[B-Greek] NA27 and Greek-English Dictionary

Stephen Ferguson stephenlferguson at mac.com
Fri Oct 3 14:43:46 EDT 2003


Barry,

People far more qualified than I have already given you their advice on 
this subject, but being the fool that I am, I decided to march in.

I am a pretty new Greek student myself, I have had two years of Greek 
class and am trying to become proficient.  I have a copy of both the 
UBS 4 and NA 27.  To me, as a beginning learner, the font of the NA 27 
is slightly easier to read, but the difference is, IMO, very slight.  I 
would not recommend one over the other based on this alone by any 
means.  Most beginning students that I know of use the UBS text because 
the critical apparatus is much more basic and easy to understand.  If 
you are just concerned with the font, I would consider either quite 
readable, but the NA 27 apparatus is so cryptic that you will probably 
never use it, but that is just my experience.

In regard to Newman's glossary, I have a slightly different view to 
offer (but I will offer it very quietly in case my former prof reads 
this list -- he would agree with most of the opinions already given).  
First let me say that BDAG is probably the most profitable $125 that I 
have spent, I have purchased a reading stand for it and keep it on the 
end table beside my couch.  That being said, I probably would have 
given up pretty quickly  if I had to flip through BDAG every time I 
forgot the difference between hEIS and EIS, or didn't know what ENATOS 
meant.  I wouldn't recommend Newman for any actual translation work, 
but to me it was a very valuable tool for quick reference when I wasn't 
at home.  Newman's glossary is sold separately if you decide to go with 
the NA27 (it's nice to have it separate for quick reference even if you 
get the UBS); the ISBN is 3-4380-6008-6.

HTH

Steve Ferguson

On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 01:53  PM, Barry W. Hickey wrote:

> After reading through the archives about both current GNT editions, I 
> came
> to be persuaded that very few people like the font of UBS4.  Many seem 
> to be
> `distracted` when reading because of the font.  Therefore I'm leaning
> towards purchasing a copy of NA27.  Are there any versions of NA27 that
> contain a Greek-English dictionary similar to the one available with 
> UBS4.
> If not, how important is such a dictionary for a beginning student?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Barry W. Hickey
>
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