[B-Greek] In Re: Greek Dictionary Resources
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Sun Oct 31 05:48:09 EST 2004
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 02:38:41 -0800 "Seth VM" <sethvm at hotmail.com> writes:
> B-Greekers,
>
> Since I'm a relative n00b at studying greek, I was curious about the
>
> resources that most of you use. I've heard a gamut of commentaries,
>
> grammars, and lexicons used in your studies and various post
> analyises.
> However, I almost never hear of anyone using a Vine's Expository
> Dictionary
> or Tyndale's Dictonary. Are these inferior? Most Christian
> bookstores tend
> to push customers to purchase these dictionaries for their greek
> study
> resources, along with a Strong's or such. What's wrong with using
> these?
>
> Thanks for the bit of insight :).
>
> --Seth Moran
____________
In a word, "Yes." The best lexicon you can get for NT is BDAG so avoid
the others (you might make an exception for a compact lexicon which you
can carry with you). Strong's, in particular, has inspired the
abberations of more kooks than one can shake a stick at -- a pox on it!
george
gfsomsel
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