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Re: Lexicons
Yet another piece of free advice:
I agree with David concerning the Louw and Nida Lexicon. While my first
choice is alway BAG, L&N usually gives extra light on synonyms (et al.)
that would otherwise take hours to research without it, plus it is an
EXTREME bargain (something like 29 bucks for the two volumes).
I'm in a charitable mood, here's another bit of free advice for those
with about one year of NT Greek studies. If the Intermediate grammers
are too much of a step up from the beginning grammer, try Curtis Vaughan
and Virtus Gideon's "A Greek Grammer of the New Testament." While it is
by no means exhaustive (at 236 pages, it could not be), it does bridge
the gap between, say, Summer's and Dana and Manty. Plus, at the
beginning of each lesson, the authors gratiously list at least five other
sources and the page numbers, making cross reference studing very
pleasurable!
Mike Lipsey lipsey@metronet.com
(Head of the Apologetics Dept. at Tyndale Theological Seminary)
On Fri, 2 Sep 1994 dturner@cornerstone.edu wrote:
> I would concur with LHurtado's comments re BAGD and LSJ. I would add that one
> can also profitably consult Louw and Nida, Greek-English Lexicon, 2 vols., pub
> by UBS. This lexicon represents something of a paradigm shift in that it sets
> up "semantic domains" and then lists which words fit the domains. Thus it is
> oriented to semantic fields of various words rather than semantic range of a
> single word considered diachronically. Vol 2 is the index of domains and words,Vol 2 is the lexicon proper.
>
> David Turner dturner@cornerstone.edu Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary, MI
>
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