[B-Greek] TLG query
bgreek at ntresources.com
bgreek at ntresources.com
Mon Jun 16 09:25:10 EDT 2003
> > 1. Am I correct in that the LXX is not included in the TLG
> > database? (If so, would I assume that this might be because it is a
> > translation and not "original Greek"?)
>
> No, it is there. It's included in the section called "varia
> and incertum".
Hmmm. Guess I'll need to spend more time figuring out the search system
then. I first noticed what I assumed was a lack of LXX data when a simple
search for PASA SARX did not turn up any hits in LXX (when I know it's used
about 20 times, e.g., Isa 40:5).
> And don't discount the printed canon List.
I don't--it's just that it's all the way across campus in the library... :)
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Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, PA,USA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey B. Gibson
> [mailto:jgibson000.at.attbi.com at bgreek.at.ntresources.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:26 AM
> To: bgreek at ntresources.com
> Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] TLG query
>
>
>
>
> bgreek at ntresources.com wrote:
>
> > I just received TLG--my first chance to work with this tool. Two
> > questions:
> >
> > 1. Am I correct in that the LXX is not included in the TLG
> database?
> > (If so, would I assume that this might be because it is a
> translation
> > and not "original Greek"?)
>
> No, it is there. It's included in the section called "varia
> and incertum".
>
> > 2. Is there anywhere to access the complete, current TLG
> canon list in
> > an easily readable format? (Either on the CD or web? I know
> there is a
> > printed edition of an older version of the canon. And I know that I
> > can view a complete list of authors within TLG--I'm using
> > SilverMountain's TLG
> > Workplace.) The <DOCCAN2.TXT> file is obviously formatted
> for machine
> > readability, but that makes it very difficult to read
> otherwise. (The TLG
> > site is apparently down this morning.)
>
> The TLG site is, as far as I know, the best source for what
> your are seeking. And don't discount the printed canon List.
> If memory serves, the editors anticipated the need to list
> the works they had not yet included in the C and earlier
> editions of the TLG.
>
> Yours,
>
> Jeffrey
> --
>
> Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon.)
>
> 1500 W. Pratt Blvd. #1
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>
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