[B-Greek] biblical Greek dictionaries
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Thu Dec 29 22:06:26 EST 2005
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:24:27 -0500 (EST) "Chet A. Creider"
<creider at uwo.ca> writes:
> Although I agree that BDAG is well worth owning and using, it is not
> a
> convenient dictionary to use because it is so large and heavy. It
> is
> also useful to have smaller dictionaries at hand just as one will
> for
> most purposes find the Concise Oxford Dictionary (or whatever its
> American equivalent is) suffices and reserve the heavy and
> cumbersome
> OED or Webster for special occasions. As a good medium-size
> dictionary
> (i.e. comparable to the COD), I recommend Abbott-Smith's _Manual
> Greek
> Lexicon of the New Testament_. It is still in print and has a
> number
> of useful features in its entries plus a couple of useful
> appendices
> for irregular aorists and the like. As a pocket dictionary to have
> while travelling or even for very simple ordinary usage, I
> recommend
> Alexander Souter's _A Pocket Lexicon to the Greek New Testament_.
> Published by Oxford University Press and reprinted many times, I
> don't
> think it is in print any longer, but used copies are easy to come
> by.
> I like it because the definitions are very precise and vivid --
> Souter
> was exceptionally talented in this regard. Be warned, however,
> that
> the book contains next to nothing regarding morphology so it is not
> really a beginner's dictionary (for that I would recommend Newman's
> little dictionary).
>
> Although I own BDAG and have used it many times, it is the other
> two
> dictionaries that I use on a daily basis. Souter is very
> inexpensive
> (I remember because I recently bought a second copy), but I can't
> remember the price of Abbott-Smith. I suspect it is not cheap
> new, but if you can't afford it, a used copy should be relatively
> easy to find.
>
> Chet Creider
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I ran a check on Abbott-Smith with www.addall.com and found that it can
be had for $20- $30 used. I can't believe I did this, but I found a copy
ex libris Bruce Metzger and decided to buy simply because of that.
george
gfsomsel
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