[B-Greek] LSJ

James Spinti JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com
Wed Oct 26 11:53:30 EDT 2005


Note that the Oxford price is only good through November 1. Then you
will be back to regular retail -- $150.00.  Their sale price is better
than I can buy it for as a bookseller, so if you can afford it, get it.

Thanks,

James Spinti
Marketing Director, Book Sales Division
Eisenbrauns, Good books for 30 years
Specializing in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies
jspinti at eisenbrauns dot com
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From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Carl W. Conrad
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:50 AM
To: clare arnold
Cc: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] LSJ



On Oct 25, 2005, at 6:56 PM, clare arnold wrote:

> I'm currently using an 1863 version.  Does anyone know whether the  
> revisions
> in the new LSJ book are significantly  beneficial for Bible  
> translation to
> justify purchase?

You might do well to read through the preface to the 1925 revision by  
H. Stuart Jones, who revised LS so profoundly that we now call it  
LSJ. That's at:

    http://tinyurl.com/af9m9

Then there's the postscript of 1940 by Clarendon Press following  
Jones' death in 1939:

     http://tinyurl.com/9dl8e

The current edition (the one now on sale at OUP for $75) was issued  
in 1996 and includes a supplement of 320 pages of added material  
based upon papyri and inscriptions.

The decision whether the investment is worth it has to be the  
individual's. But it would be worth your while, I think, to read  
through that preface and postscript that are accessible at the  
Perseus web-site (the two URLs given above).

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad2 at mac.com
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/

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