[B-Greek] Shorter Lexicon vs. Abbott-Smith

Kevin W. Woodruff cierpke at prodigy.net
Tue Oct 28 15:50:44 EST 2003


Eric:

I always use Danker's abridged version. I have both
Abbot-smith and Danker and find Danker easier to use.
It's one step up from the small dictionary in the back
of the UBS. Danker is also more current that
Abbot-Smith although Abbot Smith does have more detail
in it

Kevin 


--- Eric Weiss <eweiss at gte.net> wrote:
> I have Abbott-Smith's MANUAL Lexicon, but have never
> seen the "Shorter" BAGD to compare it with.
> 
> Which of the two would you recommend as the better
> "portable" lexicon, and why?
> 
> I want to recommend something inexpensive to my
> Greek class students in lieu of the $125 BDAG, if
> they want to buy a lexicon but only want to spend
> $30 or so at this point. The other alternative is to
> find a used BAGD for $20 or so, but that loses the
> "portability" factor.
> 
> Eric S. Weiss
> eweiss at gte.net
> http://home1.gte.net/vzn05pnm/index.htm
> 
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