[B-Greek] RE: a real Koine dictionary?

R Yochanan Bitan Buth ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
Fri Apr 1 06:31:51 EST 2005



Wilkins egrapse
>. . .It would be a considerable achievement (and perhaps an
>overwhelming task) to research first-century vocabulary and establish
>preferred diction in various contexts. What we have seen so far in
>the field of semantic domains is probably a good start, but
>personally I think we have a long way to go before we can confidently
>identify that diction. I wonder if there are any master's or doctoral
>students out there who might consider taking a sample of first
>century vocabulary and doing such a project at the TLG level? Perhaps
>even a new TDNT using such sources and methodology?

Yes, a big task, but not overwhelming. You mentioned TLG. The raw data
is available and searchable. In addition, there is ongoing work. I
know that John Lee has been collecting materials for a "new
Moulton-Milligan" and has published some trial papers. He has recently
"retired" so he may soon be increasing his output. (That may sound
like an oxymoron "retired from work, ergo working more", but academics
is a strange endeavor.)







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