[B-Greek] NA27 and Greek-English Dictionary

Eric Weiss eweiss at gte.net
Thu Oct 2 15:28:13 EDT 2003


Yes, the lexicon/"gloss-ary" is inadequate, but for just a few bucks more than the no-dictionary version, it still seems like a good choice for Greek students, because if you just want to go down to the coffee shop and read, you only have to lug this one little book, and you can do deeper word studies in your BDAG at home. You could also carry Zerwick-Grosvenor (small, too).

And the Greek NT insert, for a small, thin concise grammar.

And the TEXTUAL COMMENTARY. :)

And the HANDKONCORDANZ. :) :)

Too bad (since they're the same basic size) they don't bind the Barclay Newman glossary/lexicon, the handkoncordanz, and the textual commentary together in the backs of either N-A 27 or UBS 4.

Maybe someone could update the Newman dictionary with a bit more information. By merely doubling its small size, it could probably be made more adequate in more people's minds. Make the font the size of the Handkoncordanz and one could easily fit a LOT more lexical information into the same page space. Surely after 30(?) years it's time for an update/expansion.

Is Abbott-Smith still reliable and current enough? It's getting a bit long in the tooth, isn't it?

Eric S. Weiss
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