[B-Greek] Soft ware Books

David McKay gontroppo at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 5 18:17:10 EST 2007


Michael Bushell, the developer of BibleWorks,
periodically reminds us that electronic resources
easily become obsolete.

He counsels us to purchase books first and then the
electronic equivalents.

Computers have enabled me to have copies of many works
I don't own in paper format. We would need a larger
hosue to accommodate all of these in hard copies, but
I have to admit that you don't get to knwo a work in
the same way when your only copy is electronic.

For example, we have the 2 volume 1993 edition of the
Shorter Oxford, and a legal free electronic copy from
a British computer magazine. I appreciate this work
more because I originally got to know it somewhat in
the hard copy format.

But for a dictionary, an electronic version may be
superior to picking up those 2 heavy volumes.

I think my meagre knowledge of NT Greek has been
assisted by using aids such as BibleWorks, but I think
that there is much to be gained from picking up my
wife's 1975 3rd edition UBS and reading a hard copy. 

It would be easy to dupe myself into thinking I can
read the NT proficiently if I only used electronic
aids.

But it is a great privilege to live in an age when we
have both, and the wonderful interaction on this
group.

David McKay


 
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