[B-Greek] meaning of italics in Danker

Barbara D. Colt babc2 at comcast.net
Wed May 11 01:28:03 EDT 2005



On 10 May 2005 at 21:15, Juan Stam wrote:

> 
> Greetings from Costa Rica!
> 
> It's obvious that Danker prints his basic definitions in bold type, but
> sometimes he adds to (either attached or in separate text) another meaning
> in italics and not bold type.  What do the italics mean about such terms, in
> relation to the basic definitions themselves?  I've paged through all the
> introductory pages and not been able to fin an answer. Can anyone also tell
> me on what page Danker explains this?
> 
I believe the information can be found in a fairly long paragraph in the 
Foreword.  I copy here an abbreviated version from the introduction to the
Electronic Edition of BDAG:

"One of the primary visible enhancements of this edition is the use of bold 
and bold-italic text. This edition's primary editor, Frederick William 
Danker, describes this enhancement in his preface:

"Extended definitions are given in bold roman and may be followed by one or 
more formal equivalents in bold italics. The user of the lexicon can 
explore such equivalents for translation of passages that follow, but 
within the boundaries of the definition. When a formal equivalent is 
sufficient to convey the meaning, as marry in the entry GAMEW, this meaning 
stands in bold italics without extended definition. Normal italic type is 
used for suggested translation equivalents. In short, pains have been taken 
to provide readers with ample resources to form an independent critical 
judgment." Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., & Bauer, W. (2000). A Greek-English 
lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature.  

I  hope this helps.


Barbara D. Colt, mailto:babc2 at comcast.net
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