[B-Greek] Funk's Beginning-Intermediate grammar - BDF replacement

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat May 29 06:18:33 EDT 2004


At 10:32 AM +0100 5/29/04, Jody Barnard wrote:
> . . . this is another thing I'd like to see happen
>> in my lifetime; the
>> third is probably too much to hope for: the
>> publication of a new and
>> definitive grammar of Hellenistic Greek to replace
>> BDF . . .
>
>On the back cover of Porter's 'Idioms of the GNT' it
>states:
>
>'This intermediate-level volume is the first to appear
>in the new series, Biblical Languages: Greek (BLG, 2).
>Other volumes to appear are: an elementary NTG grammar
>well suited for classroom use (BLG, 1), and a multi
>authored, comprehensive reference grammar of the Greek
>of the NT (BLG, 3).'
>
>Have these other volumes been published yet? Perhaps
>the BLG 3 could replace BDF?

First I've heard of this; does anyone else know of it; sounds good on the
surface of it; I would certainly hope that it would cover Hellenistic Greek
rather than strictly Biblical Greek--or Biblical Greek in the context of
Hellenistic Greek. Anybody know anything more about this?
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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