[B-Greek] reference book question

gfsomsel at juno.com gfsomsel at juno.com
Mon Nov 22 19:34:33 EST 2004


On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:52:10 -0800 "Dr. Don Wilkins"
<drdwilkins at sbcglobal.net> writes:
> Smyth:
> Pros: excellent discussions and organization with very good sets of 
> 
> charts, reliable information backed with examples.
> Cons: written for classical as opposed to koine (though IMO the 
> rules 
> are essentially valid for both), language of English translations 
> outdated, thus the nuances may be blurred.
> 
> Robertson:
> Pros: very detailed (the indicies are longer than many books), 
> something 
> of a milestone in the field, a serious attempt to see NT Greek 
> within 
> the overall development of the Greek language, far more informative 
> and 
> plausible presentation of the eight-case system than is found in 
> beginning and intermediate grammars based on the system.
> Cons: very poor organization and difficult to read (looks more like 
> a 
> professor's own rambling notes on topics than a conventional 
> grammar), 
> overly fixated on Homerian Greek and lacking in genre-based 
> distinctions.
> 
> I was going to add low price as a pro for Smyth, but I would think 
> that 
> Robertson should also be available at a good price. Also, a case 
> could 
> be made that both are outdated; however, it's hard to argue with 
> Smyth's 
> examples and the utility of his grammar. As for Robertson, I don't 
> know 
> of anyone else who has attempted anything of comparable scope 
> (perhaps 
> in part because so much more attention has been given to 
> linguistics).
> 
> Don Wilkins
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It's not all that cheap though I found it used for the mid-$30's plus
shipping.

http://used.addall.com/SuperRare/RefineExact.fcgi?id=041122162912074551&o
rder=TITLE&ordering=ASC&dispCurr=USD&exaAuthor=Robertson,++Archibald+T.&m
atch=Y&exaTitle=A+Grammar+of+the+Greek+New+Testament+in+the+Light+of+Hist
orical+Research.

george
gfsomsel



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