was worthwhile to read some of the Stoic poets, as he quoted them. I am sure that he, and some others of the New Testament authors, had read several of the works in this collection for their own education. Luke seems to have a stylistic nod to the historian Thucydides at one point. Augustine highly valued the works of Plato; Aquinas highly valued the works of Aristotle. Sophocles's work Antigone is one of the earliest works to include the concept that if a local law contradicts the eternal natural law, then it is invalid, a concept used by Martin Luther King Jr. in the letter from a Birmingham jail (although if memory serves, he cites Augustine and Aquinas rather than Sophocles, per se). And other people here could probably provide countless other examples of Christians that have found many of these works beneficial.
